The California missions are home to fascinating stories and interesting facts. The following is a list 50 things you might not know about the missions– but there are many more to discover. Pirate Raid In 1818, a French privateer named Hippolyte Bouchard (known in Spanish as Hipólito Bouchard), led a series of raids along the coast of Alta California. Bouchard […]
Origins of Mexican Independence Part 3: Breaking Away
With a foreign occupier in control of Spain, and the royal family in exile in France, people in the Spanish territories in the Americas found themselves at a crossroads.