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Welcome to the California Missions Resource Center Skip main content Resources Store My Account Cart Main navigation All San Diego de Alcal Mission Carlos Borrom o Carmelo Antonio Padua Gabriel Arc ngel Luis Obispo Tolosa Francisco As s Juan Capistrano Santa Clara Buenaventura B rbara La Pur sima Concepci n Cruz Nuestra Se ora la Soledad Jos Bautista Miguel Fernando Rey Espa a Francia In Rafael Solano MIssion Map Timeline Image Galleries Stories The is comprehensive and unique resource for historical information on twenty-one We strive provide quality students teachers people interested in discovering wonderful history of early missions who helped create shape we know today Highlighted was founded March became parish church after it secularized high altar its reredos date has well-landscaped garden informative displays small inviting museum More Info This Ziegfield Follies story how William Randolph Hearst preserve only mission site which still unspoiled Read Story Browse Era Drawings A Dodge Alexander Harmer Native People Gallery Selected Paintings Cardinell-Vincent Postcards Franciscans at Padres by Julius Ludovici Key Personalities History Contemporary Photographs Interactive Historic Blas as naval base supply depot Alta will be supplied from here G lvez Visitor General New Spain plans land-based sea-based expedition settle May sixty-four-foot packet boat with persons aboard sets sail bound January second ship leaves five weeks later arrives nearly everyone board incapacitated April Driven far out sea takes almost four months reach Arrives Twenty-four crew die scurvy leader Gaspar Portol first FatherPresident Jun pero Serra arrive an arduous six-week journey Over two-thirds Indians desert en route undermanned establishes garrison Hill compound such consisted little more than brush-covered enramadas several grass huts With many sick dying supplies already low proceed Monterey are scrapped up coast July Shortly departs Fr founds Presidio Kumeyaay attack occurs killing Vergerano servant wooden stockade hastily erected unsuccessful finding but discovers Bay Unknown imperiled left Loreto carrying urgently needed lost established returns November new colony desperate straits may have abandoned struggling saved Borromeo known era provisional pole thatch chapel presidio land Salinan native Telhaya Luc Mountains southeast along slopes Montebello hills overlooking Valley relocated Carmel near Indian village Ekheya Chumash Tilhini Dominicans agree take over responsibility Baja through decree freeing concentrate travels Mexico City clarify his authority bolster support Lisanchanga three miles northwest Christian wedding place Conversions begin increase receptive Spanish Pal u other missionaries leave setting boundary between Anza Arizona Ignacio Tubac overland arriving half inland Nipaquay August military outpost formally granted status Sergeant Ortega escorts colonists enter Captain Ayala names Angel Island Isla los ngeles Alcatraz Alcatraces – Pelicans under direction Lieutenant Joaqu Moraga rebuilt October popularly Dolores seventh group animals destined Eight babies born trail transferred direct control Viceroy northern command Interior Provinces headed Teodoro Croix Ohlone neophytes ultimately include Miwok Tamyen Yokuts seat government moved February Pueblo Guadalupe men women children central purpose civil settlements food army Felipe Neve becomes Civil Governor He reorganizes administration finances streamlines regulations steps grant greater role management Quechans destroy two Yuma area severing tenuous M xico Another settlers Thirty-two pueblo Reina del R Porci ncula sizeable Mitsqanaqa that partially restored Chapel completed remains held mass dies age appointed interim Father-President Dom nguez retired soldier receives Rancho Pedro Ferm Lasu rebellion led woman Toypurina Alcalde Nichol suppression ceremonies grievances Xana yan Algsacupi publishes Life Apostolic Labors Venerable Father remote Malaspina Expedition stops drawings artist Cardero interest this Uypi mouth Lorenzo River returned focus shifts defend against foreign invaders Tension leaders largely disappears magnificent Royal dedicated An epidemic decimates population foreigners increasing numbers trade otter pelts cattle hides tallow Los Encinos Don Reyes June sits original square Villa Branciforte present-day local call Valica Tacayme region Quechia Upon death Estevan Tapis Virgen y rtir rancher Alajulapu Inez features Moorish fortresslike appearance devastating smallpox measles kills Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov seeking Russian settlement Alaska Mexican War Independence closes port disrupts flow goods next decade autopsy performed Andr Quintana Period accounts indicate friar poisoned Great Stone Church destroyed massive earthquake Narciso Dur develops choir band some musicians using teaching methods documented book Pr logo Recruiting taking Miwoks Chuillas interior bolsters neophyte Asistencia Pala rancho about east medical asistencia sub-mission Russian-American Company operates hunting station Farallon Islands starting Hippolyte Bouchard Frenchman privateer license Republic Plata Argentina attacks burning both December One American Thomas Doak constructs paints achieves full independence given impressive -foot long Convento padre quarters guest house built becoming last one during rule President reaches highest achieved any Much lives outlying Las Flores Jedediah Strong Smith legendary Mountain Man visits Gov Col Mar Echeand issues emancipation allowing number or living there least fifteen years permission Comandante major erupts adults represents Estanislao leads large-scale uprising requires expeditions quell Soldiers launch revolt Mart nez accused complicity affair exonerated badly damaged Chiefs Marin Quint headquarters chain Indios special town former However were too few sustain viable experiment subsequently dissolved distributed remaining Administrators Many emancipated Tradesmen vaqueros others prosper most become field hands servants Some join schemes manage includes Hijar-Padres Colony liberal educated individuals artisans attendants etc would receive large grants their ranks oversee Most make scheme never implemented Richard Henry Dana serves crewmember Pilgrim collecting hide visiting presidios priest Vicente Sarr used ranch then falls into ruin century Mariano Vallejo named Director Northern Frontier move friends relatives buildings John Augustus Sutter Yerba Buena citizen Illegal immigrants United States Oregon Trail late ‘s Two Years Before Mast first-hand account life After gold discovered best seller acres That same year he purchases Fort Ross source deposit treasure-seekers dig walls floors What Pious Fund confiscated L pez Ana Franciscan missionary th Ram Abella parishes follows governor P Jes Pico brother very favorable nine-year lease Texas part British Guiana Eugene MacNamara promotes Irishmen families immigrate Events overtake implausible when Americans sweep U S notifies Lt Charles Fremont been surveying west watch interests By time message Congress declared war warships Commodore D Sloat frigate USS Savannah sloops including Cyane Levant capture claim Californios resist occupation fighting continues occupied Army MexicanAmerican Treaty Hidalgo cedes parts what comprise states Nevada Utah Wyoming Colorado concluded Gold Mill Sacramento Rush had impact Disease starvation genocidal reduce estimated census st state Union It rd largest passes Land Act creating commission review titles Archbishop J Alemany files petition return all decades before Catholic Fact Sheets Do You Want Know available each Each Sheet Contains See Footer First Second Additional View Third About Us FAQ Glossary Source Information Contact Pentacle Press LLC Rights Reserved Terms Use Privacy Policy Sign