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	San Diego. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		San Diego is the second largest city in California and the seventh largest in the United States, and has an excellent natural harbor.
		San Diego has large aerospace, electronic, and shipbuilding industries, and is an important center for the wireless communications industry, biomedical research, biotechnology industries, and oceanography.
		It is the seat of the Univ. of California at San Diego with its Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego State Univ., the Univ. of San Diego, Alliant International Univ., and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/SanDiego.html (588 words)

	Mission San Diego - History, Photos & Models
		The Mission San Diego de Alcala is the 1st mission founded in California.
		This mission was almost abandoned that first year do to the lack of supplies and the illness that depleted the men's strength.
		The mission was burned to the ground and Father Jayme was killed and became California's first Christian Martyr and is now buried under the alter of the present church.
	www.californiamissionsonline.com /missions/mission_san_diego.html (1073 words)

	Mission San Diego de Alcala
		Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded on July 16, 1769, by Father Junipero Serra, Father-Presidente of the Mission Chain.
		It was the 1st mission in the 21 mission chain in Alta California and known as the "Mother of the Alta California Missions".
		Today the mission is still an active parish serving the busy City of San Diego.
	www.cuca.k12.ca.us /lessons/missions/Diego/SanDiegoDeAlcala.html (852 words)

	More California Mission History: San Diego
		During his stay at San Diego, Father Palou, who had been made acting presidente in the absence of Father Serra, had caused the mission site to be moved six miles inland in order to relieve the difficulties the padres were having with the soldiers.
		At the height of its prosperity, Mission San Diego possessed 20,000 sheep, 10,000 cattle and 1,250 horses.
		The mission's relics, while interesting, are not extensive for most of them are now in the Sera Museum, a public repository of mission history which stands on the opposite side of the valley, some miles to the west.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/sandiego.html (1362 words)

	San Diego Magazine - covering San Diego entertainment, fashion, events and news.
		And with the Catalonian captain, Don Gaspar de Portolá, leading the military forces, and the Franciscan priest, Fray Junípero Serra, leading the charge for the church, a string of missions, presidios and pueblos was established.
		San Diego, whose natural harbor was at the halfway point between Loreto in Baja California and Monterey, was the first base for the expedition.
		But Serra and Portolá arrived in San Diego in the summer of 1769, and Serra wrote of the area, "It is beautiful to behold and does not belie its reputation." Portola and a group of men continued the march on to Monterey Bay, but Serra stayed.
	www.sandiego-online.com /metro/history/history.shtml (3176 words)

	Mission San Diego Alcala
		The Mission is one half block on the left or north side of San Diego Mission Road.
		Mission San Diego is part of the Diocese of San Diego and is staffed by secular priests.
		First of the 21 missions and known as the Mother of the Missions, Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded on July 16, 1769 by Blessed Junipero Serra.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/diego.htm (2715 words)

	Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala - Mission History
		San Diego de Alcala, the first of the great California Missions, marks the birthplace of Christianity in the far West.
		Today the Mission, which was founded in 1769, serves as an active parish church and cultural center for people of all faiths who are welcome to visit and relive the grandeur and excitement of more than two centuries of California history and tradition.
		In 1931, the mission was rebuilt to mirror the 1813 church.
	www.missionsandiego.com /mission_history.htm (1045 words)

	List of California Missions: Barbara Boxer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mission San Diego is the oldest mission in California, and the first link in the "chain" of missions that stretch 650 miles along the El Camino Real.
		The Mission was very prosperous due to the vast agricultural lands it controlled, its location at the crossroads of three major land routes, and the Fathers’ relationship with the local Shoshone tribe.
		The Mission buildings were modest, and consisted of a church with a long wing to house the Fathers, workshops, storerooms, and hospital wards.
	boxer.senate.gov /services/CAlinks/missions/miss.cfm (3582 words)

	San Diego
		The chain of mission that the Spanish used to settle California led north from San Diego.
		San Diego’s Spanish heritage and close proximity to Mexico result in a Spanish flavored lifestyle that adds to the area’s charm.
		San Diego’s history is preserved in its Old Town section, in its mission, and on Presidio Hill.
	www.laforkids.com /san_diego_county.htm (9972 words)

