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California Missions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
california missions
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Mission Inn

For Students 9th - 10th
This hotel has become the largest Mission Revival style through progressive additions and embellishments since its first predecessor cottage was built in 1876. In addition to lodgings, it features shops, a chapel, furniture from around...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Carmel Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
The second Roman Catholic California Mission Church, this was the headquarters of the padre presidente, Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen . It was destroyed in the mid-19th century and restored in 1884 and 1920. It remains a parish...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ca: Mission San Miguel Arcangel

For Students 9th - 10th
The 16th California Mission church remains well preserved and still in use today though under earthquake remediation construction. Inside are murals by Esteban Munras.
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Mission San Buenaventura

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Mission San Buenaventura in California.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Mission Beach Roller Coaster

For Students 9th - 10th
one of only 2 remaining wooden coasters on the West coast, it was built in 1925 by noted coaster builders Prior and Church. It was saved from destruction in 1987, restored, and is still operating today.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: San Diego Mission Church

For Students 9th - 10th
This was the first Spanish Mission in Alta California and the start of El Camino Real. Originally located in the Presidio of San Diego, it later moved a few miles away. The nearby Old Mission Dam, also a NHL, provided water for milling...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Old Mission Dam

For Students 9th - 10th
The first major irrigation project on the Pacific coast, this dam supplied water for milling and irrigation at the Mission San Diego de Alcala, 5 miles away. Now part of Mission Trails Regional Park.
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: San Luis Rey Mission

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "San Luis Rey Mission."
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: La Purisima Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
Now a historical park, it is the only example in California of a "complete" mission complex.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Santa Barbara Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
The only Spanish mission in California to remain under the leadership of the Franciscan Friars since the day of its founding.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: San Diego Presidio

For Students 9th - 10th
The first fortified presidio, it along with the first mission, San Diego Mission Church, paved the way for Spanish colonization of California. No structures remain, but the site is now located in Presidio Park.
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Unesco: Mexico: Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro

For Students 9th - 10th
The five Franciscan missions of Sierra Gorda were built during the last phase of the conversion to Christianity of the interior of Mexico in the mid-18th century and became an important reference for the continuation of the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Space Launch Complex 10

For Students 9th - 10th
First built in 1958 to test missiles, it was used to launch space missions from 1963 to 1980. It is now a rare, well preserved example of the equipment and facilities from that era.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Las Flores Adobe

For Students 9th - 10th
An Estancia halfway between two missions, it is now part of a Boy Scout camp located inside Camp Pendleton just off of Interstate 5.
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Ruins of the Mission San Carlos as Seen in 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Father Junipero Serra, including excerpts from a biography written by Serra's good friend, Palou.
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Gravesite of Father Serra at the Mission San Carlos at Carmel

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Father Junipero Serra, including excerpts from a biography written by Serra's good friend, Palou.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Space Flight Operations Facility

For Students 9th - 10th
Control room at Jet Propulsion Laboratory where all NASA interplanetary and deep space missions are monitored.