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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (1791)

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Monterey County Historical Society: Mission Soledad

http://www.mchsmuseum.com/missionsol.html

Books

Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad

Ostrow, Kim.
X979.47 OSTROW

Discusses the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad from its founding to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Ohlone Indians.

Missions of the Inland Valleys

Brower, Pauline
X979.4 Brower

Charts the histories of the California missions of San Antonio de Padua, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, and San Miguel Archangel, and briefly describes the life of the inland valley Indian tribes, many of whom were Salinan, before the arrival of the Spaniards.