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	More California Mission History: Santa Barbara
		The design on the facade of Santa Barbara's church, strongly resembling an ancient Latin temple, was inspired by one of the buildings in Rome of the pre-Christian era.
		In 1818, one of the padres at the mission was warned of the approach of the French pirate, Bouchard.
		Santa Barbara, the Queen of the Missions, thus became the only mission to remain in constant occupation by the Franciscan Order from the day of its founding down to the present time.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/santabarbara.html (1600 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara
		Mission Santa Barbara was the tenth of the California missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans.
		Santa Barbara became an active mission on December 4, 1786, and was the first to be established by Fr.
		The water was led to the Mission by an aqueduct, the water flowing by gravity.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/barbara.htm (3221 words)

	California Mission History: Santa Barbara
		Santa Barbara's mission church, with its world-famous twin bell towers, boasts of a stone facade patterned after an ancient Latin temple in pre-Christian Rome.
		Of all the California missions, only lovely Santa Barbara essentially escaped the exploitation suffered from secular elements at other locations, helped by the joint residency of the last Padre Presidente and the first Bishop of the Californias.
		Lovely Santa Barbara is the only mission in the California chain remaining under control of the Franciscans without interruption from the day of its founding until the present time.
	www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/santabarbara.html (564 words)

	California Missions Foundation - Santa Barbara Mission
		Santa Barbara Mission is known as "Queen of the Missions," as it is the only mission with twin bell towers.
		Santa Barbara is the tenth mission, founded on December 4, 1786 by Fr.
		Santa Barbara Mission contains extensive original structures, including the convento wing (1790s), a fountain, the lavanderia (Chumash carvings on this structre are considered the first instance of public sculpture in California) and the sanctuary building.
	www.missionsofcalifornia.org /missions/mission10.html (304 words)

	Mission Santa Inés - History
		In order to serve the Chumash Indians in the Santa Ynez Valley area and to serve as a link between the Missions in Santa Barbara and Lompoc, the Mission was established in 1804.
		The Mission continued to rebuild and repair, and actually became very prosperous during the first part of the 19th century, when the Indian population was at its greatest.
		Despite the fact that the first college seminary in California was temporarily situated at Mission Santa Inés in 1844, it would have fallen into complete ruin were it not for the arrival of the Donahue family in 1882 and Father Alexander Buckler in 1904.
	www.missionsantaines.org /history.html (4272 words)

	California Missions Foundation - Santa Barbara Mission
		Santa Barbara Mission is known as "Queen of the Missions," as it is the only mission with twin bell towers.
		Santa Barbara is the tenth mission, founded on December 4, 1786 by Fr.
		Santa Barbara Mission contains extensive original structures, including the convento wing (1790s), a fountain, the lavanderia (Chumash carvings on this structre are considered the first instance of public sculpture in California) and the sanctuary building.
	missionsofcalifornia.org /missions/mission10.html (304 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara - December 4, 1786
		Santa Barbara was the first mission founded by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, Father Serra's successor as President of the California missions.
		The water system at this mission was so extraordinary that parts of it are still used today by the city of Santa Barbara.
		Water from a dammed creek in the hills two miles above the mission was carried by a stone aqueduct to a storage basin near the church.
	www.earlenesroots.com /missionsb.html (614 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara: A history \| The-Tidings.com
		The "Queen of the Missions" was the tenth church on El Camino Real to be established in California and the first one founded by Franciscan Friar Fermin Lasuen on the feast of St. Barbara, Dec. 4, 1786.
		That year a Spanish force, led by Sebastian Vizcaíno and accompanied by Carmelite Friars, entered the channel on the vigil of the feast of St. Barbara and named the body of water for her; eventually the title was applied to the presidio, mission, city and county.
		The mission served as the bishop's headquarters and residence from 1841 to his death in 1846; his remains are kept there.
	www.the-tidings.com /2005/0211/barbaraside.htm (774 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery - Santa Barbara County, California
		Mission Santa Barbara was officially established on December 4, 1786.
		Prior to the mission cemetery, bodies were interred beneath the floor of the existing church, with the first burial being that of an indian named "Cristobal" a Chumash of the Saspili tribe.
		The registers of Santa Barbara recorded the burials at the mission, with the first register beginning with August 8, 1787 and extending to December 30, 1841.
	www.interment.net /data/us/ca/santabarbara/mission/history.htm (649 words)

	Santa Barbara Mission
		The official literature calls Mission Santa Barbara "Queen of the Missions for its graceful beauty." Founded on December 4th, 1786, it was the tenth of 21 Franciscan missions in California.
		The original purpose of the Mission was the christianazation of the Chumash Indians.
		Santa Barbara's culturally diverse early settlers are buried here as well as approximately 4,000 Indians, including Joana Maria, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas island.
	www.santabarbara.com /points_of_interest/mission (2015 words)

