Mission San Juan Capistrano

Name: Mission San Juan Capistrano
Author: Kathleen J. 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.

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