Mission Santa Cruz
mission, Santa Cruz, California, United States
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history of Santa Cruz
- In Santa Cruz
It became the site of Mission Santa Cruz (founded 1791, reconstructed 1931; now preserved as a state historic park), the 12th in the California chain of 21 missions, and of the model Spanish colony (village) of Branciforte (1797). The area came under Mexican control in the 1820s, and soon Americans…
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