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California Missions: Santa Cruz and Villa Branciforte
The article recounts the founding of Santa Cruz Mission and the Villa Branciforte in 1793 1797 and the later history of both communities. It notes the site by the San Lorenzo River the move from Santa Clara and San Francisco missions and the fraught relations with settlers including clashes over land and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clara
San Carlos
San Francisco
Fathers Salazar
Loy
Ensign Sal
Spain
San Lorenzo River
Santa Cruz Mission
Fr. Lopez
St. Francis
Santa Cruz
California
Villa Branciforte
Palou
H. A. van Coenen Torchiana
San Lorenzo
Bay
Monterey
San Carlos Mission
Presidio
Pacific Ocean
Councyl
Tomaz Pena
Hermengildo Sal
San Francisco Presidio
Mission Santa Cruz
Miguel de la Grua
Miguel de la Grua Talamanca Marques de Branciforte
Mexico
Presidente
Missions
Lasuen
Manuel Fernandez
Villa de Branciforte
Pedro de Borica
San Jose
Los Angeles
Salazar
Torchiana
Guadalajara
Concepcion
San Blas
de Boirca
Branciforte
Andres Quintana
Father Olbes
Monterey Bay
Brenton
de Valle
Pueblo de Figueroa
Pueblo de Santa Cruz
Father del Real
Bancroft
Ariest
Ernest de Massey
Jose Sadoc Alemany
Sebastiano Filoteo
Sai Cruz
Alemany
James Buchanan
Benito Capdevilla
Plas
Mission Santa Clara de Asis