FIRST -- Dominican Mission - Camp Pendleton, CA
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N 33° 16.322 W 117° 26.645
11S E 458643 N 3681533
One of several informational panels at a rest stop along I-5 southbound in Camp Pendleton, California within northern San Diego County.
Waymark Code: WM16NYV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2022
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The plaque says, "Dominicans
• Founded 9 missions in Baja California over an 82 year period.
• The first Dominican mission was Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario (1774), founded by Father Vicente Mora.
The Dominicans took control of the uninhabited and deteriorating Jesuit missions in Baja California, and established new missions to the north to supply goods and help secure the Franciscan missions in California.
Founders
Father Vicente Mora - President of the Dominican Order in California.
Father Francisco Palóu (Franciscan) - Established the 'Mojonera de Palóu' which was the frontier boundary between the Franciscans and the Dominicans mission jurisdictions.
Father Luis Sales - Established the frontier 22km (14 miles) north of that of Palóu. It is located at Arroyo El Descanso, 25 Km (15 miles) south of Tijuana. One of the few Dominicans who wrote testimonials about his work in the peninsula in his book "News of the California Province"."
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