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The 100th anniversary poster for this year's Old Spanish Days has been revealed on the steps of the Old Mission ... really is in this community and California," said Harmon.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Spanish-led ‘Sacred Expedition’ to establish forts and missions in what was then called Alta California headed north from the tip of Baja. That makes it ...
SAN GABRIEL (CBSLA.com) – It's lesson-over for a long-running education project in Southern California ... fond memories of her fourth grade Spanish mission project. She grew up in San Gabriel ...
California’s schools are about ... interactions between Native Americans and early Spanish settlers. “American Indians have likened the mission projects to projects that require students ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Spanish-led ‘Sacred Expedition’ to establish forts and missions in what was then called Alta California headed north from the tip of Baja. That makes it ...
At California's nearly two dozen Spanish missions, conversion these days isn't just about religion; it's also about seismic retrofitting. That's because the missions — which date to the late ...
The California missions are some of the oldest structures in California. As a result, there are some pretty spooky tales surrounding them. There are more than 20 Spanish missions scattered ...
In 1767, Catholic Franciscan friar Junipero Serra was directed to create permanent settlements in an area of the New World called Alta California ... the Spanish established 21 missions spanning ...
Spanish missions, which stretch from San Francisco Solano in the Bay Area to San José del Cabo in Baja California, are a visible reminder of the Spanish colonial history that California and Mexico ...
a Spanish priest of the Franciscan Order who founded the first nine missions in Spanish California. The missions were primarily designed to bring the Catholic faith to the indigenous community ...
an 18th-century Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order who established eight of the 21 Spanish missions in California, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California.