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| | More California Mission History: Santa Inés |
 | | So it was that on September 17, 1804, a new mission was placed in the beautiful valley 45 miles north-east of Santa Barbara, and the padres named it in honor of Saint Agnes. |
 | | In March of 1911, the old mission bell tower, weakened by long neglect and heavy rainstorms, was tumbled to the ground by an earthquake. |
 | | The tower remained in use until 1949, when a part of the $500,000 given to the missions by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation was used for the erection of a solid concrete campanario, which now houses the bells Santa Inés has acquired over the years. |
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