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Mission San Diego de Alcala opens California missions tale
The article recaps Mission San Diego de Alcala founded July 16, 1769 by Junipero Serra and companions. It chronicles hardships including scurvy, hostile native attacks, Portola’s expedition, and Serra’s persistence. It notes mission secularization, later restoration, and current status as a museum with guiding routes and historical markers along El Camino Real.
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California
Fray Junipero Serra
San Diego
Sonoma County
Earl Lee Kelly
Department of Public Works
Frank F. Merriam
Mission
San Diego de Alcala
Father Junipero Serra
Gaspar de Portola
la Paz
Father Palou
Junipero
Portola
Monterey Bay
Father Serra
Father Zephyrin Engelhardt
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Serra
Father Vizcaino
Saint James of Alcala
Sebastian Viscaino
San Diego Bay
St. Nicholas
Diocese
Sixtus V
Alcala
Joseph Maria
Mexico
San Antonio
St. Joseph
Father Juan Crespi
Monterey
God
Father Luis Jayme
Francisco Dumetz
Vincent Foster
Father Serrain
College of San Fernando
Jayme
Foster
Father Jayme
Jose Arroyo
Ursulino
Captain Rivera
Fath
Perons
Mission San Diego de Alcala
Pio Pico
Santiago Arguello
Lincoln
Albert Mayrhofer
Junipero Serra
Fifth
D Streets
Balboa Park
Old Town
Taylor Street
Taylor
Camino del Rio
Old Fort
Stockton
San Joaquin Valley
Los Angeles
U. S. 395
Arizona
Imperial Valley
el Cajon Avenue
Fairmont Avenue
Camino de Rio
Ward Road
Mission Bell
el Camino Real
Sonoma