	Santa Barbara Mission
		The Santa Barbara mission was founded on the feast day of Santa Barbara, December 4, 1786 and was the tenth of twenty-one missions to be established by Spanish Franciscans throughout California.
		Today, the mission is still home to a community of Franciscan friars; the mission buildings, surrounded by ten acres of gardens include the main parish church, a retreat center with lodgings and conference rooms, a museum, a cemetery and mausoleum and a gift shop.
		The Santa Barbara mission planted orchards of olive and citrus trees, and Father Junipero Serra himself is credited with being one of the first people to cultivate grapes in the area.
	www.sensiblesantabarbara.org /santa-barbara-mission.html (456 words)

	Santa Barbara Mission - 1890
		Stately Santa Barbara is the best preserved and probably the best known of the California Missions the only one continuously in the hands of the Franciscans since its founding (1786).
		Classical Roman is combined with traditional mission style in the architecture of the massive stone church, com pleted in 1820 to replace the adobe chapel that was destroyed in the earthquake of 1812.
		Santa Barbara, the tenth Alta California mission, was founded on December 4, 1786.
	members.tripod.com /~ArtistFromHungary/mission/santabarbara.htm (537 words)

	Santa Barbara Hotels and Destination Guide - Explore Santa Barbara Attractions, Restaurants, Travel Books, Hotel Deals, ...
		Santa Barbara, California is alive with youthful energy within an atmosphere of casual sophistication and charm.
		The Santa Ynez Valley stretches west through central Santa Barbara County, reaching toward the city and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
		Returning to Santa Barbara from a day of hiking, there is the opportunity to ease back gradually into city life through a visit to the alpine village of Solvang.
	www.destinationsantabarbara.net (956 words)

	History of Santa Barbara Mission
		The walls are 6 ft thick, of irregular sandstone blocks laid in cement, while the towers, 20 ft square, are, with the exception of a narrow passageway in one of them, solid masses of stone and cement to a height of 30 ft. In 1820 there were 1,132 neophytes, in 1830 only 711.
		In 1824 there was considerable trouble with the neophytes; a revolt had arisen at Santa In s, and the Indians from Santa Barbara demanded that the soldiers at the mission leave their arms and withdraw to the presidio.
		In 1846 the mission was sold for $7,500, though the principal buildings, as elsewhere, remained in the possession of the Church, and have been better preserved than at any other California mission.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/mission/santabarbara.htm (633 words)

	Solvang to Santa Barbara
		We were riding over the top of the coast range to Santa Barbara and had a choice of three routes to take.
		Mission Santa Barbara is known as the queen of the missions and is prominently located on a hill overlooking the modern town named after it.
		It went through a similar history as most of the missions in that it was destroyed by earthquake and rebuilt several times in its history.
	www.touringonbikes.us /solvang_to_santa_barbara.htm (1294 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara
		Mission Santa Barbara was founded on December 4, 1786 by Father Fermin Lasuen, Presidente of the California Missions Chain.
		The main economy at this mission and all of the missions was agriculture and raising animals.
		This is why Mission Santa Barbara is the only mission to remain under the leadership of the Franciscan Friars since the day of its founding until today.
	www.cuca.k12.ca.us /lessons/missions/Barbara/SantaBarbara.html (956 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Santa Barbara Mission)
		One of the finest and most distinguished of the 21 California missions from an architectural standpoint, this "queen of the missions" is the only one to escape complete secularization throughout its long history.
		In 1834, the Mexicans secularized Santa Barbara Mission and its lands and in 1846 sold them, but the Franciscan fathers continued to occupy the mission in the interim.
		The fountain and large reservoir near the church, parts of the original mission irrigation system, are perfectly preserved and are part of the present water system of the city of Santa Barbara.
	www.nps.gov /history/history/online_books/explorers/sitec10.htm (739 words)

	Mission San Luis Obispo De Tolosa
		Mission San Luis Obispo was founded on September 1, 1772 by Father Junipero Serra, Presidente of the California Missions Chain.
		The mission fell into ruins during the period of secularization and the priest that were left would rent out rooms to help support the mission.
		The creek by the mission which once supplied water to mission still runs by the main streets in the town and children can be seen playing in the water.
	www.cuca.k12.ca.us /lessons/missions/slo/SanLuisObispoDeTolosa.html (771 words)

