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Mission San Buenaventura’s Early Founding and Aftermath
A historical overview of Mission San Buenaventura from its planned naming by Galvez to its 1782 founding by Father Serra, including early travels by Crespi, construction milestones, earthquakes, and later Mexican and American-era changes impacting the mission and its property. It notes key figures such as Serra, Crespi, Vizcaino, Portola, and Gov. Neve, with dates from 1542 through the 1920s and references to the Trail of the Padres routes from Los Angeles to Ventura.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper California
Don Joseph de Galvez
la Paz
Father Junipero Serra
San Buenaventura
Galvez
San Diego
Monterey
Father Serra
San Buenaven
California
Englehardt
Mission San Gabriel
San Bueneventura
Spain
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Christopher Columbus Cabrillo
Sebastian Vizcaino
Vizcaino
Monterey Bay
Gaspar de Portola
Juan Crespi
Francisco Gomez
Crespi
Asuncion de Neustra Senora
Father Crespi
Corpus Christi
Mission San Carlos de Monterey
Junipero Serra
Antonio Paterna
Antonio Cruzado
Mission
Pedro Fages
Fages
San Gabriel
Neve
Yuma
Eugenio Valdez
Sebastiana Josepha Qintext
Vancouver
Engelhardt
Presidente Lasuen
Casita
Pio Pico
Don Andres Pico
Don Juan Manso
Narciso Botello
Jose Arnaz
Arnaz
Pico
United States
Lincoln
John Comopla
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ciprian Rubio
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Society of Ventura Pioneers
Native Daughters of the Golden West
San Buenaventure
Ventura Chamber of Commerce
Palou
Junipero
Los Angeles
Mission San Buenaventura
Hollywood
Cahuenga Pass
Calabasas
Conejo Grade
Camarillo
el Rio