FIGURE OF CHRIST, SAN JOSÉ ORPHANAGE RUINED WALLS AND NEW BELL TOWER, MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA FACHADA OF MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, FROM THE PLAZA THE ARCHED CORRIDOR, MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA DOORWAY, MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA STAIRWAY LEADING TO PULPIT, MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL, FROM THE SOUTH MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL AND CORRIDORS SEEKING TO PREVENT THE PHOTOGRAPHER FROM MAKING A PICTURE OF SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL OLD PULPIT AT MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL RESTORED MONASTERY AND MISSION CHURCH OF SAN FERNANDO REY CORRIDORS AT SAN FERNANDO REY SHEEP AT MISSION SAN FERNANDO REY RUINS OF OLD ADOBE WALL AND CHURCH, SAN FERNANDO REY MONASTERY AND OLD FOUNTAIN AT MISSION SAN FERNANDO REY INTERIOR OF RUINED CHURCH, MISSION SAN FERNANDO REY HOUSE OF MEXICAN, MADE FROM RUINED WALL AND TILES OF MISSION SAN FERNANDO REY THE RUINED ALTAR, MORTUARY CHAPEL, SAN LUIS REY ILLUMINATED CHOIR MISSALS, ETC., AT MISSION SAN LUIS REY BELFRY WINDOW, MISSION SAN FERNANDO REY GRAVEYARD, RUINS OF MORTUARY CHAPEL, AND TOWER, MISSION SAN LUIS REY SIDE OF MISSION SAN LUIS REY THE CAMPANILE AT PALA MISSION SANTA INÉS MISSION OF SAN RAFAEL, ARCÁNGEL MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO, AT SONOMA CAMPANILE AND CHAPEL, SAN ANTONIO DE PALA ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CAMPANILE AND CHAPEL, SAN ANTONIO DE PALA MAIN DOORWAY AT SANTA MARGARITA CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL, RIVERSIDE, CALIF WALL DECORATIONS ON OLD MISSION CHAPEL OF SAN ANTONIO DE PALA ARCHES AT GLENWOOD MISSION INN, RIVERSIDE, CALIF. TOWER, FLYING BUTTRESSES, ETC., GLENWOOD MISSION INN ARCHES OVER THE SIDEWALK, GLENWOOD MISSION INN RESIDENCE OF FRED MAIER, LOS ANGELES, CALIF WASHINGTON SCHOOL, VISALIA, CALIF THE OLD ALTAR AT THE CHAPEL OF SAN ANTONIO DE PALA ALTAR AND INTERIOR OF CHAPEL OF SAN ANTONIO DE PALA AFTER REMOVAL OF WALL DECORATIONS PRIZED BY INDIANS ALTAR AND CEILING DECORATIONS, MISSION SANTA INÉS INTERIOR OF MISSION SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS INTERIOR OF MISSION SAN MIGUEL, FROM THE CHOIR GALLERY ARCHES, SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY DEPOT, SANTA BARBARA, CALIF FACHADA OF MISSION CHAPEL AT Los ANGELES THE CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIF MISSION CHAPEL AT LOS ANGELES, FROM THE PLAZA PARK RESIDENCE IN LOS ANGELES, SHOWING INFLUENCE OF MISSION STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE The Old Franciscan Missions of California CHAPTER I HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION In the popular mind there is a misapprehension that is as deep-seated as it is ill-founded. It is that the California Missions are the only Missions (except one or two in Arizona and a few in Texas) and that they are the oldest in the country. This is entirely an error. A look at a few dates and historic facts will soon correct this mistake.