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By Aidan H. Cash

History

My mission was founded July 14 by Father Junipero Serra in 1771. It is five miles northwest of the community of Jolon in Monterey.

Fr. Serra knew that this third mission's success was important to assure that his dream of a “chain” of mission be realized. Fr. Serra was so anxious to get this mission underway he hung a bell from a large oak tree on their very first day there and vigorously rang it to attract “All the Gentiles” within earshot. In 1773, the mission was moved to a site further north in the Los Robles Valley that offered a better water supply. The water was used to turn the first California gristmill, where wheat was ground into flour. The San Antonio Mission

The San Jose Mission By Anthony Moreno

Facts

The San Jose Mission was founded in 1797 by Father Femin Lasuen. It is located east of a bay in San Francisco. It was used as a base for military operations against native Americans. There were more than 20,000 herd of Cattle. Many battles happened there. An intense earthquake destroyed it in 1868. Father Narciso Duran took over it for 27 years. He created a 30 person band that could be heard miles away from the mission. In the first year, 33 Indians were baptized. Also more than 6,000 baptisms were recorded.

History of the San Jose Mission After 6 years of founding the 13th mission, Lasuen had been granted the power to introduce 5 more missions. They were completed in only 13 months. The mission San Jose was one of them. The mission was populated with many Christianized native Americans. As a result of the earthquake of 1868, it collapsed. It was replaced with a wooden Gothic church on the foundation. During 1982 ,it was moved to a town called Burlingame. In 1985 it was authentically restored with real adobe bricks and was made using tools from the era of the original mission.

Photograph of the San Jose Mission

Santa Ines

by: Ariel Elazar

History

The mission Santa Ines was founded on September 17, 1804 in San Francisco and was the 19th mission ever built. Santa Ines is located in the town of Solvang and is 3 miles east of U.S.Highway 101.

Name

This mission got its name from Saint Agnes and is the last mission founded in Southern California.

Interesting Facts

After eight years of building nonstop, Santa Ines was finished. In 1812 there was a great earthquake that hit the church and other buildings ruining the mission. Luckily, they were able to rebuild the mission in 1817.

More Interesting Facts

In 1834, the padres were forced to share the building with the Mexican settlers. The padres were very upset to hear that news, so many of them left the mission. Luckily, (for the padres) in 1843 they got complete control over the mission.

Even More Interesting Facts

The mission building was not cared for properly so they soon fell in disrepair. However, they spent the next 20 years rebuilding it.

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San Buenaventura Mission by Austin Teague

Interesting Facts

The San Buenaventura mission was founded on March 31, 1782 by Father Junipero Serra. San Bunaventura mission was the ninth mission he built. Mission San Buenaventura grew crops like sugar cane, bananas, coconuts and figs. The earthquake of 1812 severely damaged the church but it was quickly reinforced. It was originally planned to be the third mission in the California chain.

History The first Buenaventura mission was burnt down, but the saints built a new one. After secularization,in 1876,most of the mission lands were sold to private settlers. The mission church became a parish church for the surrounding town. On Easter Sunday,March 31,1782, Father Serra raised a cross and founded his ninth church.

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San Francisco de Asis By Colleen Lang

History

San Francisco de Asis was founded on June 26, 1776 by Father Francisco Palou. It was named after Saint Francis of Asis. Unfortunately, Native Americans avoided this place.

Interesting Facts

This church was so strong it didn’t even fall over in the famous San Francisco earthquake in 1906! Did you know that Gaspar De Portal went searching for Monterey Bay, but he found San Francisco Bay instead?

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San Luis Obispo de Tolosa By Dana Donaldson

History

The San Luis Obispo de Tolosa mission was founded on September 1, 1772 by Father Junipero Serra. This mission was the fifth to be founded in California, and is named for Saint Luis, Bishop of Toulouse. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is located in the city of San Luis Obispo, at Monterey and Chorro Streets.

