The longest journey begins with a single step … and an idea. The idea was to establish a chain of missions the length of California. And the j…
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It happened on a Friday, March 29, 1776. Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and his band of soldiers arrived at the northern tip of the San Francis…
In 1602, the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino discovered a vast, beautiful harbor that he knew would be a good landing site for the Spanish in Alta…
The longest journey begins with a single step … and an idea. The idea was to establish a chain of missions the length of California. And the j…
Jonathan Flanders, a carpenter who was born in Chile, immigrated to the United States in search of work in the 1800s. He found some employment…
In 1769, Gaspar de Portola and his expedition that started in Baja California began trekking up the California coast in search of the bay of M…
In 1602, the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino discovered a vast, beautiful harbor that he knew would be a good landing site for the Spanish in Alta…
Members of a displaced American Indian tribe say their ancestors deserve recognition for building and maintaining California's first mission h…