Santa Barbara County
Historical Markers
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California State Historical Landmarks in Santa Barbara County
Historical Marker #305 - Mission Santa Inés - Solvang, CA
Source: Mission
Santa Inés
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Mission webpage: http://www.missionsantaines.org/home.html
N 34° 35.683 W 120° 08.176
Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynes) was founded on
September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís, who had succeeded
Father Fermín Lasuén as President of the California mission
chain.
The Mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission
Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was
designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to
serve the Indians living east of the Coast Range.
On February 21, 1824 a soldier beat a young Chumash Indian and
sparked a revolt. Some of the Indians went to get the Indians
from Missions Santa Barbara and La Purísima to help in the
fight.
When the fighting was over, the Indians themselves put out the
fire that had started at the Mission. Many of the Indians left to
join other tribes in the mountains; only a few Indians remained
at the Mission.
The Danish town of Solvang was built up
around the Mission proper in the early 1900s. It was through the
efforts of Father Alexander Buckler in 1904 that reconstruction
of the Mission was undertaken, though major restoration was not
possible until 1947 when the Hearst Foundation donated money to
pay the for project.
The restoration continues to this day, and the Capuchin
Franciscan Fathers take excellent care of the Mission. Today the
Mission is an active parish; there is also a museum, gift shop
and information center.
Source: Mission
Santa Inés
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This page was last updated July 26, 2009.