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             La Paloma Blanca by George Hallmark 
 
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 Founded in 1692, Mission San Xavier del Bac is situated in the center of
 a Papago Indian settlement, along the banks of the Santa Cruz River, 
approximately seven miles south of present day Tucson, AZ.  Construction
 required fourteen years of labor from 1783-1797.  The mission has been 
restored many times and has kept the beautiful white stucco exterior, 
thus the name: The White Dove of the Desert, “La Paloma Blanca”. 
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