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  Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Antonio de Padua was the third mission founded in the 21 mission chain in Alta California.
San Benito was used primarily for maintaining the sheep and lambs, as were corrals at San Bartolome del Pleyto.
Horses for the guard were kept to the north of the mission at the foot of the Santa Lucias, and mares with their young were kept at the seashore 10 1/2 leagues to the south.
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  Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo was founded on June 3, 1770, the second of the 21 California missions.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España (1797)
Mission San Luís Rey de Francia (1798)
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 Mission San Antonio de Padua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded on July 14, 1771, the third mission founded in California by Father Junípero Serra, named for Saint Anthony of Padua.
The Mission is surrounded by the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, which was acquired by the U.S. Army from the Hearst family during World War II to train troops.
Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo (1770)
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 Mission San Diego de Alcala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded on July 16, 1769 in what is now the City of San Diego, California by Father Junípero Serra.
The missions were offered for sale to the natives, who were unable to come up with the price, so the Mission's property was broken up into ranchos and sold to Mexican citizens.
In 1846, the Mission San Diego de Alcalá was given to Santiago Arguello.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mission_San_Diego_de_Alcal%c3%a1   (486 words)

  
 Mission San Miguel Property and Padres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The corridor of the mission is said to have sixteen arches because this was the sixteenth mission to be established.
Mission San Miguel was said to be bounded on the east "by the Tulares" 66 miles distant, and on the west by the seashore 35 miles away
Father Cipres died at Mission San Miguel on January 31, 1810 and was buried in the sanctuary of the Church.
www.missionsanmiguel.org /history/Lands_Padres.html   (4322 words)

  
 California Missions History: San Antonio
A bronze bell carried by a mule to that beautiful place was hung from a tree branch and Serra tolled it with vigor while shouting for the "gentiles" to come and receive the faith.
So it was that the San Antonio Mission was founded on July 14, 1771.
San Antonio is unique in that its locale remains as it was originally.
www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/sanantonio.html   (222 words)

  
 San Antonio de Padua --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
San Antonio was founded May 1, 1718, when a Spanish expedition from Mexico established the Mission San Antonio de Valero.
The mission, later called the Alamo (Spanish: “Cottonwood”), was one of five founded in the area and was named for St. Anthony of Padua.
Its campus covers 600 acres (240 hectares) in San Antonio, Tex. Enrollment consists of approximately 14,900 undergraduates and 2,300 graduate students, the majority of whom are state residents.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9313374   (761 words)

  
 Mission San Antonio de Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded by Father Junipero Serra on July 14, 1771.
Mission San Antonio de Padua was the first mission to use the red Spanish tile roof.
Mission San Antonio was also the first mission to hold a marriage ceremony.
www.santarita.losaltos.k12.ca.us /classes/gr4/benedict/Mission/MissionSanAntonio.html   (1235 words)

  
 San Antonio de Padua Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
San Antonio de Padua Mission was founded July 14, 1771.
It is the third in the chain of 21 California Missions.
The Indians of the mission are the Salinan.
www.geocities.com /Athens/1051/San_Antonio.htm   (136 words)

  
 The Franciscans: Communities: Missions: The Missions of California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Carmel mission has a lot in common with San Antonio—Carmel was the second mission to be built, and San Antonio was the third; they were two of the most successful from the padres' point of view; and they show off some of the best restoration work in the chain.
There are so many corners of San Carlos to look into—the fountains in the sun, the cemetery in the shade by the side of the chapel, with thousands of Indians buried in the small plot of land; the graceful arch of the church, and the barren planks of Father Serra's empty room.
Mission San Luis Obispo has the only "L"-shaped chapel in the chain, and it sits at the center of a beautiful park in the center of town.
www.sbfranciscans.org /communities/article.htm   (3059 words)