	Mission funding hits constitutional roadblock \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Mission San Diego de Alcala, one of California's 21 missions and the site of an Ash Wednesday Mass last year, needs $2 million to repair a friary.
		Mission San Diego de Alcala, which needs $2 million to repair a 200-year-old friary, is the home church to 2,500 families that regularly worship there.
		Mission San Miguel, which needs as much as $15 million for earthquake retrofitting and to fix cracks in the adobe foundation, holds services for about 200 parish families on Sundays and weekday mornings, said the mission's Bill Short.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040310/news_1n10missions.html (877 words)

	San Diego County, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Diego County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California, along its border with Mexico.
		San Diego County was one of the original counties of California, and was created at the time of statehood in 1850.
		According to estimates by the San Diego Association of Governments, the median household income of San Diego County in 2005 was $64,273 (not adjusted for inflation).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Diego_County,_California (1102 words)

	San Diego, California - DesertUSA
		San Diego, located within 20 miles of the Mexican border, is the second largest city in California and the county seat of San Diego County.
		San Diego has large aerospace, electronic and shipbuilding industries, and is an important center for biomedical research and oceanography.
		San Diego is the seat of the Univ. of California at San Diego, San Diego State University, United States International Univ., the Univ. of San Diego, Electronic Technical Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences.
	www.desertusa.com /Cities/ca/sandiego.html (1142 words)

	San Diego de Alcala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mission San Diego is the oldest mission in California, and the first link in the "chain" of missions that stretches 650 miles along the El Camino Real or King's Highway.
		After a few years the padres decided to move the mission to a new site further away from the soldiers that were harassing the natives at the mission.
		It was located in the mountains 60 miles east of the San Diego Mission to serve the Native Americans living in the Santa Ysabel Valley.
	missions.bgmm.com /sdiego.htm (503 words)

	San Diego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mission San Diego de Alcalá is a very well known and popular mission.
		The journey to San Diego where it is located was rough and only half of the 219 men survived.
		In 1774, Mission San Diego was moved from a hill and built for the second time.
	library.thinkquest.org /J001749/missionhtml/san_diego.html (214 words)

	Magnificent Mother of the Missions
		The mission church is constructed in the traditional Spanish architectural style.
		From 1846 to 1862, the mission was occupied by the U.S. Cavalry.
		Mission San Diego remains an inspiring testament to the courage and faith of Blessed Serra and the missionary priests of
	ncregister.com /site/article/713 (944 words)

	San Diego Missions
		Many San Diegans remember late ruins of that Presidio chapel which stood very close to the site of the first mission building, which was described as facing the bay, its door (a piece of cloth) invitingly left open so that neighboring Indians might enter, perhaps, and receive a welcome to godliness and civilized living.
		The next morning Mission San Diego was re-established on Presidio Hill in a jacal of tule, poorly constructed, formerly a warehouse.
		The third California battle took place at Mission San Diego at Nipaguay Nov. 5, 1775, when a corporal, three soldiers, a carpenter, a flsmith, a priest and two boys defended their lives, though by daybreak all the mission shacks had vanished.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /collections/missions (1269 words)

	Mission Valley - San Diego Hotel Circle, Mission San Diego De Alcala
		Mission Valley is central to a number of Major San Diego attractions and Hotel Circle offers visitors accommodations at many well-known hotels—choose Mission Valley/Old Town from the drop down menu).
		Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala was founded by Father Junipero Serra on July 16, 1769.
		Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala was burned to the ground by Native Americans on November 4, 1775.
	www.inetours.com /San_Diego/Mission_Valley.html (769 words)

	Mission San Diego de Alcalá
		The mission was moved to the present site (Indian name Nipaguay) in 1774 and was destroyed both in 1803 and 1812 by earthquakes and subsequently rebuilt.
		The mission is East of downtown San Diego.
		The mission is at 10818 San Diego Mission Road.
	missiontour.org /sandiego/index.htm (531 words)

	Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala - San Diego County, California
		Mission San Diego de Alcalá, established by Padre Junipero Serra on July 16, 1769, is the first of the 21 California Missions.
		The cemetery is located in the Mission Courtyard, and contains the remains of hundreds of indians who had been converted to the Catholic faith.
		Padre José Pinto, who arrived in San Diego on July 28, 1810, and died June 30, 1812 as a result of poisoning by an indian cook.
	www.interment.net /data/us/ca/sandiego/alcala/san_diego_alcala.htm (272 words)

