Mission Santa Barbara

Colonnaded Friary completed in 1870. Mission Santa Barbara is the only mission that has remained under Franciscan direction. In front is the 1808 fountain. National Historic Landmark. National Register of Historic Places 66000237 SB011

December 27th 1984
Arriving in Santa Barbara, our first stop was to visit the mission. Mission Santa Barbara, Virgen y Martir was founded on December 4, 1786 (the Feast of St. Barbara) as the tenth of California's twenty-one Spanish colonial missions. As were all of the missions, Santa Barbara was founded to extend Spanish colonization along the Pacific coast and to educate and Christianize the Native American tribe ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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