Mission Soledad, California
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences,
Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Soledad means "solitude" in Spanish, and even today it's in a very
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The mission had crumbled into ruins by the time restoration started
in 1955. Here is a photo from around 1900. |
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Parts of the mission are gone forever. |
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Interior Views
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Left and below: Stations of the Cross |
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Left and below: Crucifix with prayers for healing. The icons represent
the ailments to be healed. |
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| Below: Holy Water Font |
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Artifacts and Furnishings
The Salinas Valley
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Looking across the valley to the west. The slope break at the foot
of the alluvial fans is a scarp of the Reliz Fault Zone, which, together
with the longer Rinconada Fault Zone, define the western edge of the
Salinas Valley. |
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Archaeologists at Work
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Indiana Jones, these days, is likely to work for a private company
doing preservation, salvage archaeology, and so on. Hat is okay, whip
intimidates the customers too much. |
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Old Millstone |
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Created 18 November 2011, Last Update
04 June 2020
