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Mission San Juan Capistrano and its long troubled history
The article chronicles Mission San Juan Capistrano from its 1776 founding by Father Serra and Lasuen Amurrio through its early trials, earthquake destruction in 1812, lootings, political seizures, and eventual restoration completed by 1895. It notes locations on El Camino Real and the mission’s place as the Jewel of the Missions in Orange County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fray Junipero Serra
San Diego
Sonoma County
Earl Lee Kelly
Department of Public Works
Frank F. Merriam
California
Mission
San Juan Capistrano
Father Junipero Serra
Mission San Diego de Alcala
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Luis Obispo
Monterey
Orange County
el Camino Real
Father Serra
Don Fernando Rivera
Bucareli
Mexico
San Fran Solano
Genas de Portola
Fermin de Lasuen
San Carlos de Monterey
Gregorio Amurrio
Junipero
Fathégs Amurrio
Lasuen
Father Amurrio
San Gabriel
San Diego de Alcala
Ortega
Rivera
Fathers Lasuen
Amurrio
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Spain
Fathers of
Jose M. Echeandia
Echeandia
Barona and
Zalvidea
Victoria
Juan Capistrano
Waas
San End
Pio Pico
John Forster
James McKinley
Lincoln
Charles F. Lummis
Landmarks Club
St. John O'Sullivan
Tustin
Irvine
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel