The founding of Nuestra Señora de la Soledad on October 9, 1791, coincided with the beginning of the “Golden Age” of California’s missions. The site selected for the new mission had been discovered by Portolá who also gave it the …
When Mission Nuestra Señora de La Soledad was founded on October 9, 1791, the “Golden Age” was beginning for the California missions, and there was anticipation for another successful venture. The lonely spot had been named by Portolá, and thus …
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad was founded October 9th, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuén and named Our Lade of Solitude. It is thirteenth in the chain of the missions. In 1797 the first church was completed and enlarged in …