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Franciscan priests established 21 missions between 1769 and 1833 in Alta California, accompanied by military outposts. Their goal was to spread Christianity among the local Native Americans , as well as to affirm Spanish , and later Mexican , claims to the region.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...
Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area (41 P) Pages in category "Military installations in California" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Del Norte County, California: September 1862: 1870: Union Army United States Army Camp Low: San Juan Bautista: San Benito: 1864: 1865: Union Army Fort MacArthur White Point Military Reservation: San Pedro: Los Angeles: 1888 (Still in use) United States Army Fort McDowell: Angel Island: San Francisco: 1901: 1962: United States Army Fort Miley ...
El Camino Real (Spanish; literally The Royal Road, sometimes translated as The King's Highway) is a 600-mile (965-kilometer) commemorative route connecting the 21 Spanish missions in California (formerly the region Alta California in the Spanish Empire), along with a number of sub-missions, four presidios, and three pueblos.
Pages in category "Military units and formations in California" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mission San Juan Bautista is a Spanish mission in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California.Founded on June 24, 1797, by Fermín de Lasuén of the Franciscan order, the mission was the fifteenth of the Spanish missions established in present-day California.
New Horizon (1995–1996) — U.S. mission in support (and under the command) of United Nations Mission in Haiti Secure Tomorrow (2004) — US led multinational force, authorized by the UN as the Multinational Interim Force (MIF) which was replaced by the MINUSTAH .