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 Saint 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…
- Some stories
- Jorgensen watercolors of the California Missions
- Cline Cellars California Missions Museum
- Earthquake history of California
- Merchant Marine Mission Fleet of ships during World War II
And, those links that I find interesting but can’t weave into the fabric of the mission stories will be found here…
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.