This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Santa Barbara Mission Chronicle from Cabrillo to Mexican Era
A long historical summary traces Mission Santa Barbara from its 1542 discovery by Cabrillo through the founding by Junípero Serra, delays by Governor Neve, and the 18th century building of churches and presidio. It covers missions growth, Indian communities, uprisings, secularization, and key figures up to the mid 1840s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
San Buenaventura
Spain
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Rinron
Carpenteria
Point Galeta
Canada del Refugio
Gaviota Pass
Cape Galeta
Point Concepcion
San Miguel Island
Cabrillo
Sebastian Vizcaino
Gaspar de Portola
San Diego
Juan Crispi
Junipero Serra
Sion San
Mission San Buenaventura
Fr. Serra
Neve
Presidente
Monterey
Mission
Mexico
Presidio
Yanonalus
Serra
Pedro Fages
Mission Santa Barbara
College of
Father Englehardt
Wership
Santa Babara
Vincente de Sarria
Mission Santa Ines
Santa Ines
Purisima Mission
Antonio Ripoll
Jose de la Guerra
Presidio Commante
Ripoll
Fr. Sarria
Luis Martinez
Mission San Luis Obispo
Echeandia
Jose Soares
Jose Garcia
Figueroa
Church of Santa Barbara
Mariano Chico
Santa