1961
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1961.tb00368.x
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Missions and Mission Lands of Alta California

Abstract: HE Franciscan missions provide the bestsc E. Duflot de Mofras, Traoels on the Pacific Coast, ed. by M. E. Wilbur ( 2 vols.; Santa Ana, Calif., 1937). This material was first published in Duflot de Mofras, Exploration du Territoire de L'Oregon, des Californies et de la mer Vemneille . . . pendaiit lrs anntks

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“…Unlike many states to the east, where federal land sales had encouraged the development of small family farms with secure titles, land ownership in California was both concentrated and also contested in the 1850s. During Spanish colonial times, the Franciscan order had created a network of 21 missions in Alta California, the sites being “well drained basins, valley floors, and piedmont areas” (Gentilcore 1961: 51). These missions existed to save the souls of Native Americans but were also highly productive agricultural and industrial enterprises, the largest exceeding 130,000 acres (Gates 1958: 215).…”
Section: The Spanish Colonial Influencementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Unlike many states to the east, where federal land sales had encouraged the development of small family farms with secure titles, land ownership in California was both concentrated and also contested in the 1850s. During Spanish colonial times, the Franciscan order had created a network of 21 missions in Alta California, the sites being “well drained basins, valley floors, and piedmont areas” (Gentilcore 1961: 51). These missions existed to save the souls of Native Americans but were also highly productive agricultural and industrial enterprises, the largest exceeding 130,000 acres (Gates 1958: 215).…”
Section: The Spanish Colonial Influencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…These missions existed to save the souls of Native Americans but were also highly productive agricultural and industrial enterprises, the largest exceeding 130,000 acres (Gates 1958: 215). During the 1820s, mission pastures for large herds of sheep and cattle covered perhaps 11.8 million acres (Gentilcore 1961: 60–69).…”
Section: The Spanish Colonial Influencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The backbone of the system consisted of twenty-one Franciscan missions with the express goal of converting the aboriginal population to Spanish culture. Grains, orchards, various garden crops, and livestock provided sustenance for this colonization effort (Gentilcore, 1961). Because of various social and environmental factors, the Franciscans achieved mixed success in their farming efforts: While some missions prospered and generated a food surplus, other settlements struggled along at a subsistence level and survived only because of an intricate system of food sharing between the missions, pueblos, and presidios.…”
Section: Spanish Settlement In Californiamentioning
confidence: 99%