	Mission San Diego de Alcala - LetsGoSeeIt.com
		Captain Fernando de Rivera led one party and the second party was under the leadership of Portolá and accompanied by Father Serra.
		This Mission was established on July 16, 1769 and it is the first of the nine mission that were founded by Father Serra in Alta California.
		San Diego de Alcalá was the only of the 21 Missions to be attacked by the Native Americans.
	www.letsgoseeit.com /index/county/sd/san_diego/loc08/missionSD.htm (1654 words)

	California Mission History: San Diego de Alcalá
		It was a pitiful group of missionaries and soldiers who gathered on the shore of San Diego Bay on July 1, 1769.
		During the next 54 years the Spanish padres established a chain of 21 missions to the California Indians which stretched along the coast for 600 miles from San Diego to Sonoma, north of San Francisco Bay.
		Originally the San Diego Mission and the Spanish presidio, or fort, were located on the hill above Old Town San Diego, but the mission was soon moved to its present location five miles up the San Diego River.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/sandiego.html (414 words)

	Travel for Kids: San Diego, California
		San Diego is a relaxed, kid-friendly city, with an incredibly mild, sunny climate.
		Swashbuckling tale of old San Diego, Mexican pirates, bandits, ships carrying hides and China silks, and a twelve year old American cabin boy, who finds himself in the middle of a war – a U.S. warship arrives in the harbor, but San Diego is part of Mexico.
		Mission San Diego de Alcala is the first of the California missions, dedicated in 1769.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/California/San_Diego/san_diego.htm (506 words)

	Mission San Diego de Alcalá - July 16th, 1769 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This was to be the first of three missions planned by the Spanish, one at San Diego, one at Monterey, and another to be dedicated somewhere in between.
		San Diego Mission, first of the twenty-one, was not among the most important of all twenty-one missions.
		Even though it was the first to be built it wasn't able to feed all of the population in and around the area.
	www.earlenesroots.com /missionsd.html (319 words)

	Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala \| Museum/Attraction Review \| San Diego \| Frommers.com
		In 1774, the mission was moved from Old Town to its present site for agricultural reasons, and to separate Native American converts from the fortress that included the original building.
		The mission was burned by Native Americans a year after it was built -- Father Serra rebuilt the structure using 5- to 7-foot-thick adobe walls and clay tile roofs, rendering it harder to burn.
		Known as "the King of Missions," the San Luis Rey is the largest of California's missions and one of its most beautiful.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/sandiego/A23953.html (297 words)

	Welcome to the San Diego Founder's Trail ~ 9 Historic Landmarks
		Mission Trails Regional Park preserves 3000 acres of landscape much as it looked when the Kumeyaay people hunted and harvested here.
		Mission San Luis Rey, founded 35 miles north in 1798, was among the largest, most prosperous, and most beautiful in California.
		The Battle of San Pasqual was the only major battle fought in the San Diego area.
	www.earlysandiego.org (475 words)

	SBC Pacific Bell Uncommon Mission : California Missions : San Diego de Alcalá
		This Mission was the first of several that would eventually link 650 miles of road to the north.
		See the by Father Tupa of San Diego or click on the painting at left to see a full-screen image.
		Mission San Diego de Alcalá: from the California Missions On-Line Project by Rob Garretson (1998).
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/mission/san_diego.html (303 words)

	Historic California Posts:Post at Mission San Diego de Alcalá
		The first military camp of the United States to be stationed at San Diego was in 1846, established by the Navy at Fort Stockton.
		The old Mission stood on an eminence, at a point in the valley of the San Diego River which commanded a view of the entire valley to the sea on the one side, and of the mountain passes on the other.
		The Mission's massive walls, about four feet in thickness, was found to be more than sufficient for the protection of the troops now quartered there.
	www.militarymuseum.org /SDMission.html (1886 words)

	Original San Diego Mission Site
		It was give to the San Diego Historical Society by the descendents of E.W. Scripps.
		The presidio was abandoned in 1837 after San Diego became a pueblo.
		Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, August 8, 1992.
	missiontour.org /sandiego/firstmission.htm (395 words)

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