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Featured Map for 13 June 2012:
California Mission Mission

Yesterday was the last day of school, at least for my daughter's fourth-grade class. In California, one of the topics for fourth grade is the history of the state. The 21 Spanish missions built from 1769 to 1823 along El Camino Real (The Royal Road, also known as The King's Highway, much of which is now US 101) are a central part of California's history. The first mission was Mission San Diego de Alcalá, near present-day San Diego. My daughter's final report for the school year was on Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad and last week I accompanied her class on a field trip to Mission San Juan Bautista.

Today's Featured Map shows California's 21 missions along El Camino Real and is dedicated to the school children who are our future and to their teachers, wherever they are and whatever local history they may be studying.

Additional Information:

• California Missions Resource Center
• MissionTour
• Spanish missions in California – Wikipedia
• Missions in chronological order:
  • Mission San Diego de Alcalá – California State Historic Landmark 242
  • Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo – California State Historic Landmark 135
  • Mission San Antonio de Padua – California State Historic Landmark 232
  • Mission San Gabriel Arcángel – California State Historic Landmark 158
  • Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa – California State Historic Landmark 325
  • Mission San Juan Capistrano – California State Historic Landmark 200
  • Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) – California State Historic Landmark 327
  • Mission Santa Clara de Asís – California State Historic Landmark 338
  • Mission San Buenaventura – California State Historic Landmark 310
  • Mission Santa Barbara – California State Historic Landmark 309
  • Mission La Purísima Concepción – California State Historic Landmark 340
  • Mission Santa Cruz – California State Historic Landmark 342
  • Misson Nuestra Señora de la Soledad – California State Historic Landmark 233
  • Mission San José – California State Historic Landmark 334
  • Mission San Juan Bautista – California State Historic Landmark 195
  • Mission San Miguel Arcángel – California State Historic Landmark 326
  • Mission San Fernando Rey de España – California State Historic Landmark 157
  • Mission San Luis Rey de Francia – California State Historic Landmark 239
  • Mission Santa Inés – California State Historic Landmark 305
  • Mission San Rafael Arcángel – California State Historic Landmark 220
  • Mission San Francisco de Solano – California State Historic Landmark 3

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