Interesting Facts

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is located near the Valley of Bears. It is called the Valley of Bears because, there was a humongous population of bears. They decided to hunt the bears and send the meat to other missions to keep from starvation. Since there were so many friendly Native Americans, Father Serra decided to locate his next mission in San Luis Obispo.

Photographs of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

San Fernando Rey de Espana By Daniel Papacica

History The San Fernando Rey de Espana mission was founded in September 8, 1797 by St. Ferdinand, King of Spain. It was the seventeenth founded out of twenty-one in California. This mission is located on Mission Drive one and a half miles west of the city of San Fernando. In spite of all the precautions taken in construction of the large church, it could not withstand the violent shaking of the 1812 earthquakes.

Interesting Facts

Mission San Fernando had over 30,000 grape vines and a wine factory. After out growing their last church, St. Ferdinand decided to build a new one. The repairs made to the church afterward were so substantial that it probably would have then stood for a very long time. It was two stories high, 243 feet long, 50 feet wide, and fronted by a colonnade with 20 arches. After the discovery of gold, vandals dug up the church floor looking for buried gold.

Photographs of San Fernando Rey de Espana

San Francisco Solano Mission By Emily Lazarus

History

● The San Francisco Solano is the twenty first mission. It was founded on July 4,1823 by Father Jose Altimira. Its location is in the town of Sonoma, 20 miles north of San Francisco on State Highway 12.

Interesting facts Mission San Francisco Solano was the only mission founded after Mexico's independence from Spain. It was also the only mission founded without the prior approval of the Church. The brash Father Jose Altimira, sent from Spain in 1819 to assist at Mission Dolores, devised a plan to found a new mission to the north where the climate was warmer. Eventually the Church gave their approval for the new Mission San Francisco Solano,to be run by Father Altimira, but insisted that Missions Dolores and San Rafale be undisturbed. Photo Gallery

Mission San Juan Capistrano By Hailey Fannin

History San Juan Capistrano was the seventh mission founded. San Juan Capistrano's nickname is Jewel of the Missions. The mission was originally founded on October 30, 1775 by Fr. Lasuen. The site was abandoned after eight days due to an attack on the San Diego mission. A year later Father Junipero Serra returned on November 1,1776 . The little chapel completed in the first year is still in use today. It is believed that this chapel is the oldest church in California.

Interesting Facts

In November 1796 what was to be the most magnificent church of all churches in California was starting to be built. Sadly, this beautiful church was destroyed by the earthquake of 1812 . Restoration was not completed until after 1987. This little chapel is still standing today and is called “Father Serra's Church”.

Photographs of the San Juan Capistrano Mission

San Luis Rey de Francia by: Jared Tikker

History

San Luis Rey de Francia was founded by Father Fermin Lasuen on June 13, 1798 in Los Angeles and was the 18th mission ever built. At the mission, there were more than 50,000 cattle and sheep. They had 1,300 goats, 300 pigs, and almost 2,000 horses. Mission San Louis Rey de Francia was the largest and most populated of all the California missions.

Interesting Facts

The location of San Luis Rey de Francia is on a hill in a town called San Luis Rey and that is how it got its name. It has two nicknames. The 1st one is the King of Missions and the other one is King of France.

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La Purisima Concepcion

By: Ben Bouhaja

History

● The La Purisima Concepcion was the eleventh mission founded. It was founded on December 8, 1787 by Father Firmin Lasuen.

Facts

● The La Purisima Concepcion was named for: “The Immaculate Concepcion of Mary the Most Pure.” There was an earthquake in the early hours on December 12, 1812, that shook the ground for four minutes causing incredible damage to the mission's buildings. Then half an hour later the earth shook again,finishing all of the destruction. Shortly after heavy rains came and flooded everything there was.

More facts

● In 1824, when the word came to the La Purisima neophytes that one of their brother natives had been flogged at Mission Santa Ines, and the ensuing fight resulted in the death of two Native Americans , they revolted. Mission Santa Ines took control of La Purisima Concepcion for a month. When the governor heard what was happening he sent soldiers from Monterey. The battle was three hours. In the end, the Native Americans surrendered, sixteen of the Native Americans died and several more were injured. Ten years after the battle, secularization came,and the mission was left to fall in ruins. Even more facts

The mission and its land for only $1,100. 88 years later , in 1933 the Union Oil Company sold the mission and what belonged to it to the public. It is now a state historic park.

