(slide show/ background information) By KassandraDiaz

MISSION SAN LUIS

THE COUNCIL HOUSE

Photographer: Kassandra Diaz

THE COUNCIL HOUSE/ THE PLAZA

Photographer: Kassandra Diaz

THE CHURCH

Photographer: Jan Wiley (flickr)

For thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, the people who would one day be called Indians lived throughout the North and South American continents. Many of them went through a series of changes over time– from simple groups that depended only on hunting games and gathering wild plants for food to more complex tribes that grew their own food. Some Native Americans eventually developed organized societies that rivaled those of Europe. The Apalachee Indians, who lived in the area around present- day Tallahassee, were among the most advanced and powerful of the Florida tribes that were met by early explorers.

Website: http://www.missionsanluis.org/research/history.cfm

HISTORY

Timeline: 1500’s- Hernando de Soto winters at Anhayca Apalachee, ancestor village of San Luis (1539).

1600’s- Fray Juan de Paiva composes ballgame manuscript at San Luis (1676).

1700’s- The Apalachicola’s break a peace treaty with the Apalachees out of anger stemming from trade restrictions, particularly the outlawing of horse trading (1702).

1800’s- San Luis is purchased by Robert Jameson and Benjamin Clements as part of the south half of section 27 (1825).

1900’s- Mission San Luis earns the National Historic Landmark designation. Also, reconstruction begins (1998).

2000’s- Grand Opening of the new Mission San Luis Visitor Center (2009).

Website: http://www.missionsanluis.org/research/timeline_1500s.cfm

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Site: Mission San LuisAddress: 2100 West Tennessee Street Tallahassee FL, 32304Phone number: (850)-245-6406 or Fax: (850)-488-6186Hours: Tuesday- Sunday 10am-4pm, CLOSED on Mondays,

January 1 s t, Easter, July 4 th, Thanksgiving, December 24 th and 25 th.

Admission: Adults ($5), Seniors (65 and over): ($3), Children (6-17): ($2), Active Duty Military (FREE), Members (FREE)

If you go on the Mission San Luis page and click on events, their should be an “Events Calendar” of all the events that will be occurring this year.

Website: http://www.missionsanluis.org/visitorInfo/events.cfm

BASIC INFORMATION