San Juan Capistrano (CA) (Images of America) - Softcover

Hallan-Gibson, Pamela; Tryon, Don; Tryon, Mary Ellen; The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738530441 ISBN 13: 9780738530444

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The legendary swallows aren’t the only annual returnees to San Juan Capistrano. The great coastal mission draws more than 500,000 visitors a year into the southern reaches of Orange County. The most famous of all the missions in the California system established in the 18th century by Franciscan friar Junipero Serra, Mission San Juan Capistrano still contains the Serra Chapel, the oldest church in California, and the only building still standing where the good padre celebrated mass. But San Juan Capistrano is more than its well-known mission. Its epic story encompasses the rancho days and land barons, California statehood, the arrival of the San Diego Freeway in 1958, city incorporation in 1961, and recent growth from 10,000 residents in 1974 to 34,000 in 2004.

About this title

About the Author:

Author Pamela Hallan-Gibson, whose books include Orange County: The Golden Promise and Two Hundred Years in San Juan Capistrano, and archivists Don Tryon and Mary Ellen Tryon of the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society have collaborated to present the society’s remarkable vintage images and the city and mission’s colorful history with detail and exactitude.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0738530441
• ISBN 13: 9780738530444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128