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Mission San Buenaventura

by Amy Margaret

Cover of Mission San Buenaventura

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.

HistoryMissionsSan Buenaventura MissionChumash IndiansFranciscansIndians of North AmericaSpanish mission buildingsCalifornia, history