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	Encyclopedia of San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Central to the goals of the Franciscans at Mission Dolores was the idea of ingathering of native peoples into villages (reducion), inculcation of Christian doctrine and morality, and European cultural values, establishment of Spanish law and government, and the creation of townships of Hispanicized farmers and artisans out of the indigenous population.
		California missions were the sole source of the prosperity of the territory." Mission Dolores at the peak of its prosperity in 1810 owned 11,000 sheep, 11,000 cows, and thousands of horses, goats, pigs, and mules.
		The missions would essentially be made into parish churches consisting of only the church proper, the residence of the priests and a small amount of land immediately surrounding the churches for use as kitchen gardens and cemeteries.
	www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com /articles/m/missionDolores.html (1436 words)

	California Missions: San Francisco de Asis
		Dolores never reached the degree of agricultural prosperity enjoyed by other missions and exhausting epidemics, especially measles, took a tremendous toll of the domestic Indians and left the survivors somewhat doubtful of the blessings they received.
		An asistencia, or mission rancho, was set up on the north side of the bay where the climate and soil promised benefit to the Indian population, and a Franciscan father with a knowledge of medicine was placed in charge.
		Mission history has paid little heed to the artists and artisans who came into the new colony, where they performed the countless number of technical and professional services necessary for its success.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/dolores.html (1263 words)

	Mission San Rafael Arcangel
		Mission San Rafael, second most northerly on the El Camino Real and second to the last to be founded, began its existence as an "assistencia", or helper mission to Mission Dolores in San Francisco.
		Mission San Rafael Arcangel was founded on December 14, 1817 by Father Vicente de Sarria under the patronage of San Rafael Arcángel, the angel of bodily healing.
		The wheat crop was 17,905 bushels and the bean crop was 1,360 bushels.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/san_rafael.htm (2633 words)

	Mission Dolores: Birthplace of the San Francisco Bay Area
		Mission Dolores Elementary School, founded by three Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1856 on orchard land surrounding Mission San Francisco de Asis, the oldest mission church in California.
		Mission Dolores never met the expectations of its founders: A total of 6,536 Indians and 448 Mexicans were baptized there, while 5,187 Indians and 150 Mexicans were buried in the cemetery next door.
		He was at Mission Dolores in San Francisco for its 224th birthday celebration recently and led a prayer in the churchyard to the four directions of the world.
	www.sfmission.com /sfbirthplace (2670 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS DOLORES DE LOS AIS MISSION
		Mission Dolores and other missions were established to convert the local Indian populations to Christianity and to entice them to live under Spanish control at the mission.
		During its existence, Mission Dolores was the home of a number of priests, occasional lay brothers, and a few soldiers and their families, but the Ais, except for short periods of time, refused to live at the mission.
		The failure of the padres to recruit the Indians to live at the mission was the source of a proposal, in 1754, to close the mission.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/uqn12.html (1300 words)

	Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma)
		Franciscan Father Jose Altimira, sent from Spain in 1819 to assist at Mission Dolores, devised a plan to found a new mission to the north where the climate was warmer.
		He felt that the poor health of many of the Indians was caused by the foggy, damp weather at Mission Dolores, and favored shutting down that mission and the San Rafael hospital mission.
		He was to take charge of the mission, establish the parish church, free the Indian workers and distribute the mission lands and assets to the population.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/sonoma.htm (2261 words)

	Neighborhood Parks Council: Park Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dolores Park has six tennis courts and one basketball court; two soccer fields, a playground, and a clubhouse with public restrooms.
		A press conference last June celebrated completion and publication of The Strategic Plan for Mission Dolores Park and announced that copies were available to the public.
		Bird says that that the Friends of Dolores Park and Dolores Park Dog are working with Rec and Park on a solution to off-leash use for dog owners in the park, and he hopes for an outcome that will satisfy the both sides of the controversy.
	www.sfneighborhoodparks.org /parkhistories/dolorespark.html (571 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dolores Mission
		The date intended for the celebration was 4 Oct., the feast of St Francis of Asissi, but owing to the absence of the military commander of the neighboring presidio, which had been established on 17 Sept., the feast of the stigmata of St. Francis, the formal founding was delayed.
		The founders of the mission were Father Francisco Palou, the historian, and Father Pedro Benito Cambon.
		From 1785 to the end of 1832, for which period we have the reports, the mission raised 120,000 bushels of wheat, 70,226 bushels of barley, 18,260 bushels of corn, 14,386 bushels of beans, 7296 bushels of peas, and 905 bushels of lentils and garvanzos or horse beans.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05099b.htm (712 words)

	Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission.
		Their "mission" was to find, then investigate the remains of the "lost" Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission.
		Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Ais was one of six missions established in 1717 by the Spanish as a sign post to potential French competitors that Texas was off limits.
		Mission Dolores and other remaining missions were abandoned, and in time lost.
	www.texasescapes.com /DEPARTMENTS/Guest_Columnists/East_Texas_all_things_historical/NuestraSenoradelosDoloresdelosAisMission1AMD301.htm (406 words)

