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	Mission Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mission Santa Cruz was founded on September 25, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen, the twelfth mission in the California mission chain.
		The mission is located in the city of Santa Cruz, California.
		On the night of December 14, 1793, Mission Santa Cruz was attacked and partially burned by members of the local Quiroste tribe who inhabited the mountains to the east of Point Año Nuevo.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/m/mi/mission_santa_cruz.html (414 words)

	Santa Cruz, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Santa Cruz was colonized in the mid-1700s by the Spanish, who established both a mission (Mission Santa Cruz) and a secular settlement named Branciforte.
		Santa Cruz is also notable for the extensive damage it suffered during the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which leveled the mostly unreinforced-brick downtown, killing five people.
		Santa Cruz, known as Surf City USA, is well-known for surfing, and is the home of O'Neill Wetsuits and Santa Cruz Surfboards (as well as Santa Cruz Skateboards and Santa Cruz Bicycles).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California (1447 words)

	Santa Cruz, California
		Santa Cruz is the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
		Santa Cruz is also well-known for surfing, and is the home of O'Neill and Santa Cruz Surfboards.
		Santa Cruz is also notable for the extensive damage it suffered during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which leveled the mostly unreinforced-brick downtown, killing five people.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/santa_cruz__california.html (916 words)

	Mission Santa Clara de Asis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded on January 12, 1777 by Father Junípero Serra, the eighth in the California mission chain.
		Throughout the history of the Mission, the bells have rung faithfully every evening, a promise made to King Charles IV of Spain when he sent the original bells to the Mission in 1777.
		Mission Santa Clara de Asís sits on the campus of the Santa Clara University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mission_Santa_Clara_de_As%c3%ads (518 words)

	Encyclopedia: Santa Cruz, California
		The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway is a diesel-powered tourist operation in Northern California, with just over eight miles of trackage between Olympia, CA and an interchange with the Union Pacific (formerly Southern Pacific) at the Santa Cruz Wye.
		The Santa Clarita Valley is part of the Santa Clara River valley in California, squeezed between the San Gabriel and Santa Susana Mountains to the South and the Sierra Pelona/Liebre Mountains/Topatopa Mountains to the North.
		Santa Cruz County, California CITY (Citytv Toronto) is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Santa-Cruz,-California (6821 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mision la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (Mission Santa Cruz) was consecrated on September 25, 1791 by Father (Click link for more info and facts about Fermín Francisco de Lasuén) Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the twelfth in the (Click link for more info and facts about California mission) California mission chain.
		On the night of December 14, 1793, Mission Santa Cruz was attacked and partially burned by members of the local (Click link for more info and facts about Quiroste) Quiroste tribe who inhabited the mountains to the east of (Click link for more info and facts about Point Año Nuevo) Point Año Nuevo.
		In 1812 the Mission received advance warning of an attack by the " (Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation) pirate" (Click link for more info and facts about Hippolyte de Bouchard) Hippolyte de Bouchard and was evacuated.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mission_santa_cruz.htm (627 words)

	Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mission Santa Cruz sits on a gentle slope surrounded by the beautiful redwood trees not far from were they meet the Pacific Ocean.
		Having experienced problems in the past when the missions were located too close to another settlement, the Franciscans saw to the passing of a law requiring at least a league of land between the mission and a pueblo (town).
		In Santa Cruz the Governor ignored this law, and even before the mission quadrangle was complete, notified the padres that not only was there to be a pueblo nearby, but that they would have to help support it.
	missions.bgmm.com /scruz.htm (422 words)

