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  • Mission San Francisco Solano

    Mission San Francisco Solano

    Mission San Francisco Solano was founded in Sonoma July 4, 1823 by Father Jose Altimira and named for Saint Francis Solano, missionary to the Peruvian Indians. The mission was dedicated in 1824 and the original church was replaced in 1827 by a larger church. The mission was the last to be founded and the northernmost.…