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Mission Santa Inés

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The Mission was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estevan Tapis, and was named in honor of Saint Agnes, an early Christian martyr of the fourth century. The Spanish for Agnes is Ines, hence the name of the church; the American Yankees anglicized the spelling of the Spanish pronunciation and named the town Santa Ynez. (Text and image from mission's official site.)

Mission Santa Inés

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Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynes) was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís, who had succeeded Father Fermín Lasuén as President of the California mission chain. The Mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living east of the Coast Range. The Mission was home to the first learning institution in Alta California.

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Official Homepage of Mission Santa Inés
Includes the history of Mission Santa Ines and a picture slideshow of the grounds.
California Missions: Mission Santa Ines
Very brief one page history of Mission Santa Ines.
The California Missions Site: Mission Santa Ines
More in-depth history of Mission Santa Ines. Includes a few photographs and information on how to cite the page for reports.
California Missions On-Line Project: Mission Santa Ines
Has a brief paragraph on a variety of subjects related to Mission Santa Ines. Also has a short understanding assessment quiz.
Virtual Tour of Mission Santa Ines
Mr. Missions' photographs from nearly all angles of Mission Santa Ines.
Mission Santa Ines Visual Journey
Stunning photographs of Mission Santa Ines presented in a beautiful slideshow by the California Missions Resource Center.
California Travel: Mission Santa Ines
Starting from the Mission Santa Ines facts page, you will find links to a professionally written mission history and description of the grounds.
Mission Santa Ines eBook
A downloadable ebook specifically about Mission Santa Ines hosted by the Peninsula Library System. Requires Adobe Reader.

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Mission Santa Ines Video Tour
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  • coco Mar 11, 2011 @ 4:11 pm | delete
    NO INFO!(joke)
  • 4th grade misson peport kid on santa ines Mar 8, 2011 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    for the one who made the video ytour its santa ines or ynes not sante
  • idk May 23, 2010 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    im doing this mission and it dosent give yu any info
  • maddie May 10, 2010 @ 9:54 am | delete
    ima fourth grader and doing a report on missionsanta ines and this website is really awsome it rocks it gives you alot of information to do your report
  • Delores Medrano (Mother) May 23, 2010 @ 9:21 pm | delete
    maddi,
    My son is doing a report to on this mission if you have any photo's that may help me and my son can you please send them to me at
    Delores.medrano@yahoo.com thank you, Isiac's Mom
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