Mission Related Topics

Navigation for Mission-Related Pages:

• Related Index
• Mission Founding Order
• Nicknames
• Blessed Serra Bio
• Padre Lasuén Bio
• Calif Spanish Governors
• Calif Mexican Governors
• Calif Military Governors
• Mission Presidents-General
• Secularization
• Chumash Indians
• Spanish Settlement
• El Camino Real
• Dana Acobe
• Stories
• Property
• Measurements
• Find Mission Plans
• Mission Materials
• Jorgensen Paintings
• Calif Missions Museum
• Earthquakes

Here you can find various miscellaneous facts about the mission system and some related discussions. Below is an index to these discussions (they used to be on a single page but I've moved them to individual pages as the amount of information grew)...

• Order in which the missions were founded
• Mission Nicknames
• Short biography of Blessed Junípero Serra
• Short biography of Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuén
• Spanish Governors of California
• Mexican Governors of California
• Military Governors of California
• Presidents-General of the California Missions
• Secularization and its effect on the missions
• Chumash Indians
• Spanish arrival in California
• Discussion of El Camino Real--the road between the missions
• The Dana Adobe in Nipomo
• What Happened to Mission Property?
• Spanish Measurements
• How to Find Mission Plans at The Library of Congress
• Mission Materials (How to Make a Mission)
• Mission Industries...
  • Making Soap
  • Making Candles
• Some stories
• Jorgensen watercolors of the California Missions
• Cline Cellars California Missions Museum
• Earthquake history of California

And, those links that I find interesting but can't weave into the fabric of the mission stories will be found here...

• Assorted Miscellaneous Links

Expect this section to grow. As I travel around and discuss this project many topics I never expected to include become related to the missions and became candidates for placement here.