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		1854 infant Mission Dolores McCoy, Daniel 1851 Yerba Buena, Gr.
		1855 infant Mission Dolores McCreary, A. Scotland 1852 22 Yerba Buena, Gr.
		1858 infant Mission Dolores McDonough, Bernard Ireland 1852 30 Yerba Buena, Gr.
	www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/sfcemm.htm (11496 words)

	Mission Dolores Visitor Center & RV Park: San Augustine, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mission Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Ais was first established in 1717 along Ayish Bayou, approximately one-quarter league west of the present site.
		Mission Dolores is listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the national level of significance and is a designated State Archeological Landmark.
		Mission Dolores Visitor Center houses an interactive and interpretive display relating to Mission Nuestra Senora de los Ais, among the earliest missions established in Texas by Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus.
	missionrv.sanaugustinetx.com (140 words)

	Mission Dolores--Early History of the California Coast--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Mission Dolores, the oldest intact building in San Francisco, was constructed from 1782-1791 with Native American labor.
		The Mission was founded in 1776 by Father Francisco Palou under the direction of Father Junipero Serra.
		The Mission was restored in 1920 by architect Willis Polk.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/ca/ca36.htm (187 words)

	San Francisco Insider: Getting the Most out of San Francisco
		Mission Delores, the oldest building in San Francisco, is at the spiritual center of its namesake, the Mission District.
		Masses are still held in the original Mission building, which features 4-foot thick adobe walls, redwood beams lashed together with rawhide to support the roof, and a ceiling painted with vegetable dyes.
		Note how the Mission complex dominated the area with a Convento for housing the Franciscans and their guests, a granary, shops, servants quarters, and housing for soldiers and civilians based at the Mission.
	www.theinsider.com /SF/Attractions/missiondolores.htm (505 words)

	Mission Dolores Park
		Mission Dolores is a Cinderella story for a sizeable park in the hyper-dense Mission District.
		Unfortunately, Dolores Park has spent most of its lifetime 'in decline.' It has a history of poor facility maintenance, and drug dealing has kept it from feeling safe, especially after dark.
		Working with the Friends of Dolores Park, the Dolores Heights Improvement Club, the San Francisco Youth Commission, the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, the Neighborhood Parks Council, and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, the park has been 'magically' transformed into an excellent, pleasant open space environment.
	www.josephstubbscreations.com /Home2/sf/sfparks/dolores/dolores.html (366 words)

	Mission Dolores
		Mission Dolores was laid down 13 February 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corp., Sausalito, Calif.; launched 26 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
		Acquired by the Navy 20 October 1947, she was designated as Mission Dolores (AO‑115) and transferred to the Naval Transportation Service for service.
		Reacquired by the Navy on 27 June 1956, she was placed in service with MSTS on the same date and served with them until returned to the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Wash., on 19 September 1957.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m12/mission_dolores.htm (265 words)

	A Jaunt of Recreation, From San Francisco, by the Mission Dolores.... - 1859
		The Old Mission road, as its name would indicate, was the first made road to that point; although in 1849 and 1850, we had to thread our way among the low sand hills, and across little valleys, by a very circuitous and laborious route.
		At the present time the only uses to which this Mission is devoted is to give public instruction in the Catholic religion, the education of some seventeen pupils; the burial of the dead; and an occasional marriage.
		Between the Mission Dolores and the Ocean House there are no objects of striking interest, except, perhaps the San Francisco Industrial School, recently erected for the benefit of depraved juveniles, situated near the top of the ridge we are gently ascending, about six miles from the city and three from the ocean.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist2/jaunt.html (2404 words)

	SF-Mission
		The Mission is proud to have few chains and especially no "wrap" parlors with their more exotic fills.
		San Francisco de Asis, Mission Dolores (the sixth of 21 built on the Mission Trail) features a museum, graveyard, gift shop and a beautiful Basilica with the customary alcove dedicated to Latin America's great patron saint, the Lady of Guadeloupe.
		The Mission's legacy as a metro center for working class and immigrants has led to a concentration of non-profit organizations and a reputation as a center to progressive alternative thinking.
	www.carnaval.com /sf/sfmission.htm (2642 words)

	California Mission History: San Francisco de Asís
		Initially the Indians were greatly attracted to the mission, but ample food and protection from enemies had to be measured against fatal epidemics of measles, the worldly attractions of the pueblo, and the free life of " unenlightened " brothers across the bay.
		Mexican land reforms had taken all the mission possessions, so that just a few of the buildings were left to return to the Church.
		Modern Mission Dolores Basilica and the teeming city by the Golden Gate crowd around the venerable church, which is the only remaining mission building.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/dolores.html (366 words)

	Mission District San Francisco Restaurants, Nightclubs, and Visitor Information
		The Mission has been a primarily Hispanic neighborhood for decades, named after the Mission Dolores.
		Mission Dolores is one of the oldest Mission's in San Francisco and a free incredible historic site (3321 16th Street @ Dolores 621-8203).
		You won't find the Mission on the front page of many travel guides, but if you want to truly see a slice of SF life, have a beer, burrito, and pick up a used flannel-- the Mission is worth every minute.
	www.sftravel.com /missn.html (430 words)

