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Mission San Antonio de Padua (1771)

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Books

Mission San Antonio de Pádua

Serafin, Kim
X979.47 SERAFIN

Discusses the Mission San Antonio de Pádua from its founding in 1771 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the local 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.