Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish Mission San Carlos in central California and its role in California history.

Learn about the rich history of Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

This volume is the first of a projected series relating to the architectural history of the Spanish missions of Caliornia.

Go back in time to learn more about the Spanish missionaries who came to California in the 1700s and how the mission system shaped Californias history. Each book in this series examines a region of California that was greatly influenced by missions. Missions introduced in Monterey Bay Area Missions include San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel), Mission Santa Cruz, and San Juan Bautista. In this title, youll learn about the Native Americans living in the Monterey Bay area before missionaries arrived; why missionaries chose this area and what happened when they arrived; how the missionaries designed and built the missions; what daily life was like at the missions; what happened to cause the end of each mission; and what the missions look like today. This series also includes California Mission Projects and Layouts, which provides directions for creating models of missions. Get ready for Exploring California Missions!

Charts the histories of the missions of Carmel, Santa Cruz, and San Juan Bautista, and briefly describes life among the Ohlone Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.