Sonoma in Sonoma County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Last Mission

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, June 17, 2023

1. The Last Mission Marker

Inscription. Welcome
At this site, on July 4, 1823 Father Altimira set up a camp altar and planted the Holy Cross. The troops fired a volley, and the padre sang in adoration of the cross. A mass was celebrated in gratitude, and the place was named San Francisco Solano.

The mission was later built at its present site in Sonoma.

Cline Cellars
Cannard Fund of the General Vallejo Memorial Assocation
Annex to the Sonoma Valley Historical Society

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1823.

Location. 38° 12.79′ N, 122° 27.457′ W. Marker is in Sonoma, California, in Sonoma County. It can be reached from Arnold Drive (State Highway 121) south of Meadowlark Lane, on the right when traveling south. The resin marker is mounted to a metal post on the grounds of Cline Family Cellars. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 24737 Arnold Drive, Sonoma CA 95476, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Wine Country,

in the San Francisco Bay Area,

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the North Coast,

and specifically on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (a few steps from this marker); Embarcadero – St. Louis (approx. 2.2 miles away); Temelec Hall (approx. 4.3 miles away); a different marker also named Temelec Hall (approx. 4.3 miles away); Lakeville-Donahue Landing (approx. 4.9 miles away); Nash-Patton Adobe (approx. 5.3 miles away); Sonoma Valley Women’s Club (approx. 5.3 miles away); Dunbar Hardware Store (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sonoma.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Last Mission (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed).

More about this marker. The California Missions Museum is on the same grounds, west

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, June 17, 2023

2. The Last Mission Marker

of the marker.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Mission San Francisco Solano

Also see . . . Mission San Francisco Solano. California Missions Foundation

"Mission San Francisco de Solano marks the end of the mission trail. This twenty-first and last mission was founded on July 4, 1823 in what is today the city of Sonoma. When the Franciscan Fathers erected this northern most mission, it culminated three hundred years of Spanish-Mexican settlement in California, which dated back to 1523. Mission San Francisco Solano was the only mission founded after Mexico’s independence from Spain, and the only mission founded without prior approval of the church."

(Submitted on June 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 157 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.