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		The construction of adobe walls for the mission church began in 1788 with the manufacture of 26,000 bricks by native laborers.
		This reredos continues to stand as the backdrop to the mission altar and has concealed the mural for over 200 years.
		Explore the interactive map for an understanding of the widespread tribal involvement during the mission's first twenty years according to the missions baptismal record.
	missiondoloresmural.com (377 words)

	Tumacacori NHP: Mission Dolores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, founded on 13 March 1687, was the first mission that Father Kino established.
		The mission name means "Lady of Sorrows" and it was the mother mission of the Pimeria Alta. The stone shown in the photograph to the left is from the original mission.
		The ancient mission of Dolores that was administered for many years by Father Eusebio Kino and served as a beginning and foundation for the habitation and establishment of the missions of the Pimería alta, is known today as the village of Dolores.
	www.nps.gov /tuma/Dolores.html (247 words)

	Mission Merchants Association
		The heart of the Mission on Mission is the story of 21st to 22nd streets
		Mission Merchant President PHIL LESSER said he's not been pleased with some of the recent national press the Mission has received naming the elderly woman whose apartment was taken over by drug dealing gang members despite her receiving regular social service visits.
		Enjoy the Mission without the hassle of parking by using one of the large inexpensive parking lots at any of these 6 San Mateo County stations and taking your BART to the Mission.
	www.missionmerchants.com (1801 words)

	San Francisco History - Mission Dolores Cemetery
		The oldest burial ground in the city of San Francisco is that connected with the Church of the Mission.
		It was so very unusual a question that no reply was give, though the inquirer, a policeman, stood with one foot already on the first of the short steps leading into the Mission Dolores Cemetery with the expectant and hesitating air of one whose next movement is to be governed by the answer.
		Commencing at a point near the old mission chapel the coping that banks the dirt of the cemetery across its entire front serves to divide the present from the past civlization.
	www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/history/hcmmis.htm (1384 words)

	California Missions Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The missions are an important part of the state's cultural fabric and must be preserved as priceless historic monuments.
		The California Missions Foundation, a non-sectarian, nonprofit organization of civic-minded citizens dedicated to the preservation of California's historic missions is leading a statewide campaign---the first major appeal in nearly a century---to raise $50 million to repair the missions and preserve their precious artworks and artifacts.
		The Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, which establishes the policies to be followed in carrying out the purposes and objectives of the foundation and have general charge of the business affairs and activities of the foundation.
	www.missionsofcalifornia.org (665 words)

	SF Gate: Bay Area Traveler: San Francisco Neighborhoods: Mission: Dolores Street and Valencia Corridor
		Dolores Park remains a favorite for those who wish to retreat from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the Mission.
		Mission Dolores: At the corner of 16th and Dolores streets, overshadowed by an ornate basilica, sits a modest adobe chapel, one of the two original missions in San Francisco and the oldest standing building in the city.
		Dolores Park Cafe: This clean and airy café overlooks the foot of Dolores Park and offers a clutch of sidewalk tables.
	www.sfgate.com /traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/mission_dolval.shtml (3885 words)

	Mission de Asis, San Francisco
		Otherwise called Mission Dolores, it is the oldest building in San Francisco built in 1791.
		Located at Dolores street, the building, the mission cemetery, and the basilica nearby are among most visited San Francisco attractions.
		Any use, copying of images, or their parts, or any other content including but not limited to any text in the html files without permission is prohibited.
	www.virtuar.com /ysf2/location/mission_de_asis (203 words)

	San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Better known as Mission Dolores, it is located in the San Francisco Bay that was discovered by accident when Gaspar de Portal's expedition was looking for Monterey Bay.
		The climate at the mission site was severe, often with chilly sea winds and damp fogs.
		The problem of sick natives was so great that eventually, in 1817, a hospital mission was opened in San Rafeal where the Mission Dolores inhabitants could recuperate in the sunshine.
	missions.bgmm.com /dolores.htm (295 words)

	Welcome to Proyecto Pastoral's Home Page
		Dolores Mission is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide training, education and social services within the Pico-Aliso/Boyle Heights district of East Los Angeles.
		Proyecto Pastoral coordinates five community based programs - all of which are situated in an area containing one of the largest concentration of public housing west of the Mississippi River.
		Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission is a faith based non-profit organization working in the economically and politically disenfranchised community of Los Angeles.
	www.proyectopastoral.org (187 words)

	San Francisco - Mission District - Noe Valley and Castro
		Because Mission did not burn in 1906, layers of San Francisco history can be seen along the oldest land route into the city.
		MISSION DISTRICT MURAL, 22nd and Van Ness, southeast corner, one block east.
		View of Mission Valley with peaked, roofed cottages, blue bay, Oakland, Contra Costa bridge, and pyramidal Mt. Diablo, highest peak in the region.
	www.geocities.com /thetropics/lagoon/8578/sf4.htm (2241 words)

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