Mission San José

Mission San José is a California Historical Landmark in Alameda County.

Alameda County · Mission San José · location approximate

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On June 9, 1797, the troops under Sergeant Pedro Amador and accompanied by Father Fermín Lasuén set out from Santa Clara for the spot called by the natives Oroysom in the valley of San Jose. The following day a temporary chapel was erected and on June 11 the father presidente "raised and blessed the cross. In a shelter of boughs he celebrated holy mass." On the 28th Fathers Isidoro Barcenilla and Agustín Merino arrived to take charge of the new mission. The mission was completely destroyed in the earthquake of 1868, except part of the padres' quarters.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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