Camino real

Driving or walking along Harbor Boulevard through Fullerton’s downtown district, you may have noticed a green old-fashioned bell mounted on a tall concrete crook labeled with a brown sign with the words, […]

#35. El Camino Real, featuring the Catholic missions founded by Father Junipero Serra, a greatly admired holy man. (This was a sarcastic remark. I really don't know what kind of man he was. The indigenous people he went there to save have been decimated to the point of extinction. Their honest views of the man are not available. Slaves generally are not well disposed toward the masters.) bit.ly/pinadrift

In May 1690 Spanish soldiers escorted priests to the banks of San Pedro Creek to begin building Mission San Francisco de los Tejas–an outreach to the Hasinai Caddo. In terms of measurable res…

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Barichara, Colombia

Everyone comes to crossroads throughout their lives. That means they have to decide which way to turn. Read more about crossroads in this article.

Westin Camino Real

In my last post I said that our credentials had arrived, and as there was a bit of interest in just what they were and why we need them...

The missions of California were Spanish settlements initiated by Spanish King Charles III and built between between 1769 and 1823. The Spanish had already claimed this land over 200 years earlier, but didn't start settling it until they heard of plans by