tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post9088491793287179982..comments2024-03-26T09:45:58.528-04:00Comments on Thoughts About K4D: Background for Reading About Junipero Serra and the California MissionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-22793822561040014042015-05-03T04:18:11.452-04:002015-05-03T04:18:11.452-04:00I have also been reading an out of print book on P...I have also been reading an out of print book on Padre Serra: <i>Junipero Serra, pioneer colonist of California</i> by Agnes Repplier (1933). It focuses on Serra's work in Alta California, and provides some details not included in the newer biography described above. It is short and lacks references, but gives materials from letters and original sources.<br /><br /><a href="http://John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-34639096703675966252015-05-03T03:15:19.961-04:002015-05-03T03:15:19.961-04:00I should have included a reference to the expediti...I should have included a reference to the expeditions led by Juan Bautista de Anza from Nogales, through what is now Arizona, crossing the Colorado River, to San Diego and then north in 1715 and 1776. The second expedition brought settlers and established a town at San Francisco Bay. This also allowed the establishment of missions at San Francisco. The Anza Trail was thereafter a southern route John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.com