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Mission San Jose
On June 9, 1797, troops under Sergeant Pedro Amador,
accompanied by Father Fermín Lasuén, set out from Santa
Clara for the spot that the natives called Oroysom in
the valley of San Jose. The following day a temporary
chapel was erected, and on June 11, the father presidente
'raised and blessed the cross. In a shelter of boughs
he celebrated holy mass.' On the 28th Fathers Isidoro
Barcenilla and Agustín Merino arrived to take charge of
the new mission. The mission, except part of the padre's
quarters, was completely destroyed in the earthquake of
1868.
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