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California Mission List: Photos, Locations, Founders
Between 1769 and 1823 Spanish missionaries founded 21 missions up and down the coast of Alta California (today’s state of California). These…
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Interactive California Missions Map
This map of the Alta California missions shows the 21 missions founded by Franciscan missionaries between 1769 and 1823. Each mission was…
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Who Was Junípero Serra?
Junípero Serra was a Spanish priest who established the a series of missions among the native peoples of what is today California.…
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Organizations and Websites
There is a great deal of information about the mission era on the Internet. Not all of it is reliable or well-researched.…
