California Missions Web Site

Welcome to the California Missions Web Site. Much of California's history began with the Spanish Missions. Every one of the California missions tell a story about the history of California. A brief history of each mission is presented here.

Welcome to the California Missions virtual tour!

We have full pictorial histories of the missions. Also, for the first time on the web, we have music written by the Franciscan Friars and Native Americans who founded the missions in the late 1700's.

California Mission Internet Trail

This site is being constructed by students up and down the state of California to serve as a central resource for information on the California Missions. The effort is being coordinated by Pioneer School and Oak Hill School in Escondido, California as part of the State Building the Future Project.

GeoCities California Missions

Description: This is a list of all of the California missions with some brief facts about each. Comments: This site is useful for its complete lists of missions.

California Missions On-Line Project

Description: This site, developed by 4th grade students at Joe Nightingale School, includes research on life at six of California's missions and material on the history, government and culture of Native American tribes throughout California. Comments: This is a good model of online student publishing.

An Uncommon Mission

Father Jerome Tupa paints the missions

ThinkQuest: Spanish Missions of California

Created by students at Mission Viejo High School in California. Take a virtual tour of a real Spanish Mission, and learn why they were an important part of California's history. Read about the everyday life of those who lived and worked here: the priests, the soldiers, and the native people. There's even a recipe for pozole, a common food served during those times. This site is rich with facts, photographs, maps, and audio tour guide readings. Need help with unfamiliar words? Check the hyperlinked glossary.

A Photo Tour of the California Missions

You may already know that there are 21 missions today in the state of California. If you live in California, there is a good chance that you are within an hour's drive of one or more of the missions. Starting in San Diego, and dotting the coast all the way past San Francisco, the missions are a standing reminder of an earlier time, a time long past, when the Spanish were colonizing Alta California. They teach us of the introduction of Europeans to the California Native Americans, and the struggles that both groups would endure.

Cyber Serra

We hope you will enjoy the Newhall Elementary Cyber Serra virtual Mission tour, presented by Mrs. Ried's 1997-1998 4th grade class.

Need to find even more information?

California Mission Studies Association web links

Corona Public Library staff recommendations for California Mission links

Darlene Roswell's California Mission links

Homepage for Students of California History

Description: This site has links to CA missions, Mexican California, Westward Movement and the Bear Flag Revolt from

textbook "Oh, California". This is a commercial site by Houghton Mifflin to accompany their text Oh California!

California Missions Resource Page

Description: This site contains student-generated information about the history of the missions as well as information about

each mission. It also contains links to other mission pages.

Day in the Life of a Friar

Description: This article by the California Mission Studies Association describes the daily life of the Franciscan friars in

California's missions.

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