An attractive meadowland in the area immediately south of San Francisco Bay had been selected as the site for Mission Santa Clara. Its actual settlement was another matter. Fr. Palou, though willing to set up his mission at Dolores, despite …
It was the intention of the padres to found another mission in pretty meadowland a few miles south of San Francisco Bay as soon as the San Francisco mission was well established. The mission of Santa Clara indeed was established …
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, located in Santa Clara, approximately 40 miles southeast of San Francisco, was the eighth mission in the chain. Founded in 1777 by Father Serra, the mission was important as the second of two settlements placed near the …