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	California Mission History: Santa Clara de Asís
		It was the intention of the padres to found another mission in pretty meadowland a few miles south of San Francisco Bay as soon as the San Francisco mission was well established.
		The padres did their best to keep the mission and the pueblo separated, well knowing the detrimental influence of civilians on the neophytes.
		Ultimately, mission and pueblo grew into the twin cities of Santa Clara and San Jose.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/santaclara.html (284 words)

	More California Mission History: Santa Clara
		Mission Santa Clara de Asis joined the growing chain of Franciscan settlements in January, 1777.
		As a mission, it had gone through an extended period of prosperity after 1784 and was second only to San Gabriel in the wealth of its possessions.
		All that remains in the story of Mission Santa Clara, which was founded in 1777, is written today in the cloister garden wall and piece of the cross that was a part of the first dedication ceremony.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/santaclara.html (1119 words)

	Santa Clara University - Mission Santa Clara de Asis - History of Mission Santa Clara de Asis
		Santa Clara University, the oldest college in California, is also the only college in the state to be the successor of a Spanish mission.
		Mission Santa Clara operated as a parish during the 1830s and 1840s, charged with serving the religious needs of the town of San José.
		Santa Clara College struggled during the first few years of its existence, troubled by a shortage of both teachers and money, by primitive facilities, and by legal difficulties involving the claim to the mission property.
	www.scu.edu /visitors/mission/history.cfm (2847 words)

	Mission Santa Clara de Asis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Mission Santa Clara de Asis is the 8th mission founded in California.
		Santa Clara was the second of the San Francisco missions that were placed per the Viceroy’s order that two settlements were to be near the great port to prevent enemy occupation or attack.
		Santa Clara has problems with the Pueblo of San Jose that was founded the same year as Santa Clara and was close in location.
	www.papermodelsonline.com /missions/mission_santa_clara_de_asis.html (886 words)

	Santa Clara "The Mission City"
		In 1836, control of Mission Santa Clara was taken from the padres and turned over to civil commissioners who were supposed to oversee the "return of the land to the native population." This did not happen and squatters took over the church buildings and land.
		Santa Clara incorporated as a town on July 5, 1852, and became a state-chartered city in 1862.
		Kimberlin and Co. was the first seed company to establish in Santa Clara in 1875, and it eventually became the largest seed grower on the Pacific Coast.
	cho.ci.santa-clara.ca.us /about_us/history.html (1096 words)

	Santa Clara University - Mission Santa Clara de Asis - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the heart of Santa Clara University is the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis.
		Instituted in 1777, it is the eighth oldest of the original 21 California missions.
		View the interior of the Mission Church using QuickTime VR.
	www.scu.edu /visitors/mission (59 words)

	California Missions Foundation - Mission Santa Clara
		Santa Clara Mission is the site of the oldest continuously used established college in California.
		Santa Clara is the eighth mission, founded on January 12, 1777 by Fr.
		The mission is in the center of the campus.
	www.missionsofcalifornia.org /missions/mission08.html (245 words)

	Santa Clara de Asis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After a delay of several months, due to an uprising of the natives at Mission San Luis Obispo, the second mission ordered to hold the San Francisco Bay was founded in Santa Clara.
		Mission Santa Clara was one of the last missions subject to secularization, in 1836.
		After some of the mission lands were returned to the church the Franciscans turned them over to the Jesuit Order to be used as the site for the first college in California.
	missions.bgmm.com /sanclara.htm (302 words)

	Kenneth A. Larson - Mission Santa Clara de Asis - Photo Gallery
		Mission Santa Clara de Asis was founded January 12, 1777 by Father Junipero Serra and eventualy grew into Santa Clara College, the first University in California.
		Mission Santa Clara de Asis is located on the Santa Clara University campus.
		This is the sixth church built for Mission Santa Clara de Asis and sits on the the fifth site on which this mission built a church.
	www.kenlarson.net /photos/california/missions/code/mission08.htm (666 words)

	Mission Santa Clara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I have lived in Santa Clara virtually all my life and although I was aware of the mission and where it was located, have never really had reason to visit it.
		Mission Santa Clara has long had a colorful history dating back from the Indians to Father Serra.
		From that point on it was used as a church and a school named Santa Clara University.
	www.ghosttrackers.com /missionsc.htm (591 words)

	Mission Santa Clara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mission known for: Led the other mission in baptisms as well as burials, last mission to be subject to secularization, land became the site of the first college in California, in 1851.
		It was established near the puebla/presido of: the nearby pueblo became the cities of Santa Clara and San Jose The nearby presidio was in San Francisco.
		After secularization did the mission fall in ruins?: No When was the mission rebuilt?: It was rebuilt many times due to the flooding of Guadalupe River, In 1818 destroyed in earthquake, 1822 restored, 1926 destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1929.
	www.fsd.k12.ca.us /rollinghills/mission_santaclara.html (576 words)

	Mission Santa Clara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Mission Santa Clara is located on the grounds of the University of Santa Clara and is officially designated State Landmark No. 318.
		Mission Santa Clara was appropriately named for Santa Clara de Asis who in 1212 founded the Second order of St. Francis, was "sister" mission to that of Mission San Francisco de Asis, named for the order of Francisco Friars to which Father Serra and all the Alta California mission padres belonged.
		The University of Santa Clara was the first institution to offer classes in higher learning in California.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Veranda/4103/mission.html (172 words)

