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Old Sites of Mission Santa Clara de Asís and Old Spanish Bridge

Old Sites of Mission Santa Clara de Asís and Old Spanish Bridge is a California Historical Landmark in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County.

Kifer Road and De la Cruz Boulevard, Santa Clara · location approximate

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The first mission in this valley, Mission Santa Clara De Thamien, was established at this site by Franciscan Padres Tomás de la Peña and Joseph Antonio Murgúia January 17, 1777. Here, at the Indian village of So-co-is-u-ka, they erected a cross and shelter of worship and brought christianity to the Costanoan Indians.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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Historical maps covering this location

1848 · Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara Co. 5. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara Co. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1926 · Map of the South Bay touring district (Stanford Libraries)

Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco, 1873, covering the location of Old Sites of Mission Santa Clara de Asís and Old Spanish Bridge, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco, 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

Old Sites of Mission Santa Clara de Asís and Old Spanish Bridge

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