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

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

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1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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