Charles Stoddard, Footsteps of the Padres, 1856

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Rich in Spanish-Mexican heritage, California became a part of the United States following the Mexican-American War. This database is a narrative account of one man retracing routes taken by many Catholic padres as they traveled from mission to mission throughout California. Part of a series provided by the Library of Congress, it illuminates the land and people of the area as seen by the author in 1856. Written by Charles Stoddard, it is provided to aid Ancestry.com patrons with ancestors from California to better understand the larger culture in which these people lived.

Sources Library of Congress. California As I Saw It, 1849-1900. Vol. 2. [database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Stoddard, Charles Warren. In the Footprints of the Padres. San Francisco: Stanley-Taylor Co., 1902.

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