  
 Mission Trail Today - Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
San Gabriel Arcángel was one of the most prosperous missions and known as The Queen of the Missions.
Mission San Gabriel was the winery for all the missions and the largest winery in California.
This structure is across the street from the Mission at the corner of the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.
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 Mission San Antonio De Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was the third of California's 21 missions, and Father Serra named it for Saint Anthony of Padua of the Oaks.
Like most California missions, the Mission San Antonio De Padua supported itself and the Native inhabitants of the area by growing crops of wheat and corn.
Today, the mission San Antonio De Padua is one of the few that remains isolated from a city.
www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/printer_mission_san_antonio_de_padua.shtml   (540 words)

  
 King City California - San Antonio Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Situated in the Valley of the Oaks in Jolon, the Mission is a 30-minute drive from King City through rolling hills of oak and grazing land.
The public is invited to tour the Mission which is a cultural museum of both the early California indians and settlers.
The second Sunday in June is the Mission's annual Fiesta Barbecue, a celebration in conjunction with the Feast of Saint Anthony.
www.kingcity.com /ci02005.html   (236 words)

  
 Book Review
Mission in the Sierras; a Documentary History of San Antonio de Padua.
A high point of that conference was a field trip to Mission San Antonio de Padua.
Mission San Antonio is the only mission so fortunate, and the experience of seeing the building much as it was almost two hundred years ago is unforgettable.
www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/82summer/br-mission.htm   (402 words)

  
 Mission San Antonio de Padua - Pelican Network
Founded by Father Serra, the Mission San Antonio de Padua was relocated a couple miles to the confluence of San Miguel and San Antonio Rivers.
There were 2,000 to 3,000 Salinas in permanent residence in the San Antonio Valley until the Spaniards' European ways took their toll.
Ironically the Mission is the site of the greatest decimation of their population - but it is also the center of their homeland (Robert Duckworth, Castro, Freeman and Ken Castro).
www.pelicannetwork.net /mission.san.antonio.htm   (1229 words)

  
 San Antonio de Padua Mission--Early History of the California Coast--A National Register of Historic Places Travel ...
The third in the chain of 21 Franciscan missions, San Antonio de Padua Mission was established by Father Junipero Serra in 1771.
Most of the Spanish missions are now surrounded by urban areas, however, Mission San Antonio de Padua retains its rural, pastoral setting in the “Valley of the Oaks.” Serious restoration efforts for the mission were begun in the 1930s following careful excavations of the mission site.
Mission San Antonio de Padua is located 5 miles northwest of Jolon, off of Del Ventura Rd. The mission is open 8:00am till dark.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/ca/ca25.htm   (160 words)

  
 Mission San Antonio De Padua
Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded on July 14, 1771 by Father Junipero Serra, Presidente of the California Missions.
It was the 3rd mission in the 21 mission chain in Alta California.
Mission San Antonio is one mission which grew rapidly and maintained itself very well.
www.cuca.k12.ca.us /lessons/missions/Antonio/SanAntonioDePadua.html   (844 words)

  
 Mission San Antonio de Padua
The mission is largely restored from the rebuilt original.
Since the mission is in the middle of an active military training base expect the unexpected on the roads: gates, delays due to closure, appearance of military units, etc. Obey all traffic and speed limit signs.
In 2001 the gate entry to the Fort was unmanned; in 2005 the gate entry was manned and fortified.
www.missiontour.org /sanantonio   (337 words)

  
 Mission San Antonio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Mission San Antonio de Padua is the 3rd mission founded in California.
Originally another mission, San Buenaventura was officially designated the third mission founded, bu t because of unsettled conditions in the area where it was due to be established, its founding was delayed, and San Antonio took it place as the next mission to follow the first two.
The current mission is an accurate replica of the 1813 original with parts reserved for use by the Franciscans, with the rest of the grounds open to the general public.
www.papermodelsonline.com /missions/mission_san_antonio.html   (747 words)