Photographs of La Purisima Concepciŏn

Carmel Mission by Melanie Verga

History

The Carmel Mission, also known as Mission Carmel Basilica, is the second mission to be built. It was founded on June 3,1770 by Father Junipero Serra. The Carmel Mission was named after Saint Charles Borromoe. It is located a few miles south of the city of Carmel on Junipero Avenue.

Facts The Carmel Mission is believed by many to be the most beautiful of all the California missions. It is here that Fr. Serra made his headquarters for his California missionary work, and where he was buried upon his death in 1784. A year after its founding, the mission was moved from Monterey to a beautiful site in Carmel Valley. The Monterey site was not only inadequate for growing crops, it was a long way from where the Native Americans resided. Fr. Serra was buried in the sanctuary beside the alter in the adobe church next to his longtime friend Fr .Crespi. A few years later the

current large stone church was built around the small adobe church. Pictures

San Rafael Arcangel

by Robert Brown

History

This mission was founded in December 14, 1817 by Father Vicente de Sarria. This site was originally dedicated as an “asistencia” (sub-mission) of Mission Dolores.

Interesting Facts

San Rafael was to serve as a convalescent hospital for the many sick neophytes (Christianized Native Americans). Concerned that the high death rate of the Mission Dolores neophytes was partly due to the damp climate, the padres decided to send the sick to a better location in order to recover. After that, there was a remarkable improvement in their health.

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Mission Foods By Natalie Sanford

Basic Mission Foods

Pozole is a soup that the missionaries ate. All missions had an orchard with grapes for producing wine. Crops had wheat, corn, peas, barley, lentils, and beans in them. The missions sharpened the taste of their food with chilies. Missionaries also eat bunelos, pumpkin cakes, and iced Mexican chocolate.

Food Preparation

●The ingredients the missionaries used was mostly harvested and rarely brought by ship. ●The food preparations were almost always directed by a padre. ●Only the Indian women prepared the food.

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San Juan Bautista by Nelly K.

The History

San Jaun Bautista was founded in June 24,1797 by Fermin Lasuen for John the Baptist. It was founded 13 days after Mission San Jose.

Fun Facts

Did you know that San Juan Bautista is on the San Andreas Fault? The shaking was so bad, the missionaries had to sleep outside. It caused a lot of damage and the mission had to be repaired numerous times. The population of the missions was growing larger it was a real big problem when the church collapsed. In 1803 there were plans to build a larger mission.

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Nuestra Senora de la Soldad by Chloe Prichard

History The Nuestra Senora de la Soledad was founded on October 9, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen.It was named for Our Lady of Solitude. It was also the thirteenth mission.

Interesting facts

There were very few Native Americans living in the area. The mission was destroyed twice by overflowing river banks. The padres performed 2,000 baptisms and 700 marriages!It was freezing cold in the winter nights and in the summer nights it was boiling hot.After the secularization the mission was abandoned and was decaying for over a hundred years. In 1954 , the Native Daughters of the Golden West restored some of the parts of mission.

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San Miguel Mission By Ryan Hartley

History

The San Miguel Arcangel was founded in the summer of 1797. It was the third mission founded by Father Fermin Lasuen. This mission was named after Saint Miguel the Archangel. It was also the 16 mission founded.

Interesting facts There were 15 children baptized on the day the San Miguel Archangel was founded. Accompanying the padres were people called neophyte. Neophyte are Native Americans who have been Christianized. The Neophyte helped get the local Indians to come to the mission and stay there. For a very long time the natives were busy making and drying large amounts of adobe bricks for a new church that they were going to make. The church was completed in just two years!

