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About the Missions: San Diego
 Santa Cruz
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"Inside and Out"
Father Jerome Tupa
46 " x 40" / Oil on canvas
1998

Santa Cruz

Mission Santa Cruz, founded by Father Fermín Lasuén in 1791, was twelfth in the chain of Missions. Santa Cruz had few Indian residents and was a humble Mission-in fact, the smallest of all the Missions.

Santa Cruz was plagued by strained relationships was residents of the neighboring pueblo Branciforte; there were constant problems between Branciforte's Spanish settlers and the church. After succumbing to the ravages of storms and earthquakes, the Mission church was rebuilt at half its original size in 1931.

See the watercolor of Santa Cruz or click to see a full-screen image.

More Santa Cruz links:
From the Poway Unified School District, Canyon View's fourth grade, Mission Santa Cruz by B.G., Room 16.
Mission Santa Cruz by Athanasius Schaefer, text and photos.
The California Missions On-Line Project by Rob Garretson, Mission Santa Cruz, text, photos, and a quiz. 1998.
From About.com, Mission Santa Cruz History, also sections on Current Pictures, Buildings and Layout.
From the California Mission site, Santa Cruz history and more history. The California Mission Site. Ed. The Civic Group. 1998.
A travelogue from two cyclists, Brian Wood and Chris Ernest Hall, called the California Missions Interactive. 1995.





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First posted April, 2001.

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