San+Fernando+Rey+de+Espana


 * =San Fernando Rey de Espana= || =September 8,1797= ||
 * This was the seventeenth __mission.__ || [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8dJz3I-F-GD0-M:http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/57481/friar_sb_mission.jpg width="138" height="182" caption="This here is the father of the mission"]] ||
 * Founded by Father Fermin Lasuen.

__The Native Americans' in the mission territory were from the__ Chumash __tribe.__ || ||
 * This was the 17 mission in California. || This mission has the nickname of Mission of the Valley, __because,__ the mission is in a valley. ||
 * The padres along with the Native Americans built and rebuilt the church 13 times. The original church was 164 feet long and 37 feet wide. Over the years of adding to the facilities to accommodate the needs of the mission's visitors. || [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gggYC1-xBnPCwM:http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5061472/211654-main_Full.jpg width="168" height="156" caption="Church"]] ||


 * Crops of olives and fruits __as well as the orchards of__ nuts __and__ __provided the majority of food for__ __priests, Native Americans, and soldiers.__ || [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:4HZirR7ZHKmBqM:http://www.brooklawn.org/Assets/Jpegs/Fruits.jpg caption="Yummy fruits for you!"]] ||
 * The livestock consisted of 13,000 cattle, 8,000 sheep, and 2,300 horses. || [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3K7JTQZEnGaOwM:http://www.softpicks.net/screenshots/Free-Horse-Screensaver.jpg width="161" height="127" caption="Pretty horses!"]] ||


 * The Padres needed help to tend the land and livestock. Some of these trades were : soapmakers, carpenters, and blacksmiths. || [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:EDShTqxOE9QP4M:http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/06/12/carpenter_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg]] ||
 * The men performed farming, hunting,and blacksmiths. || [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AT4-71PlUs0_6M:http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-22103061.jpg%3Fsize%3D67%26uid%3D2187AD9D-F298-473B-A081-C478B4D0799D width="135" height="161" caption="Men hunting for food."]] ||
 * The women performed weaving, candle making,and baking. || [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:32P9PXUFl0HBGM:http://jenniepowell.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/easter-baking.jpg width="154" height="142" caption="Foods that they might eat."]] ||

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