Santa Clara De Asis

Heaven Bogan

Table of Contents

When andwhere Mission

Was built

Mission Site

Indians Joining

this Mission

Bibliography

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Population

Significant Events

Agriculture and

Livestock

Mission Layout and Bell Tower

Father Serra and Founder of

Mission

What I Liked Best

Current Use of Mission

When Mission was Built (Founded)

• Santa Clara de asis was founded on January 12,1777.

• It was founded by Father Junipero Serra.

• Santa Clara de asis was the eighth mission to be founded.

Mission Site

• Located the southern end of San Francisco Bay in Santa Clara ,on site originally chosen by Jan Batista de Anza ,the Spanish pathfinder.

• The site was originally founded as la mission de Santa Clara.

Father Junipero Serra

• Father Juniper Serra • 1713,fr. Juniper Serra was

born at Petra on the island of Mallorca, Spain.

• He died 70 years old at San Carlos Borromeo.

• 1729, at the age of 16 he entered a catholic church.

Founder of Mission

Mission Layout and

Bell Tower

Agriculture and Livestock• Mission Santa Clara harvested

approximately 118,000 bushels of grain .

• They produce between 1782 and 1832.

• There is 10,000 cattle, 9,500 sheep, 55 swine,730 horses, and 35 mules.

• The total of animals is 20,320.

Indians Joining this Mission

• The Indians were called the Ohlone Indians.

• The men hunted for deer, antelope, ducks, and geese.

• They also searched for berries, mushrooms, and grass seeds.

• Most important food staples was acorns, into flour which was used for porridge, biscuits, and soup.

Population

• The highest mission population was 1, 514 in 1795.

• July 1992 the population was 95, 209.

• In July 1990 the population was 93, 353.

Significant Events

• There was a fire, earthquake, and a flood so Santa Clara had to be rebuilt five times.

• 1779, Santa Clara flooded

• In 1812, an earthquake had happened.

• In 1926, Santa Clara burnt down and had to be rebuilt.

• The adobe lodge and wall were the only parts of Santa Clara that survived the fire.

Current Use of the Mission

• Today the current use of Santa Clara is that it is now a law school , Santa Clara University.

• There is still a church in Santa Clara.

• The front of the mission church shows a wooden cross of 1777 that was planted at it’s founding.

What I Liked Best

• I liked looking for facts about when Santa Clara flooded, burned down, and had an earthquake.

• I liked looking for pictures too.

• Most I liked learning multiple facts about my mission Santa Clara.

How to write a bibliography Webpages:

Name of Author. "Title of Web Page." Date you accessed this page. <URL>.  • "The California Missions Trail." 2 Feb 2010. <http://www.parks.ca.gov/?

page_id=22722>.

Images (pictures):

“Title of Image.” Title of website. Date you accessed the picture. <URL>.• "Mission San Diego de Alcala." South Coast of California. 2 Feb 2010. <http://www.inn-

california.com/southcoast/sandiegoC/missionsandiegodealcala/sandiegodealcala.html>.

Books:

Name of Author. Title of Book. Name of editor, translator or compiler. Location: Publisher, Year. page numbers.  

• Griffiths, Paul. A Concise History of Avant-Garde Music: From Debussy to Boulez. New York: Oxford UP, 1978. 

• Voelkel, James R. Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Bibliography