Kids - California Missions

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. Also available as an eBook.

Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish Mission San Carlos in central California and its role in California history. Also available as an eBook.

Discusses the Mission of San Francisco de Asis from its founding in 1776 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Ohlone, or Costanoan, Indians. Also available as an eBook.

Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish mission at San Gabriel and its role in California history. Also available as an eBook.

Discusses the mission at San Juan Bautista from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Mutsun (a tribe of the Costanoan) Indians. Also available as an eBook.

Discusses Mission San Miguel Arcangel from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the California Indians. Also available as an eBook.

Traces the history of this California mission with reference to the Spanish explorers, Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries, Ohlone Indians, and its secularization by the state. Also available as an eBook.

Traces the history of the San Luis Obispo de Tolosa mission in California from its founding through the late twentieth century, discussing its location, buildings, secularization, and restoration. Also available as an eBook.

Charts the histories of the California missions of Santa Barbara, La Purisima Concepcion, and Santa Ines, and briefly describes life among the Chumash Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.