  
 Images of the Mission of San Antonio de Padua, Jolon, California. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Mission of San Antonio de Padua (Third Mission)
The Mission was plundered and later abandoned during the 19th century.
The Mission is located a few miles from the Hearst Hunting Lodge, designed by Julia Morgan in the Mission style.
www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/jolon/jolon.html   (222 words)

  
 San Antonio de Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Serra was so anxious to get this mission underway he hung a bell from a large oak tree on their very first day there and vigorously rang it to attract "All the Gentiles" within earshot.
The San Antonio River, about three miles above the mission, was dammed and long aqueducts brought the water to the mission where is was stored in reservoirs.
Restoration here was a formidable task, but seen as one of the largest and most picturesque of all the missions remaining in northern California, San Antonio was selected by the newly formed California Historic Landmarks League as one of their first projects in 1903.
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 Mission San Antonio de Padua
The first mission to be built between San Diego and Carmel, San Antonio was founded by Padre Serra in 1771, then moved to a site farther north to be closer to a water supply.
According to Padre Serra, San Antonio was also the first mission to have a tile roof.
The mission fell into disrepair with secularization, but restoration was completed in the late 1940s.
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 Mission San Antonio de Padua - 1771 - California Missions
Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded July 14, 1771 by Padre Junipero Serra and named for Saint Anthony.
In 1780 the mission was moved to it's present site and the adobe church was completed two years later.
The mission was secularized in 1834 and offered for sale in 1845; with no takers it was abandoned in 1882..
www.californiamissions.net /california-missions/history/mission-san-antonio-de-padua---1771.html   (68 words)

  
 AT&T Uncommon Mission: Activities: San Antonio de Padua Activity
By contrast, Ruscin's photograph of Mission San Antonio de Padua shows a view of the front of the Mission partially hidden by vegetation.
His chosen point of view is from the front of the Mission from just left of the center.
Tupa shows his impression of the Mission from above, in front of, and from the side, all at the same time.
www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/mission/san_antonio_activity.html   (445 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Junípero Serra Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
When Monterey was reached and Mission San Carlos Borromeo founded, Serra remained there as president of the Alta California missions.
Under his presidency were founded Mission San Antonio de Padua, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Mission San Luis Obispo, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Mission San Francisco de Asís, Mission Santa Clara de Asís and Mission San Buenaventura.
In 1784, at the age of 70, Father Serra died at Mission San Carlos Borromeo and is buried there under the sanctuary floor.
www.ipedia.com /junipero_serra_1.html   (301 words)

  
 MissionTour Home
As each Mission is visited I'll be adding a complete description, a pictorial tour, maps to help find the Mission, and other useful information as appropriate.
General information about the Mission system and related discussions is available here.
Please keep in mind that the Missions were part of a general Spanish expansion into California over 200 years ago.
www.missiontour.org   (330 words)

  
 California Missions, Footsteps of History, San Antonio de Padua Mission, California history
As with all the missions, Mission San Antonio was placed under civil juridiction on 4 November 1834 under proclamation from then Governor Figueroa.
Though the mission and its lands was restored to the Church in 1863, it remained abandoned until many years later.
This mission, due to its isolated location, is one of the most faithfully restored of all the missions.
usacitiesonline.com /footstepsofhistory/californiamissions/casanantoniocamissions.htm   (436 words)

  
 San Antonio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From the mid-1830s until 1880, the only church serving the Cañon de Carnue area was at San Antonio.
The San Antonio chapel, built of stone, was constructed over the ruins of an Indian pueblo in about 1830.
The small church burned down in the 1950s and a larger San Antonio de Padua Church was built in 1960.
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 Resources for the Mission San Antonio De Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Father Serra knew that this third mission's success was important to assure that his dream of a "chain" of missions be realized.
Father Serra was so anxious to get this mission underway that he hung a bell from a large oak tree on their very first day there and vigorously rang it to attract "All the Gentiles" within earshot.
This is the third mission and was founded July 14, 1771 by Father Serra and was named for St. Anthony.
www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/printer_mission_san_antonio_de_padua_resources.shtml   (404 words)

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