Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father by Steven W. Hackel

Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father



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Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father Steven W. Hackel ebook
Page: 352
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780809095315
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux


Mar 18, 2014 - August 16, 2013|By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times It's a scholastic rite of passage for every California fourth-grader: studying the history of the Spanish Catholic missions and the life of Father Junípero… UC Riverside associate professor of history, it's perhaps the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled about the devout Franciscan friar who established nine of the 21 missions in present-day California and is sometimes called the state's “founding father. Nov 1, 2013 - The seventh of California's 21 missions — and perhaps the most famous — was first consecrated on October 30, 1775 but then abandoned and founded by Father Junipero Serra on November 1, 1776. Dec 7, 2012 - It was here in 1769 that a Spanish Franciscan missionary, Father Junípero Serra, with a group of soldiers led by Gaspar de Portolá, established Alta California's first mission and presidio (fort). Mission San Gabriel was the fourth mission to be built in this chain. Its founders were Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga, Father Francisco Palóu, Father Junipero Serra, all members of the de Anza Expedition. The San Buenaventura Mission (Ventura's official name is “Buenaventura,” which means “good luck” in Spanish) was founded in 1782 by Father Junipero Serra, the last of the historic California missions. Aug 29, 2013 - August 28th 1784,died at Mission San Carlos Borromeo , located next to Carmel river, near Monterey, our most illustrious Franciscan, Father Junipero Serra the founder of California´s missions. Oct 23, 2008 - When he reached Monterey and founded Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo, Serra remained there as "Father Presidente" of the Alta California missions. The final resting spot for early California pioneers. Sep 28, 2011 - Carmel, California – Sunday, November 24th marked the 300th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Junipero Serra “California's Founding Father”, the Franciscan priest who led the establishment of the Missions in California. Oct 1, 2012 - In 1769, Serra led a group of Franciscan monks into Alta California, and there oversaw the founding and maintenance of a chain of missions along the Californian coast. Nov 26, 2013 - Guests: Steven Hackel, associate professor of history at the University of California, Riverside and the Author of "Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father". Often confused for the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the Serra Museum was built between 1928-1929 for the purpose of housing and showcasing the collection of the San Diego History Center (then the San Diego Historical Society), which was founded in 1928.





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