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Mission San Buenaventura (1782)

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San Buenaventura Mission: Mission History (Official Website)

http://www.sanbuenaventuramission.org/history_main.html

Books

Mission San Buenaventura

Margaret, Amy
X979.49 MARGARET

Traces the arrival of the Spanish in California; the founding, building, and daily operation of this Franciscan mission; and its effect on the Chumash Indians before its secularization.

Missions of the Los Angeles Area

MacMillan, Dianne M.
X979.49 MacMillan

Charts the histories of the missions of San Gabriel Arcangel, San Buenaventura, and San Fernando Rey de Espana, and briefly describes life among the Tongva (Gabrielino) and Chumash Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.