The founding of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad in the Salinas Valley on October 9, 1791, coincided with the beginning of the Golden Age of California’s missions. Gaspar de Portolá had first discovered the location selected for the new …
When the Franciscans founded Mission Nuestra Señora de La Soledad on October 9, 1791, the “Golden Age” of the Spanish missions of California was beginning, and there was anticipation for another successful venture. Gaspar de Portolá, the first to discover …
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad was founded on October 9th, 1791 by Father Fermín Lasuén and named Our Lady of Solitude. It is thirteenth in the chain of the missions. In 1797, the first church was completed and enlarged …