By melinda010100 on Skatehive
Todos Santos is a desert oasis with a reliable freshwater spring. Founded as a mission and later transformed into a sugar capital, it is now celebrated as one of Mexico’s premier "Pueblos Mágicos" (Magical Towns). All these street scene photos are from my family albums. I used various websites and Ai to research the history of this 'Pueblo Magicos' which is a Mexican government initiative to promote smaller towns and to encouragie tourism. . The town was founded In 1723, when Jesuit Father Jaime Bravo established a small farming outpost to supply the mission at La Paz. Like many Baja missions, the native population was nearly decimated by European diseases (smallpox) The abundance of water allowed for massive cane plantations. At its peak in the late 1800s, the town hosted eight sugar mills. Much of the beautiful brick architecture you see today in the historic district—including was funded by the immense wealth of the sugar trade. On March 30, 1848, the town was the site of th