	Mission Santa Clara
		Mission Santa Clara was laid down 15 March 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corp., Sausalito, Calif.; launched 18 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
		Acquired by the Navy 5 November 1947, she was chartered to Pacific Tankers, Inc., for operations and placed under the operational control of the Naval Transportation as Mission Santa Clara (AO‑132).
		Reacquired by the Navy 10 May 1962, the Mission Santa Clara was converted to an underway replenishment oiler.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m12/mission_santa_clara.htm (313 words)

	Mission Santa Clara de Asís
		The first mission to be christened after a woman, St. Clare of Assisi, Mission Santa Clara has occupied five different locations.
		The first proved to be too close to the Guadalupe River.
		In 1926, fire razed the entire mission structure and was rebuilt in 1928 as part of the Santa Clara University campus.
	www.missionart.com /hSC/p-sc.html (103 words)

	The Santa Clara Chorale
		Mission Santa Clara was founded by Father Junipero Serra, and was named for Saint Clare of Assisi.
		The Mission was transferred from the Franciscans to the Jesuits in 1851.
		Santa Clara College was founded in 1851 by Father John Nobili, and was the first institute of higher learning in California.
	www.scc.org (435 words)

	Mission Santa Clara de Asis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mission Santa Clara de Asis was founded January 12th, 1777 by Padre Junipero Serra and named for Saint Clare of Assisi, founder of the order "Poor Clares".
		The mission was secularized in 1836 and transferred from the Franciscans to the Jesuits in 1851.
		In 1926 the mission burned and was replaced three years later, in 1929.
	members.cox.net /balec/mission8.htm (232 words)

	Resources for the Mission Santa Clara de Asis
		This is a set of resources for the Mission Santa Clara de Asis.
		Mission Santa Clara was built in what Portola described as "the plain of Oaks" which today is known as the Santa Clara Valley.
		The eighth mission was founded on January 12, 1777, by Father Tomás de la Peña.
	www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/article_49.shtml (348 words)

	Mission Trail Today - Mission Santa Clara de Asis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We visited Mission Santa Clara four times in 2003 and 2004 and don't know if there is any more to see.
		Obviously the University is proud of its mission church.
		These pavers mark the location of the third church which was built in 1731 and destroyed in 1818.
	www.missiontrailtoday.com /code/mission08.htm (656 words)

	Landmark 338 - Mission Santa Clara - Santa Clara County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Landmark 338 - Mission Santa Clara - Santa Clara County
		Santa Clara, the first California mission to honor a woman, Clare of Assisi, as its patron saint, was founded nearby on the Guadalupe River on January 12, 1777.
		In 1851 Santa Clara College was established in the old mission buildings.
	www.donaldlaird.com /landmarks/counties/300-399/338.html (103 words)

	Mission Santa Clara
		The first Mission to honor a woman, St. Clare of Assisi.
		the present mission is the fifth rebuilding on what is now the univeristy of Santa Clara.
		Mission Santa Clara, entrance to the graveyard on right.
	homepage.mac.com /pbollinger/California_Missions/PhotoAlbum9.html (44 words)

	Santa Clara
		The mission, which once had the largest Indian population of any in California, was moved after floods and earthquake, its fifth church was dedicated on this site in 1825.
		Lieutenant José Joaquín Moraga arrived in the Santa Clara Valley with 14 settlers and their families on November 29, 1777 to found El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe near the present civic center.
		In 1853 Rogers secured organization of the school as Santa Clara Township School District No. 2, the school was renamed in Moreland's honor in 1862.
	ohp.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=21522 (3153 words)

	Santa Clara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Later the mission cooks would use a hand stone to grind this mixture into a big mush called "masa." To make "Torrejas" the cooks would add cheese and salt to the masa and fry it as small pancakes.
		We arrived at Mission Santa Clara at 4 p.m.
		This is the 6th church to be built here since the Mission was founded on January 12, 1777.
	www.rawbw.com /~cmi/Clara.rpt.html (470 words)

	eBay - mission santa clara, Nonfiction Books, Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mission Santa Clara De Asis California Linen Post Card
		Postcard Mission Santa Clara de Asis CA Linen Color
		Mission Santa Clara De Asis by Amy Margaret (2003)
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=mission+santa+clara&... (310 words)

	MISSION BLVD & SANTA CLARA, 3685 MISSION BLVD IN MISSION BEACH, SAN DIEGO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cheap Rentals Mission Beach has had a ton of requests from surfers who want to surf some of our local breaks that are a little too far to walk to but they don't want to load up the car, drive around and try to find parking.
		For you folks, we've set up a beach cruiser with side mount surf racks that can carry a surfboard from 6 to 9 feet long.
		Your bike ride will hug the Pacific coast from Mission Beach all the way to La Jolla and right to the beautiful underwater preserve known worldwide as La Jolla Cove.
	www.cheap-rentals.com /sbboard.html (307 words)

	Find in a Library: Santa Clara Mission in 1849 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Oil painting of the Santa Clara Mission in 1849.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/c38d9d55f422f7c8a19afeb4da09e526.html (56 words)

	Mission Santa Clara
		Located on the grounds of Santa Clara University, this is the eighth of twenty-one missions that were built around California by Father Junipero Serra and his Spanish Franciscan padres.
		This mission was built in 1777 and is a California historical landmark.
		Let locals give you the inside scoop on what to do in the San Francisco area!
	www.jdvhospitality.com /thingstodo/thing/235 (66 words)

	Mission Rugby - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Welcome to Mission Rugby, established in 1976, the local rugby team for the Santa Clara, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale California areas.
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		Mission is always looking for players at all levels, particularly if you are big and/or fast, but if you are fat and slow and can drink - we'll take you!
	mambo.missionrugby.com (130 words)

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