by Monica Young | Jun 30, 2026 | General, News
For the past three years, California Missions Foundation has played an active role in three major preservation projects made possible through the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures matching grant program. Earlier this year, an important seismic retrofit...
by Monica Young | Jun 4, 2026 | General, News
A recent article by BBC’s Eliot Stein, tells the remarkable story of Estevanico (aka Esteban the Moor), an enslaved Moroccan man who became one of the earliest and most important explorers of North America. In 1527, Estevanico joined a Spanish expedition to the...
by Monica Young | Apr 13, 2026 | News
SMRC congratulates Dr. Kelly Jenks who was named the inaugural recipient of the “Don W. Cleveland Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Teaching, or Service” in the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU), where she has served on...
by Monica Young | Apr 1, 2026 | Events, General, News
LOS CALIFORNIANOS INVITES YOU TO THE CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1776 JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA EXPEDITION’S ARRIVAL AND FOUNDING OF THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO. This celebration will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2026, beginning at 10:00 am, at the San...
by Monica Young | Apr 1, 2026 | Events, General, News
Caption: Photo by Art Hernandez Photography Each March, the city of San Juan Capistrano celebrates the famed Return of the Swallows with a lively parade through the heart of town. True to tradition, the parade is entirely non-motorized, with participants traveling on...
by Monica Young | Apr 1, 2026 | Events, General, News
JUST IN . . .The 2026 Anza Society Conference will be held in Las Cruces, New Mexico on October 29 – November 1, 2026. Conference coordinator Javier Torre from Denver will be assisted by other committee members, and the Doña Ana County Historical Society has...
