San Carlos Borromeo

Grace Westhof

Table of Contents

When and where my

mission was built

Mission Site

Indians Joining

this Mission

Bibliography

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Population

Significant Events

Agriculture and

Livestock

Mission Layout and Bell Tower

Father Serra and Founder of

Mission

What I Liked Best

about San Carlos

Current Use of San

Carlos

When Mission was Built (Founded)

• San Carlos Borromeo was founded on June 3rd, 1770. It was the 2nd mission. It was founded and built by Father Serra.

Mission Site• San Carlos, was

originally established at the Presido in Monterey, but relocated in 1771 to the Carmel Valley on the hillside that was “two gunshots” from the ocean.

Father Junipero Serra“Father Serra was born on the island

Majorca, part of the kingdom of Spain. He was born on November 24, 1713. “At the age of 16, he became a monk of the order of St. Francis, and the new name of Junipero was substituted for his baptismal name of Miguel Jose.” 1767 he was 54. 1769 he arrived in San Diego, he was 56 when that happened. “Age 70, after traveling 24,000 miles Father Junipero Serra died at San Carlos Borromeo and is buried under the sanctuary floor in 1784” 1769 he was “asthmatic, with a chronic sore on his leg that troubled him for the rest of his life, and he suffered frequently from other illnesses as well. He died August 28th, 1784.”

Founder of Mission

• The founder of San Carlos was Father Junipero Serra. He was the founder of many other missions too, he was the founder of nine missions.

Mission Layout and Bell Tower

Agriculture and Livestock

• “San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo had one of the smaller livestock herds: 2,100 cattle and 3,300 sheep in 1832. The missions best livestock years were in the first decade on the 19th century when the herd ranged between 8-10,000. The mission had extensive agriculture fields away from the coast, where wheat, barley, corn, beans, and various vegetables were grown at mission ranchos. Over the years 1732-1832, Carmel reported harvesting over 154,000 bushels of grain and produce.”

Indians Joining this Mission

• The Rusmen tribe let (of Constantan family) and the Esselen were the principal groups whose members joined this mission. Other Constantans (called Costanos or Coats people

by Spanish) included the Spargantroc, Guachirbin, and Kalendaruc.

Population• Highest recorded

population was 876 in 1785. In 1794 the population reached 927, but 1794 by 1823 the total dwindled down to 381. 1794 it became 974 people at the mission.

Significant Events

• In 1818, Hipolyte de Bouchard, an Argentine Privateer, attacked and burned Monterey. The Carmel mission was evacuated but it was not harmed.

Current Use of the Mission

• It was built for a Parish church, and it remains a Parish church today Harry Downie owns the mission now.

What I Liked BestWhat I liked best about the

mission is that, I got to learn interesting facts about this mission and that it was built on my moms birthday, just a different year, plus this mission is one of my favorites and it was Father Serra’s too, and that he was buried there. I also liked how they made the mission so beautifully. It has one big fountain that I like the best.

Bibliography• http://www.missioncalifornia.com/keyfacts/san-carlos-borromeo-de-

carmelo.html• http://www.sfmueseum.net/bio/jserra.html • http://images.google.com/imgres?

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