California - 200 Years - Santa Clara, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 37° 20.964 W 121° 56.476
10S E 593770 N 4134159
Located inside the church at Mission Santa Clara de Asis.
Waymark Code: WMRHNM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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A plaque inside the Mission Church reads:

"MISSION SANTA CLARA
DE ASIS

FOUNDED JANUARY 12, 1777
PRESENT STRUCTURE ERECTED 1928

COMMEMORATING
CALIFORNIA BICENTENNIAL
1769-1969

NSDAR CHAPTERS
ANSON BURLINGAME LOS ALTOS
FAXON D'ATHERTON LOS GATOS
EL PASO ALTO SAN ANDREAS LAKE
GASPAR DE PORTOLA SANTA CLARA
SANTA YSABEL"

California became a state in 1850...so, the bicentennial referred to here is the de facto establishment of the California territory opening to missionaries which occurred in 1769 after the Portola Expedition.
Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"After the Portolà expedition of 1769-70, Spanish missionaries began setting up 21 California Missions on or near the coast of Alta (Upper) California, beginning in San Diego. During the same period, Spanish military forces built several forts (presidios) and three small towns (pueblos). Two of the pueblos grew into the cities of Los Angeles and San Jose. The Spanish colonization brought the genocide of the indigenous Californian peoples."
Subject: Territory

Commemoration: 1969

Date of Founding: 1769

Date of Commemoration: 1969

Address:
Mission Santa Clara de Asis Santa Clara University

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