	Santa Barbara, California - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Santa Barbara, city, seat of Santa Barbara County, southwestern California, on the Pacific Ocean; incorporated 1850.
		It is a resort situated on the Santa Barbara Channel at the foot of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
		The city is the seat of the University of California-Santa Barbara (1898), Westmont College (1940), Brooks Institute of Photography (1945), the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /santa_barbara.htm (149 words)

	Dave's Travel Corner [Mission Santa Barbara, CA] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This mission is the tenth of the California missions and has two bell towers.
		However, between the founding of the mission and today it has been severely damaged by several earthquakes, one in 1812 and one in 1925.
		Also in front is a large lawn area (the Mission park), a cactus garden, and a rose garden towards the back of the lawn.
	www.davestravelcorner.com /articles/santabarbara/4.htm (418 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara
		It was the tenth of California's 21 missions, and it became known as the "Queen of the Missions."
		The mission maintained an economy that was based heavily on labor done by the Native Americans.
		Bordering one edge of the mission's quadrangle stands a row of more than 200 Indian huts, memorializing the Native Americans who spent their lives working for the Mission Santa Barbara.
	www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/mission_santa_barbara.shtml (464 words)

	Santa Barbara Mission
		Tenth California mission founded by the Spanish Franciscans on the Feast of Santa Barbara, December 4, 1786.
		The original purpose of the mission was the christianization of the Chumash Indians.
		In 1896 a seminary was established at Santa Barbara Mission.
	www.sbthp.org /soldados/SBMission (432 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara \| California Tourism
		California is well known for the string of missions that were built in the 1780s by the Franciscan monks in the area with the purpose of bringing Christianity to the local Chumash Indians.
		It is the tenth mission and was founded on the feast of St. Barbara on December 4, 1786.
		In addition to the unique mission, which is the only one of the California missions to have two towers, there is a lot to see.
	www.californiabeautiful.com /san-diego-california-tourism/18-mission-santa-barbarahtml.html (479 words)

	Mission Trail Today - Mission Santa Barbara
		Mission Santa Barbara was the tenth missions established and the first by Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, following the death of Padre Junipero Serra two years earlier.
		Mission Santa Barbara is often referred to as the Queen of the Missions.
		Mission Santa Barbara was secularized in 1834 along with the rest of the missions and jurisdiction over the Indians was transferred to civil authorities.
	www.missiontrailtoday.com /code/mission10.htm (901 words)

	About - Old Mission Santa Barbara
		The Santa Barbara Mission was established on the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4, 1786 and was the tenth of twenty-one California Missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans.
		More than 200 years later, the Mission continues to be the chief cultural and historic landmark in the city of Santa Barbara.
		Home to a community of Franciscan friars, the Mission also has a retreat center with guest rooms, conference rooms, a fully equipped commercial kitchen and dining room, a beautiful church with a large and active parish, a museum and gift shop, a cemetery and mausoleum, and ten acres of beautifully landscaped gardens.
	santabarbaramission.org /page/about (125 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara, California - American West Travelogue
		Mission Santa Barbara was founded on December 4, 1786.
		Although the missionaries were always allowed to conduct services in the church the mission itself had a varied history in the 19th century.
		The impressive architecture and beautiful artwork of the missions were intended to make a powerful impression in an undeveloped land.
	www.amwest-travel.com /awt_missionsb.html (647 words)

	Scott Williams - Mission Canyon History
		The Mission started as a tulle thatched structure with 4 small rooms; a church of adobe and stone was added, then a cemetery.
		A hotel and rooming house at the entrance to the canyon, the Rockwood Inn, burned in 1927 and the land was purchased by the Santa Barbara’s Woman’s Club, spearheaded by Mrs.
		All of the “Mission neighborhoods” including the Old Mission, Mission Canyon and the adjacent Mission Canyon Heights are all part of Santa Barbara County, not the City.
	www.sblifestyle.com /4-neighborhoods/mcyn.html (1060 words)

	Santa Barbara Mission
		The Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1776.
		It provided water to the mission reservoirs, kitchen, laundry, flour mill, hospital and fields for irrigating crops.
		Even after secularization the mission remained church property and was maintained by the church.
	www.kidport.com /RefLib/UsaHistory/Missions/SantaBarbara.htm (104 words)

	Santa Barbara Mission- Santa Barbara, CA - VirtualTourist.com
		Mission Santa Barbara is a Spanish style building built originally in 1786 and rebuilt and restored to it's present state.
		Mission Santa Barbara is considered the Queen of the Missions of all the missions in California.
		The mission at one time was confiscated by the Governor in 1846, but was returned to the Catholic Church in 1865 by President Abraham Lincoln.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/California/Santa_Barbara-755544/Things_To_Do-Santa_Barbara-Santa_Barbara_Mission-BR-1.html (1107 words)

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