MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Founded on November 1, 1776
• Founded by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order by father Junipero Serra
• Parts were destroyed during an earthquake on December 8, 1812
• It was rebuilt in 1895 by the Landmarks Club of Los Angeles

BUILDING MATERIALS

• Mission San Juan Capistrano was made of adobe buildings
• Adobe is made of sand, sandy clay, and straw
• This mixture is shaped into bricks and dried in the sun

NATIVE AMERICANS

• The Juaneno tribe
• Original habitants of Orange County
• Provided manpower in the construction of the mission
• Their name came from San Juan Capistrano

LIVESTOCK

• 10,000-14,000 cattle
• 12,000 sheep
• Goats
• Pigs
• Horses

CATTLE BRAND

INTERESTING FACTS

• Nicknamed "The Jewel of the Missions"
• It was the 7th mission
• Swallows return to the mission on March 19

MAP OF MISSIONS

FLOORPLAN

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