	More California Mission History: Santa Cruz
		Mission Santa Cruz was founded September 25, 1791, although Father Fermín Lasuén, who selected the actual site, was not able to be present at the dedication.
		The event, of considerable importance to Northern Californians, was attended by the Franciscan Fathers from Santa Clara and the commandante of the San Francisco Presidio.
		The width of the mission buildings was determined by the length of the wooden beams which supported the flat roof, since the adobe walls could not withstand much weight or side pressure.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/santacruz.html (1259 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz
		California governor Diego Borica established a pueblo of Spanish settlers and convicts on the Santa Cruz property, ignoring a law that gave the missions a league of land to themselves.
		As a result, the mission was plundered by the nearby pueblo's civilian population in 1818 and never recovered.
		It was one of the first missions to be secularized, its land given to influential families instead of the neophyte native population.
	www.missionart.com /hSCZ/p-SCZ.html (131 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz
		The full Spanish name of the mission is "Misión la exaltación de la Santa Cruz," named after a feast day in the Church calendar which occurs on September 14: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrating the Christian symbol of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
		Mission Santa Cruz was one of the first missions to be secularized.
		The 35 adobe structures on Mission Hill, which had been the core of the mission settlement, became the nucleus of the early pueblo (town) of Santa Cruz and were gradually converted to commercial uses.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/cruz.htm (3125 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Mission Santa Cruz is the 12th mission founded in California.
		When the mission padres complained, the Governor replied that the natives were dying out and that the mission was becoming obsolete.
		Mission Santa Cruz among the first to be secularized with the land and livestock granted to individuals.
	www.papermodelsonline.com /missions/mission_santa_cruz.html (551 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz
		The mission is named for a feast day in the Church calendar which occurs on September 14: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
		The original mission was built on the banks of the San Lorenzo River but flooded so the next was moved to the top of a near-by hill (Mission Hill).
		Getting to the mission is fairly easy but requires some concentration as the streets you have to navigate tend to change from freeway to city streets fairly quickly and you have to act accordingly.
	www.missiontour.org /santacruz (313 words)

	California Mission History: Santa Cruz
		When the mission was finally founded on September 25, 1791, relations between the missionaries and the Spanish authorities were at their best.
		In 1797 the Spanish governor established a pueblo immediately across the river from the mission.
		An earthquake and tidal waves in that year partially destroyed the mission buildings, a ruin which was completed in 1851 when the remaining walls crumbled.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/santacruz.html (285 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California (Missions)
		Mission Santa Cruz is located on Mission Plaza in Santa Cruz, California.
		The Roman Catholic Parish of Holy Cross is the home of Mission Santa Cruz, the 12th of 21 historic Spanish Franciscan missions that stretch from San Diego to Sonoma.
		Mission Santa Cruz was founded by Father Fermn Francisco de Lasun, the successor of Father Junpero Serra.
	www.ohwy.com /ca/m/missiosc.htm (181 words)

	History of Holy Cross Parish Page
		The mission period begins to draw to a close in 1834 when its lands were secularized by the Mexican government.
		In 1857, the cornerstone was laid for a wooden church to replace the mission church.
		On September 25, 1891, the citizens of Santa Cruz erected a granite archway in front of the church to commemorate the founding of Mission Santa Cruz.
	www.holycrosssantacruz.com /history.html (435 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mission Santa Cruz was founded August 28th by Father Fermin Lasuen and named for Sacred Cross.
		The mission was secularized in 1834 and in 1840 the bell tower collapsed.
		An earthquake destroyed the mission in 1856 and a frame church was built in 1858.
	members.cox.net /balec/mission12.htm (227 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz Location/Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mission Sana Cruz is located overlooking the city of Santa Cruz, California.
		It was founded in 1791 by Father Lasuen, on a site that was considered perfect for the building of a mission, the land was fertile, the climate was mild, and the Indians amenable to conversion.
		Santa Cruz, CA Return to Mission Santa Cruz Homepage.
	www.eusd4kids.org /mission_trail/SCruz/Location.Geography.html (110 words)

	santa cruz state parks - santa cruz mission
		The adobe structure is constructed from bricks, made primarily from mud and straw, and stands as a reminder of the past.
		The Mission Santa Cruz was established in 1791 and built between the years of 1822 and 1824, mostly by the hard work of Native Americans in what was then known as "Alta California".
		These Native Americans were the main residents in what is now Santa Cruz County's oldest building.
	www.santacruzstateparks.org /parks/mission (134 words)

	Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mission Santa Cruz is known as "the hard luck mission." The first hard luck that the Mission suffered came in the form of floods.
		The original Santa Cruz Mission was located on the banks of the San Lorenzo river near what is now downtown Santa Cruz.
		We walked one block down School Street away from the new mission to visit a building called "the old adobe." The history books that we have read say that this building was used to house the Spanish soldiers that guarded the mission.
	www.rawbw.com /~cmi/Cruz.rpt.html (557 words)

	Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, California: Ex-Mission Santa Cruz became Holy ...
		A map of the lands claimed at Mission Santa Cruz was prepared by G. Black in 1854 for the church's claim, showing the new rectory, the old church and its rear extension and an adobe granary near the southwest corner of the quadrangle.
		The mission cemetery lay to the east of the old mission adobe church and was irregularly shaped.
		The 100th anniversary of the founding of Mission Santa Cruz was celebrated September 26, 1891 with the dedication of a large gothic style granite arch.
	www.santacruzpl.org /history/spanish/kimholy.shtml (5076 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz
		The padres instead attended the event from Mission Santa Clara and the commandante of the San Francisco presidio.
		Despite requests by the fathers that the mission remain separate from other towns, a presidio was built directly across the river from Santa Cruz.
		In 1818, the inhabitants of Santa Cruz were sent to hide in the hills because of an expected pirate attack on the mission.
	www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/printer_mission_santa_cruz.shtml (590 words)

	QuirosteAttack1793.html
		On the night of December 14, 1793, Mission Santa Cruz was attacked and partially burned by members of the Quiroste tribe.
		Charquin was baptized at Mission San Francisco's outstation, San Pedro, on the eighteenth of November, at the age of sixty.
		In December of 1793, after a raid on the Quirostes by Spanish soldiers recaptured fugitives from Mission Santa Cruz, the mission was attacked by the Quirostes.
	www.indiancanyon.org /QuirosteAttack1793.html (1304 words)

	Landmark 342 - Mission Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mission La Exaltacion de La Santa Cruz, the 12th Franciscan mission, was consecrated by Father Fermin Lasuen in August 1791.
		The mission was damaged by several earthquakes and finally collapsed in 1857.
		Plaza Park is located at the center of the mission complex which contained 32 buildings at the time of its secularization in 1834; the last building remains on school street.
	www.donaldlaird.com /landmarks/counties/300-399/342.html (131 words)

	Book Review of Native Americans at Mission Santa Cruz, 1791-1834, Interpreting the Archaeological Record by Rebecca ...
		Allen asks, through the archaeological, documentary, and ethnohistorical record, if the missionization process, as epitomized at Mission Santa Cruz, resulted in acculturation (subordinated society is forced to change), assimilation (passive acceptance), or adaptation (active selection of new ideas).
		Because each mission had its own unique set of challenges, researchers are obliged to understand how idiosyncracies of individuals and local history influenced the character of the colonial experience.
		Later, when the mission was evacuated in anticipation of a pirate attack it was looted, not by the marauders, but by the citizens of the nearby pueblo of Branciforte.
	www.ca-missions.org /skow.html (886 words)

	Mission Inn Santa Cruz Ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sleeps 6 Casita de Santa Cruz is a newly constructed 2 bedroom, 2 bath home located one and a half blocks from West Cliff Drive on the west side of Santa Cruz.
		Located on the west side of Santa Cruz, one block from the beach and within walking distance of the famous surfing beach, "Steamer Lane" and thebeach boardwalk.
		This spacious Santa Cruz beach rental has a flexible floor plan that is ideal for vacationing families or small groups.
	santacruz.rentalo.com /mission_inn_santa_cruz_ca.htm (1729 words)

	AJG Forum Index -> Mission Santa Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is the 12th mission in a chain of 21 stretching from San Diego to Sonoma.
		The history behind missions is pretty interesting, and you can learn a lot about Santa Cruz just from going to the mission.
		The best thing about this mission is that the beach is only a few minutes away, as well as some good food.
	adventure.invisionzone.com /index.php?showtopic=21 (299 words)

	Mission Santa Cruz
		Mission Santa Cruz was laid down 26 June 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corp., Sausalito, Calif.; launched 8 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		Reacquired by the Navy 10 July 1956, she was placed in service with MSTS and served until 4 December 1959, when she was transferred to the Maritime Administration and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Mobile, Ala.
		Reacquired by the Navy 31 May 1960, Mission Santa Cruz was placed in service with MSTS once again and into 1969 she is still faithfully serving MSTS carrying fuel to our forces and allies overseas.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m12/mission_santa_cruz.htm (257 words)

	Resources for the Mission Santa Cruz
		This is a set of resources for the Mission Santa Cruz.
		Portola and his men were the first Spaniards to see the California Redwoods while sailing off the coast of Santa Cruz.
		The twelfth mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Lasuén.
	www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/printer_50.shtml (335 words)

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