Kulamulidwa kwa madera akutali kunakwaniritsidwa chifukwa cha chifuniro chosagwedezeka ndi ntchito yosatopa ya gulu la amishonale achiJesuit omwe, podziwa kuti olandawo sanathe kugonjetsa aborigine, adaganiza zowabweretsera uthenga wabwino, potero adakwaniritsa ndi mawu oti zomwe sizinapindule ndi zida.
Chifukwa chake, kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la khumi ndi chisanu ndi chisanu ndi chiwiri, motsogozedwa mwachangu ndi a Jesuit Eusebio Kino, yemwe adalandira chilolezo kuchokera kwa akuluakulu aku Spain kuti ayambe ulendo wa Admiral Isidro Atondo y Antillón, amishonalewo adafika pachilumba chomwe kale chimakhulupirira kuti ndichilumba, kulalikira anthu ake osadziwika. Kuti apereke chilolezo, a Crown adapanga kuti chigonjetso chichitike m'dzina la King of Spain ndikuti amishonalewo apeze zofunikira kuti agwire ntchitoyi.
Ntchito yoyamba, Santa María de Loreto, idakhazikitsidwa mu 1697 ndi Abambo José María Salvatierra, omwe anali ku Tarahumara, ndipo bambo Kino adafuna kuti achite ntchito yayikuluyi. Santa María de Loreto anali zaka zopitilira zana likulu lazandale, zachuma komanso zachipembedzo ku California.
M'zaka zitatu zapitazi, amishonalewa adakhazikitsa nyumba khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zolimba, zolumikizidwa ndi zomwe zimadziwika kuti "msewu wachifumu" womwe iwo adamanga, kulumikiza dera la Los Cabos, kumwera kwa chilumba, kumalire apano ndi athu woyandikana naye kumpoto; Izi zinali zotheka chifukwa pakati pa amishonale panali ophunzitsa omwe amadziwa za zomangamanga ndi ma hydraulic engineering.
Mwa zomangamanga izi, zina zimakhala bwino, monga San Ignacio, imodzi mwazinthu zokongola kwambiri komanso zotetezedwa bwino, zomangidwa ndi Abambo Juan Bautista Luyando mu 1728; ya San Francisco Javier, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1699, yomwe inali ndi nyumba yopemphereramo ya adobe komanso nyumba ya wansembe yomangidwa ndi Fray Francisco María Piccolo; nyumbayi yomwe idamangidwa pano idamangidwa mu 1774 ndi bambo Miguel Barco, ndipo chifukwa cha mamangidwe ake okongola adawonedwa ngati "miyala yamtengo wapatali ya mishoni ya Baja California Sur"; ya Santa Rosalía de Mulegé, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1705 ndi Bambo Juan María Basaldúa, makilomita 117 kumpoto kwa Loreto, inali imodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri, chifukwa inamangidwa m'mbali mwa nyanja.
Misonkhaniyi idaphatikiza kukongola kwa zomangamanga ndi kulemera kwa zokongoletserazo ndi malo owoneka bwino, omwe adalola kuti akhazikitsidwe malo okhala mozungulira. Amishonalewa sanangolalikira kwa iwo okha, koma anawaphunzitsanso kuti chipululu chikhale ndi zipatso za kanjedza; adayambitsa ng'ombe ndi kulima chimanga, tirigu ndi nzimbe; Adakwanitsa kupangitsa nthaka kubala mitengo yazipatso monga avocado ndi nkhuyu, ndipo kuti athe kutsatira miyambo yachipembedzo yomwe imafuna vinyo ndi mafuta, adalandira chilolezo cholima mpesa ndi azitona, zomwe zinali zoletsedwa m'malo ena onse Spain, ndipo chifukwa cha izi lero, vinyo wabwino kwambiri ndi mafuta a maolivi amapangidwa m'derali. Ndipo ngati zonsezi sizinali zokwanira, adayambitsanso tchire loyamba lomwe lidakula m'mayikowa ndipo lero likukongoletsa mapaki ndi minda ya chilumba chonsecho.
