History of the San Agustín Mission Site

1772 - Garcés Reports Chapel Construction Started

      In a Report by Garcés in the Archivo del Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Querétario, Sección H Guanajuato, Templo Franciscano de Celaya, Garcés states that in 1772 a church is being constructed and that the fortified village (of Tucson) was ahead of Bac. (Dobyns, Spanish Colonial Tucson)

Reference provided by Bernard L. Fontana.

Year	Record
1772	Garcés Reports Chapel Construction Started
1774	Visita Population Described by Ramos
1798	Chapel Described as "Delapidated"
Post-1797	Construction of the Convento Described
1843	Anonymous Description of the Mission Complex by the Tucson Justice of the Peace
1854	Mission Complex Drawn and Described by Bartlett
1862	Mission Complex and Surrounding Community of Tucson Mapped by Fergusson
Post-1850	Mission Complex Described by Atanacia Santa Cruz de Hughes, retold by Lockwood and Page (1929)
Post-1880	Mission Complex Mapped and Described by Albert Reynolds
Post-1874	Photographic Record of the Mission Complex Begins, Only Convento and Granary Visible
1937	Arizona Daily Star Describes the Destruction of the Mission Site
1937	John O'Neill of the Historic American Building Survey Maps and Photographs the Ruin of the Convento
1956	Mission Site excavated by Wasley
1999	Rio Nuevo Project Approved by City of Tucson Voters
2000	Mission Site re-excavated by Desert Archaeology, Inc.
2007	Additional excavations near the mission site find evidence of the first Tucsonans