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"Cloister Garden and Fountain" Father Jerome Tupa 62 " x 86" / Oil on canvas 1997

San Fernando Rey de España San Fernando Rey, founded by Father Fermín Lasuén in September 1797, was a thriving Mission whose main enterprise was cattle ranching. An estimated 21,000 head of cattle were raised on the Mission ranchos in the early 1820s. Like so many others along the chain, this powerful Mission fell into ruin. Only one main building survived the years of neglect. In 1916 local citizens, who felt passionate about restoring the Mission, held a candle procession, with each participant paying one dollar for a candle. More than six thousand people attended, and restoration began. An earthquake in 1971 severely damaged the chapel; its restoration was completed in 1974. See the watercolors of San Fernando Rey de España or click on the painting at left to see a full-screen image.

Other Mission San Fernando sites:

San Fernando Mission, from Historic Sites of Los Angeles website, USC Information Services Division.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España from the California Mission History site, pages 1 and 2. The California Mission Site. Ed. The Civic Group. 24 Sept. 1998
The California Missions On-Line Project, Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, by Rob Garretson (1999). Includes video and quiz. Here's a report by one of his students, Mission San Fernando, by Talor Garcia, Room 15, Los Amigos Elementary School, Rancho Cucamonga.
Mission San Fernando, Historical Sites section, San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society very brief text and four photos.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España History, a virtual tour from the Virtual Tour of the California Missions website. Copyright © 2001 Computer Knowledge. Other related topics: Serra and Padre Lasuén Bios, Spanish Governors, Mexican Governors, Military Governors, Mission Presidents, Chumash Indians, El Camino Real and more.
Virtual Guidebook to Los Angeles and Vicinity: virtual realities of the Moorish fountain, and inside the mission church. Don Bain (author and photographer of The Virtual Guidebooks).
About.com's Mission San Fernando Rey de España History, also includes links to Buildings and Layout, Glossary, and Building a Mission Model.

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