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Indians, working the Missions of the Spanish settlers of the Americas

An overarching view of current day SCU, with an overlay of important areas during the mission period.

The Mission Play of Santa Clara was written by Martin Merle, '06, to celebrate the centenary of Mission Santa Clara on its present site.

In 1769, Spanish Franciscan priest, Junipero Serra, was sent by the Spanish to establish a mission in California to extend Spanish hold into "Alta California." The first of 21 coastal missions, Mission San Diego de Alcala was created to establish a…