Mission San Buenaventura

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Mission is San Buenaventura
Founded March 31 1782 (Easter)
By Father Junipero Serra
It was named after a Saint
The Nick name is the mission by the sea

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The Mission had a lot of cattle, sheep, horses, mules & goats.

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The crops were wheat, barley, & Corn.
Because of the climate it had a lot of fruit, apples, grapes, bananas, pears, plums, pomegranates, figs, orange, & coconuts.

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The chumash indians were converted to chrisitianity.
They lived just outside the mission.
They helped build the mission and worked in the orchard.

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The women indians prepared the food and made baskets.
The children helped the women.

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They were able to sell the produce and cattle to surrounding areas.
The construction of the mission took a total of 50 years.
They built temporary buildings out of wood & reeds.

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They made the mission out of adobe bricks which the indians made.
The mission was built in a quadrangle.
The church was in the southwest corner

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The bell tower was opposite of the church on the otherside of the courtyard.
It had 5 bells borrowed from Santa Barbara mission.
(They never returned them)

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The cemetary was next to the church.
3 years after completed, had earthquake.
They repaired it, and the aqueduct

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Its one of the few missions that still have church services.
The church was always open even during all the different ownerships.
It only closed 4 months for repairs

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It was the only mission that had wooden bells that they used during Holy week.
There is now a catholic school next to the mission, and they still have church services.

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It is in the middle of a big city.