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Mission San Juan Capistrano (1776)

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Official Website of Mission San Juan Capistrano

http://www.missionsjc.com/

Books

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Edgar, Kathleen J.
X979.49 EDGAR

Discusses the Mission San Juan Capistrano from its founding in 1776 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Acagchemem, or Juaneño, Indians.

Missions of the Southern Coast

Lemke, Nancy
X979.49 Lemke

Charts the histories of the California missions of San Diego de Alcala, San Juan Capistrano, and San Luis Rey de Francia, and briefly describes life among the Native Americans of southwestern California before the arrival of the Spaniards.