More Interesting Facts Above the alter in the mission there is a thing called the “The All Seeing Eye of God” .It is called that because there are windows that shine light in all directions. In 1878 all the parts of the mission was sold except for the church which they kept. Sadly, one of the people who bought the mission was later killed by tramps looking for gold, but the tramps were executed for the crimes they had committed.

More Interesting Facts

The mission had imitation marble, arches, and columns. The mission was filled very quickly after the neophyte convinced other natives to come and live in the mission with them.

San Miguel Mission Pictures

These pictures are of the San Miguel mission. Up:The Bell tower. Upper Left: Side of mission.

Lower Left :front of mission The San Juan Bautista Mission By Samantha Hiura

History San Juan Bautista Mission was the fifteenth mission built. It was founded by Father Fermin Lasuen on June 24,1797 and named after John the Baptist. The mission could fit nearly 1,000 people. The mission is located 17 miles north of Salinas, in the center of San Juan Valley.

Interesting Facts

Did you know that the San Juan Bautista Mission was built right on top of the San Andreas fault? Sadly right after they finished building it, an earthquake occurred. On October 1798, the shaking of the earthquake was so bad, the missionaries decided to sleep outside. There was as many as 6 earthquakes per day. Since the population was growing furiously, plans were already at work to rebuild the mission.

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Santa Cruz Mission by Samuel Bishop

History This mission was discovered, August 28, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen. The mission Santa Cruz was named for the Sacred Cross. The location is on Mission Hill overlooking the City of Santa Cruz on the northern shore of Monterey . It is the 12th mission built.

Interesting facts

● Mission Santa Cruz sits on a very gentle slope surrounded by the very beautiful and tall redwood trees, not very far from the Pacific Ocean. When Father Fermin Lasuen raised the big cross and said Mass on this picturesque location, very little did he realize the misfortune and troublesome times that the world would bring to the mission. The missionSanta Cruz was owned by Father Fermin Lasuen.

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Mission Santa Barbara By Luke Franklin

History

● The Santa Barbara mission was founded on December 4, 1786 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen. It was the tenth mission to be built in Califorina. It was named for Saint Barbara. The Location of Santa Barbara, is on a hill at the end of Laguna Street, overlooking the city of Santa Barbara. An earthquake, in 1925 nearly destroyed the beautiful stone church that had survived for many years.

Interesting Facts

● Eventually, construction of a second quadrangle was begun adjacent to the first. Throughout all this construction a succession of larger adobe churches were built. Father Narciso Duran moved his headquarters to Santa Barbara after changing from San Jose. Sadly, Father Serria died just one month after the new Governor told him that permission was granted to found his, longed for, mission in Santa Barbara.

More Cool Facts

● The first missions buildings were made of logs, with thatch roofs. Later, an adobe wing completed the quadrangle with a dormitory, kitchen and storeroom. There were also rows of over 200 houses for the mission natives built next to the mission.

Mission Santa Barbara

● San Luis Obispo de Tolsa

Yamila Lopez Beltran

History

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded on September 1, 1772 by Father Junipero Serrra. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is the fifth mission founded in California.

Interesting Facts

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is located near the Valley of the Bears where the Spanish had found such a large population of bears they were able to keep other missions from near starvation by hunting the bears and sending the meat to missions.

Photographs of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Santa Clara de Asis by Trevor Lin

History

The Santa Clara de Asis mission was founded in January 12, 1777 by Father Junipero Serra. It is the eighth mission out of the twenty- one missions. Mission Santa Clara was one of the last missions subject to secularization in 1836. After some of the mission lands were returned to the church, the Franciscans turned the land over to the Jesuit Order to be used as the site for the first college in California.

Facts

The Santa Clara de Asis mission was the first mission to be named after a woman, Saint Claire of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares order of nuns. Flooding of the nearby Guadalupe River forced the padres to move the mission many times. On the third moving site, a large adobe church stood for 34 years until a severe earthquake in1818 forced the mission to be moved again. Finally, construction on the fifth move, the present mission site, began in 1822.

Photographs of the mission