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San Gabriel Mission: history and a long, storied rise
San Gabriel Mission, founded Sept 8 1771 by Fathers Cambon and Somera, rises as a center of ranching and agriculture amid Indian conflicts and earthquakes. The story traces its move to a new site in 1775, the growth under Cruzado Sanchez Palou Lasuen, and its eventual transfer to secular control and restoration by Padres before returning to the Franciscans in 1843 and later care by Claretian Fathers.
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Greg Joseph
Copley
San Gabriel
Cambon and
Somera
Alta California
St. Gabriel
Mary
Nazareth
Mission San Gabriel
Mexico
California
California Missions
Paul C. Johnson
Mission F
Ncident
Mission San Buenaventura
Los Angeles
Father Serra
Cambon
Father Somera
San Diego
Santa Ana
Rio de Los Temblores
Paterna
Cruzado
San Gabriel Mission
Fathers Palou and
Lasuen
Mission
Fathers Cruzado
Sanchez
Pueblo de Los Angeles
Church of Our Lady of the Angels
Father Estenaga
Pio Pico
Estenaga
James Buchanan
Claretian Fathers