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Missionaries from Loreto, exploring the area in search of more sites to
establish missions, discovered Comondu 32 miles northwest of that port, just
about halfway between the two
In 1708
Fathers Juan María Salvatierra, Juan de Ugarte and Jilian Mayorga traveled
to the site of the new mission. Father Julian Mayorga was in charge of the
project and remained there until his death on November 10 of 1736. In 1750
the Austrian Father Franz Inama began the construction of a temple, huge
structure comprising of three buildings which was used through 1827 and the
rafter abandoned.
For a long
time, Comondu was prosperous and almost self sufficient, cultivating many
kinds of fruits, vegetables and other plants. Each year at the harvest time,
ancient mills would come alive, turning the cane into various products for
human consumption. Homemade stills were used to make excellent liquors and
olive oil was produced in great quantities. Fernando Jordan said that
Comondu had a smell of liquor and olive and we would add that it also smelt
of cane syrup, mesquite fires and geraniums. Cattle produced meat, cheese,
butter, whey and leather which was used to manufacture several products
specially leather containers known as "Zurrones" to pack
These quaint villages provide the ideal jumping off place for those who Love adventure, ecotourism, regional history and culture, Oases in the desert and rugged peaks with cave paintings provide a multitude of sites to explore.
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In
a hidden and fertile valley approximately 9 miles long and and average of a
half mile wide, like a crack opening on the heart of the Sierra de la
Giganta, sit the picturesque villages of San Miguel and San Jose de Comondu,
about two males apart. 
At
the beginning of the twentieth century, a large part of the church was
demolished and the material being used to construct a school. Large sections
of walls lying in ruins around the building give visitors an idea of the
magnitude of the original structure. Three bells still remain dating 1697,
1708 and 1741. 
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and raisins exported to the mainland. 
