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	Encyclopedia: San Francisco Bay Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because San Francisco was until recently the largest city in the region (it has been surpassed by San Jose as of the 1990 census) and remains the traditional and cultural center, the region is identified with the city of San Francisco proper.
		Because San Francisco was the largest city in the region (it was surpassed by San Jose in the 1990 census) and remains the traditional and cultural center, the region is often identified by outsiders with the city of San Francisco proper.
		San Francisco serves as the cultural and financial center of the region, and once was the population and economic center.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/San-Francisco-Bay-Area (1077 words)

	Mission San Francisco Solano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mission San Francisco Solano was founded on July 17, 1823 by Father José Altamira, the twenty-first and last of the California mission chain.
		By 1839 the Mission was in ruins and unoccupied.
		The Mission eventually became a parish church serving the Pueblo and Sonoma Valley until it was sold to a private interest in 1881.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Mission_San_Francisco_Solano (450 words)

	MISSION SAN SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO
		By 1832 the mission had 27 rooms in the convento or priest's quarters, with a great adobe church at the east end, and a wooden storehouse (the original mission chapel) at the west end.
		Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st mission in Alta California, and the only one built under the Mexican era.
		San Francisco Solano, the patron saint of the mission, was a 17th Century missionary to the Peruvians.
	www.napanet.net /~sshpa/mission.htm (713 words)

	Mission San Francisco Solano
		Mission San Francisco Solano was the last of the California missions to be built.
		Missions Dolores and San Rafael were not closed but supplied volunteer Indian laborers and supplies for the founding of the 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.escusd.k12.ca.us /mission_trail/SFSolano.Mission/SFS.History.html (1089 words)

	Mission San Diego de Alcala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mission San Diego de Alcalá as it stood circa 1900.
		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.
		In 1846, the Mission San Diego de Alcalá was given to Santiago Arguello.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mission_San_Diego_de_Alcal%c3%a1 (480 words)

	Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala - Questions and Answers
		It was the first mission in the chain of 21 that were founded in Alta or Upper California but a mission was founded in Baja or Lower California at San Fernando de Velicata as part of the expedition to establish the Alta California missions.
		Mission San Diego is part of the Diocese of San Diego and is staffed by secular priests.
		Mission San Diego was so poor that when Father Lasuen was pastor in 1775, he had to devise a rotating system whereby half of the Native Americans could live on the grounds and the others would remain in their native villages and they would periodically rotate.
	www.missionsandiego.com /questions_answers.htm (585 words)

	Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library: Alamo History
		The Viceroy of New Spain, the Marqués de Valero, authorizes the relocation of the Mission of San Francisco Solano from the Rio Grande to the San Antonio River.
		Mission San Antonio de Valero is founded by Franciscan missionaries from the College of Querétaro, led by Antonio de San Buenaventura Olivares.
		A second mission, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, is established on the river, south of San Antonio de Valero.
	www.drtl.org /History/index.asp (725 words)

	ipedia.com: California mission Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The mission planting was begun under the leadership of Father Junípero Serra in 1769, and concluded in 1823, although Serra had died in 1784.
		The missions are the best-known historical element of the coastal regions of California.
		Mission San Juan Capistrano, in San Juan Capistrano
	www.ipedia.com /california_mission.html (504 words)

	Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma)
		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.
		The plan to move both the Dolores and the San Rafael missions to Solano seemed to be the solution to the Governor's concern about the Russian encroachment in his province.
		He felt that a mission presence would slow down the spread of the Russians who were fishing, trapping, logging and cultivating the coast from Alaska to Coronado Bay.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/sonoma.htm (2261 words)

	California Missions
		Mission San Francisco Solano is in Sonoma, not far from Santa Rosa.
		Mission San Juan Bautista is situated in the small town of the same name.
		The mission complex is quite big including a huge garden full of flowers, the big church, the small chapel and a backyard, not to mention a museum.
	home.nethere.net /morias/calif_missions/missions2.html (683 words)

