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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: San Diego Mission Church

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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: Santa Barbara Mission

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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: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Salinas Pueblo Missions Natl Monument

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Reminders of this earliest contact between Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonials: the ruins of four mission churches and the partially excavated pueblo of Las Humanas.
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San Geronimo De Los Taos Mission, New Mexico

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A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Abo

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Pueblo ruins, and ruins of a Spanish mission, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Az: Los Santos Angeles De Guevavi

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Ruins of Spanish mission church; founded 1691.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arizona: San Cayetano De Calabazas

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Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: San Diego Presidio

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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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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Texas: Alamo

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Former mission and fortress compound; now a museum; built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century; later used as a fortress in the 19th century; scene of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.

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