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Informational Sign Along Mission Road
Photographer: James King
Taken: November 24, 2012
Caption: Informational Sign Along Mission Road
Additional Description: On March 6, 1776 Lt. Col Juan Bautista de Anza arrived at this mission on his famous overland expedition from Sonora, Mexico to Monterey and San Francisco. He was accompanied by 240 colonists and the diarist, Padre Pedro Font, who wrote "The Indians of this mission are totally distinct from those I have hitherto seen." He recorded the place as "Mission San Antonio in the Valley of the Oaks."
Submitted: November 26, 2012, by James King of San Miguel, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p227118
File Size: 7.050 Megabytes

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