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In the Frederic Remington illustration of The Sentinel, is the mission San Xavier del Bac? Behind the mission, aren’t those the Santa Catalina Mountains?

by | Nov 1, 2007 | Inside History

In the Frederic Remington illustration of The Sentinel, is the mission San Xavier del Bac? Behind the mission, aren’t those the Santa Catalina Mountains? Bart Kramer Tucson, Arizona That is indeed the “White Dove of the Desert,” San Xavier del Bac, in Tucson, Arizona, with the east bell tower missing (the Franciscan friars ran out of money before they could finish it). The mountains in the background aren’t the Santa Catalinas. Looking off to the northwest behind the mission are the Tuc


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