The following group of California mission postcards includes views associated with the twenty-one missions established between 1769 and 1823 by Spanish Franciscan missionaries along the California ...

Santa Clara University, the oldest college in California, is also the only college in the state to be the successor of a Spanish mission. The history of both institutions is intimately bound up with ...

Lompoc's first Spanish mission was established by Father Lasuen in December 1787 following the founding of the Santa Barbara Presidio in 1782 by Spanish King Carlos III. Reference: The Royal ...

Out of 18th century California, the Camino Real runs down the American West Coast, linking 21 Spanish missions between San ...