num_pages: 192
description: From inside front ...is a colorful tale of missionaries, pirates, bandits and racheros, of farmers, merchants, bootleggers and politicians. Founded in 1776, San Juan Capistrano is the oldest settlement in Orange County. It has been part of Spain,Mexico and the United States and each era has left is own distinct cultural flavor. The book traces the decline and fall of Mission San Juan Capistrano and the ensuring period of Mexican domination with its flamboyant personalities and thousand-acre land grants. It follows the rise of American culture through the tumultuous period after 1840 when lawlessness was rampant and it took a disaster to bring diversified farming to the valley. It examines the post-1900 years of progress when the sleep little town awakened to form an identity of its own and the mission enjoyed a renaissance as the world-famous home of the swallows.
language: English
title: Two Hundred Years in San Juan Capistrano: A Pictorial History
titlecomplete: Two Hundred Years in San Juan Capistrano: A Pictorial History
ratings_count: 1
publisher: City of San Juan Capistrano