RT Postcard T1 San Xavier Del Bac Mission A2 James R. Tanis LA Undetermined UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1894430484 NO "The White Dove of the Desert" Founded 1692 -- Built 1783 One of the best preserved and most exquisite old Spanish Missions in the Southwest. Established in 1692 by Father Kino, it stands in the center of a Papago Indian settlement along the banks of the Santa Cruz River, 9 miles south of Tucson. Services are held here regularly for these Indians who are the direct descendants of those for whom the Mission was conceived K1 Fine Arts K1 Church buildings ; United States K1 Church architecture ; United States K1 Catholic Church K1 United States ; AZ ; Tucson K1 Postkarte