| San Juan Capistrano Contributor(s): Hallan-Gibson, Pamela (Author), Tryon, Don (Author), Tryon, Mary Ellen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738530441 ISBN-13: 9780738530444 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.496 |
| LCCN: 2005929504 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Orange County, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |
Contributor Bio(s): Hallan-Gibson, Pamela: - 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. |