Mission pioneer Serra opens California's Mission trail
The article chronicles Franciscan founder Father Junipero Serra and the 21 missions, from San Diego to Sonoma, detailing Serra’s life, the overland and sea expeditions with Captain Moncada and Portola, and a dramatic moment curing his leg ulcer before reaching San Diego on July 1, 1769.
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California
Fray Junipero Serra
San Diego
Sonoma County
Earl Lee Kelly
Department of Public Works
Frank F. Merriam
Order of Friars Minor
Miguel Joseph Serra
Father Junipero Serra
Lower
Alta
Upper
Father Serra
Majorca
Julipero
St. Francis
Father Francesco Palou
College of
Mexico
Father Palou
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
San Antonio
San Joseph
Fernando Rivera Y Moncada
Don Gaspar de Portola
Moncada
Portola
San Fernando
Junipero
Palou
Serra
San Carlos
Mission
San Diego de Alcala
Slight Uptick in Early Potato Acreage Across Sec ond Early States
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports 72 600 acres planned for spring shipment in Alabama California Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina and Texas for 1936 up from 70 000 in 1935. 1934 and 1933 figures were 80 600 and 61 900 with a five year average of 82 300. A four percent increase is seen in the next group including Kansas Caw Valley and Nebraska.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington, D. C
Alabama
California
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Caw Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
Midwest
Kern County
Santa Fe Hearings Resumed After Public Access Debate
The California state railroad commission will resume Santa Fe Transportation Company hearings in San Francisco on April 7. The panel will hear further cross examination of Lloyd Neal, traffic manager of the Santa Fe Trail Stages, amid disputes over public access to testimony and the campaign pamphlet by Samuel T. Bledsoe.
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State Railroad Commission
California State Railroad Commission
Santa Fe Transportation Company
California
Southern Pacific
Transi
The
Santa Fe
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Ware
Los Angeles
Lloyd Neal
San Francisco
Neal
Crossing the Date Line Time Reckoning Explained
The article explains that crossing the international date line in the Pacific causes a traveler to lose or gain a day, depending on direction. It clarifies that this is a purely arbitrary time reckoning convention tied to the 180th meridian and does not relate to crossing the equator.
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Pacific Ocean
Pompeiian Red Paint Found in Ancient Pompeii Walls
Pompeiian red, a historic wall color used to decorate modern rooms, originated in Pompeii and survived the Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago. The pigment formed from egg yolk water and ground earth remains on many walls in good condition.
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Pompeii
Vesuvius
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Missions of
St. Francis of Assisi
Italy
Order of
Franciscan Monks
Jose de Galvez
New Spain
Carlos III
Monterey
Galvez
Santa Ana
la Paz
Loretoi
T. V. Little Complete Machine Shop
Ad Welding
Shafter, California
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
Frank Edwards
Price R. Edwards
D. V. M. Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital
Chester Ave
Bakersfield
A. W. Gaede, M. D
Duehren Building
Shafter
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
McFarland
Willys
Lot
Shafter Folk Jno
Demos
Forrest W. Dickey
Four Train Service Brotherhoods
Kern County Labor Council
Chas. E. Baab
Arlington Btd
Nineteenth St. Bakersfield
DR. Baab
Cooking
Congregational Church
Shafter Furniture Co
Emil Stoller
Frederic
Eugene
Crogquignole
Charlon
Arch
Chicago
Beauty College
Charlotte E. Fay
Nineteenth St
Fresno
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