COPYRIGHT 1939 BY KARL F. BROWN AND FLOYD RAY
GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
NEW YORK
Chapel, San Diego De Alcalá
Façade, San Diego De Alcalá
Foreword
Along the strand of the Pacific between San Diego and Sonoma, the intrepid monks of the Order of Saint Francis strung that cordon of missions that were to become, as time went on, the outposts of civilization along the sunset coast of California.
Begun in 1769, this chain of churches along El Camino Real was complete by 1823, and in these establishments the devoted followers of Padre Junípero Serra sought to win for Christ and the Crown of Spain devotees among the dusky inhabitants of this land. How well they succeeded may be judged when we learn that often in the more prosperous missions as many as two thousand Indians were being trained at one time.
Cloister, San Diego De Alcalá