	Sonoma Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		San Francisco Solano Mission, founded in 1823, was the last and most northerly of e 21 Franciscan missions of Alta California.
		And it was the 21 Franciscan missions of Alta California.
		The new mission was called San Francisco Solano in honor of the missionary to the Indians of Peru.
	www.iktome.com /svvb/mission.html (349 words)

	San_Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was the last mission built in California, which is the 21st mission.
		Mission San Francisco is on the northwestern side of California.
		Many of the indians that lived on the mission were neophytes from Mission San Rafael and Mission San Francisco de Asis.
	www.csupomona.edu /~dririe/project/Wpages/PEARSON/San_Francisco.htm (202 words)

	San Francisco de Solano Mission
		The San Francisco de Solano Mission was the last mission, founded on July 4, 1823.
		The San Francisco de Solano Mission is located in Sonoma, California, 20 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 12.
		The mission in Sonoma was founded in 1823 to establish Spanish ownership of the land.
	www.kidport.com /reflib/UsaHistory/Missions/SanFranSolano.htm (158 words)

	Mission San Francisco Solano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mission San Francisco Solano was founded July 4, 1823 by Father Jose Altimira and named for St. Francis Solano, missionary to the Peruvian Indians.
		The mission was dedicated in 1824 and the church was replaced in 1827 by a larger church.
		In 1834 the mission was secularized and razed in 1837.
	members.cox.net /balec/mission21.htm (243 words)

	Mission Trail Today - Mission San Francisco Solano
		Mission San Francisco Solano was the last mission founded and the last link in the chain that extended to the southern tip of South America.
		Mission San Francisco Solano, built six years after San Rafael Arcángel, was the only mission built by Mexico after its independence.
		Mission San Francisco Solano was built to strengthen Mexico's hold on the territory as Russian development was moving south.
	www.missiontrailtoday.com /code/mission21.htm (516 words)

	Serra's San Diego
		Following Serra's death, Father Palou served as interim president of the California missions until Father Lasuen, head of Mission San Diego for ten years, was appointed to the post in 1785.
		The mission chain continued to expand, eventually numbering twenty by 1821 when Mexico declared its independence from Spain, One additional mission, San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, was founded by the Mexican government in 1823.
		The Royal Presidio of San Diego continued to function on the hill overlooking the harbor throughout the Spanish and early Mexican periods.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /books/ssd/ssd10.htm (409 words)

	The Spanish Missions of California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mission San Gabriel Arcangel This was the fourth Mission and was built September 8, 1771.
		Mission Santa Clara de Asis This was the eighth mission founded on January 12, 1777.
		Mission San Buena Ventura This was the 9th and last Mission personally established by Father Junipero Serra-March 1782.
	edtech.sandi.net /teach/hotlist/Missions.html (281 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Francisco
		Portola discovered the present San Francisco Bay 1 Nov., 1769, and as one of the chain of missions projected by Father Junipero Serra, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, called also the Mission Dolores, was founded 9 Oct., 1776 by his two Franciscan brethren Fathers Francisco Palou and Benito Cambon, both natives of Spain.
		To meet his difficulty Pope Pius IX detached the Mexican territory from the Diocese of San Diego or Monterey, which had been erected by Pope Gregory XVI 27 April, 1840, and by decree of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, 1 July, 1854, divided Upper California into the two dioceses of San Francisco and Monterey.
		He was chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco when he was chosen for the See of Monterey, in which diocese his administration was most successful, especially in defending the rights of the Catholic Indians.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13439c.htm (4144 words)

	Mission San Francisco Solano
		The Mission is named for St. Francis Solano, missionary to the Peruvian Indians.
		The Mission is in the Sonoma State Historical Park in Sonoma; middle of the Napa Valley wine area.
		The Mission is at 114 East Spain Street (California Landmark 3).
	www.missiontour.org /sonoma (300 words)

