Monday, April 7, 2008

The California Missions


California Missions

The missions have been in California since the 1700, Spanish Fathers founded most of the missions because they wanted to make American Indians go into Christianity. I am -going to talk about all the twenty-one missions in California.

1. San Diego De Alcala. This mission was founded in July 16, 1769. It was the first founded mission in California; it was the birthplace of Christianity. Father Junipero Serra the original location of the mission was overlooking the bay it stayed in that location for five years established this mission. They decided to move the mission because there wasn’t enough water for the crops, the soil wasn’t fertilized enough and the Indians were scared of the military. The moved six miles east the decision was mad by Father Luis Jayme, but Father Serra had the last saying in things and he also thought it was a good Idea to move. Now 10818 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, CA 92108.

2.San Carlos Borromeo. This mission was founded on June 3, 1770 also founded by Father ordered by the Governor Portola. This mission was also moved because the he separated the Indians from the Spaniards, they moved 5 miles away to Carmel Valley there original location was a presidio chapel in Monterey. Now 3080 Rio Road Carmel, CA 93923.

3.San Antonio de Padua. This mission was founded on July 14, 1771 it was founded by three Franciscan Padres. They were there just to camp over night but the land was going to end up as another mission for California.

4.San Gabriel Arcangel. This mission was founded on September 8, 1771. The mission was moved three times, the first location that the mission was in Santa Ana, then the founders wanted a better location so the crossed the San Gabriel River to the city of Montebello. They were there for five years year and then moved again closer to the mountains were they thought it was a better location. Originally the year that the mission was built and used would be 1771 but it was basically 1776 because that was when the last mission was built but they don’t count that date any more.

5.San Antonio de Obispo. Founded on September 1, 1772 by Father Junipero Serra, by the same father that found the first and second mission of California. The mission was named after Saint
Luis, bishop of Toulouse, France.

6.San Francisco de Asis. The mission was mad out of adobe and thatched roofs.
San Francisco de Asis. This mission was founded on October 6, 1776. Indians used the mission a lot for shelter, from like damp and foggy weather, food, and protection from enemies, help if they get the measles. After they found gold in California the pueblo wasn’t the same the population rose from 900 to 20,000 in only a year. The building survived in some much natural disasters that the mission is now one of the greatest recorded earthquakes of all time shook in San Francisco.

7.San Juan Capistrano. This mission was founded on November 1, 1776; Father Fermin Lausen founded this mission. Father Junipero Serra convinced the Spanish captain to build another mission because they need to break the long distances between San Diego and San Gabriel. This mission was known for having mud nests in the ruins, this mission is also known in song and story.

8.Santa Clara de Asis. This mission was founded on January 12,1777 they wanted another mission after the one in the San Francisco Bay. The Santa Clara de Asis was made six miles south away from San Gabriel Arcangel Mission.

9.San Buenaventura. This mission was founded on an Easter Sunday- March 31, 1782 this mission was founded also my Father Junipero Serra. This was known as the last mission he established personally. The Spanish king said that white settlers were better to run the mission so they let him go.

10.Santa Barbra. This mission was founded on December 4, 1787 this mission was founded by Father Serra and the governor Neve. Father Junipero Serra the founder of the 9 first missions died three years later. Father Junipero wanted to raise the first cross but wasn’t able to because he died Padre Fermin Francisco de Lausen a padre that was with Father Serra the whole time while he was founding all the missions was the one that rose the bell.

11.La Purisma Concepcion. This mission was founded on December 8, 1787. The mission was doing fine until 25 years later in 1812 when there was a big earthquake and the mission was hit pretty hard. The mission was redone four miles north/east from the original location were its now present.

12.Santa Cruz. This mission was founded on originally on September 25,1791 but there was a lot of rainy seasons and the mission would flood, so the Padres decided to move it and then used that date February 17, 1793 as its founding date.

13. Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. This mission was founded on October 9, 17791 this mission was made in the “Golden Age”. The mission was named Our Lady of Solitude because the area it was in was very lonely, there was damp weather and the plants would grow. The mission would bring like bad luck a royal gift that was going to help the mission never came, the soil was bad and noting would grow, the weather was bad, the adobe buildings would break apart in the hot and humid summer’s, a disease that killed many Indians and many others fled because they didn’t want to get the disease either.

14. San Jose, this mission was founded in 1797. When they were making the missions they wanted all the missions to be chain so it would take at least a day to get to each one on horse back., and by this time there was about thirteen along California.

15.San Juan Bautista. This mission was founded in 1797. the mission went right to work after it opened, the first baptism they had was of little Indian he was about ten years old and they baptized him about two weeks after the opened the mission.

16.San Miguel Arcangel. This mission was founded on July 25, 1797. They wanted to put the mission were it is present right now because the location was in between the San Luis Obispo and the San Antonio Mission.

17.San Fernando Rey de España. This mission was founded on September 8, 1797. This mission was also a mission that they used to cut thru the put it in the middle of San Gabriel and San Buenaventura. This mission was the fourth mission that Father Lausen found.

18.San Luis Rey de Francia. This mission was founded in 1798. This mission was the last founded in the south. This mission was also the richest and largest of all missions. There was enough supply of water mission gardens and pools used for bathing and for laundry.

19.Santa Ines. This mission was founded in 1804. This mission was known for bad luck because a extensive building was being built when it all tumbled to the ground in an earth quake in 1812, eight years later. They started to rebuild it again but it took five years to finish it.

20.San Rafael Arcangel. This mission was founded in 1817. This mission wasn’t used much until there was made a small chapel were they put pictures of the church.
San Francisco de Solano. This mission was founded on July 4 1823.

21.San Francisco de Solano. This mission was founded on July 4 1823.

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