	More California Mission History: San Francisco de Solano
		As commander of the San Francisco Presidio, Vallejo was now about all the government the bay area knew.
		As soon as the missions were formally turned over to civil authorities, he moved in on the settlement at Sonoma, and soon the desirable properties were distributed about his ranchos.
		The altar of the mission church again looks as it might have long ago, but the uneven tile floor of the church has no pews, which is historically as it should be.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/solano.html (1047 words)

	California mission
		The California missions are a series of settlements established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to Christianize the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land.
		Many reconstructed missions are adorned with lush gardens, even though research indicates that these did not exist.
		The missions were placed about 30 miles apart, so that they were separated by one day's long ride on horseback along El Camino Real.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/california_mission.html (487 words)

	Travel for Kids: Sonoma, California
		Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma – The Sonoma Mission is the 21st and last California mission, situated along El Camino Real (the "Royal Road") that starts with the first mission in San Diego.
		Mission San Francisco Solano was founded on July 4, 1823, and functioned as a working mission until 1834.
		The entrance to mission is through the padre's quarters, where you can see a diorama of the mission quadrangle (it was considerably bigger than the buildings you see now), paintings of all the California missions, and artifacts of mission life, the mission bell, a tallow vat, a grinding wheel.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/California/Sonoma_Valley/sonoma.htm (767 words)

	San Francisco Solanno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The brash 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.
		Altimira's plan to move both the Dolores and the San Rafael missions to Solano seemed to be the solution to the Governor's concern about the Russian encroachment in his province.
		Eventually the Church gave their approval for the new Mission San Francisco Solano, to be run by Father Altimira, but insisted that Missions Dolores and San Rafael be undisturbed.
	missions.bgmm.com /sanfran.htm (523 words)

	California Missions Foundation
		While mission proponents acknowledge it is an odd time to ask the state for help - California faces a $15 billion budget shortfall - they said that without immediate repairs, centuries-old buildings and artifacts could be lost to a major earthquake or flood.
		The Catholic Church still owns most missions and cannot afford to adequately restore the properties, said Brother Guire Cleary, curator at the Mission San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco.
		At Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, one of two state park missions, the parks department will pay for roof repairs, said Carol Dodge, the mission's curator.
	www.missionsofcalifornia.org /news/042002.html (847 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 cornerstone of the present church, the oldest building in San Francisco, and which survived the earthquake of 1906 practically without damage, was laid in 1782 and finished with a thatched roof.
		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 (733 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO MISSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		San Francisco Solano, the forerunner of San Antonio de Valero Mission,
		Addition to the settlement of a third mission and the permanent presidio, however, brought unforeseen difficulties, as both arable land and water supplies proved inadequate.
		There San Francisco Solano remained until 1718, when Father Olivares moved it to San Antonio, Texas, to become a way station on the road to the East Texas missions founded two years previously.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/SS/uqs16.html (796 words)

	Berkeley Daily Planet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma was established in 1823.
		Mission San Francisco Solano marked the end of the 300-year mission trail, being the last mission established and the most northern.
		In the Chapel, mission style décor, with its bold colors and primitive designs, is stark and arresting.
	www.berkeleydaily.org /text/article.cfm?issue=12-03-04&storyID=20231 (1290 words)

	Max Stein's Mission Page
		I chose this mission to study because I thought that it was interesting that it was at the end of El Camino Real and was the only mission built under Mexican rule.
		The mission was officially called San Francisco Solano after a saint in Peru.
		He came just in time to hear that that the mission system was going to shut down because in 1830 the Mexican government took over the Catholic church and decided to close the mission.
	www.steindesign.com /Max_Mission_Page/mission.html (1270 words)

	Sonoma Mission Exterior
		The official California Landmark sign for the end of the Mission Trail is actually located at Mission San Francisco de Asís but this Mission is the true end of the trail.
		The California Landmark sign for the Mission is on the front of the Mission under the walkway...
		San Francisco Solano became a parish church serving the pueblo and Sonoma Valley until sold in 1881.
	missiontour.org /sonoma/tour04.htm (316 words)

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