Mission San Juan Bautista WHO: Mission San Juan Bautista was founded by Father Fermin Lasuen of the Franciscan order. WHAT: The mission was named after Saint John the Baptist. The nickname of the mission is the “Music Mission”. WHERE: The mission is located at 406 2nd Street, San Juan Bautista, California. The city of San […]
History: For thousands of years before European exploration, Indigenous peoples (Native Americans) settled and lived in the region of present-day Nebraska. The later tribes included the Omaha, Missouria, Ponc, Pawnee Otoe, and Sioux. In the 1690s to 1720s, both Spain (coming up from the south) and France (coming down from the north) fought for control […]
History: There is significant evidence of Native Americans being in Oregon starting about 15000 years ago. Later tribes included the Chinook, Bannock, Klamath, Klickitat, Nez Perce, Tekelma, and Umatilla. Oregon was sighted by ships of both Spanish (Juan Cabrillo) and English (Francis Drake) explorers in the 1500s. However, it was French fur trappers who settled […]
History: Maine was originally settled by Algonquian-speaking Native Americans. This includes tribes such as Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Penobscot, Androscoggin, and Kennebec, which later formed the Wabanaki Confederacy. First European contact was about 1200 by small groups of Norwegian settlers, well before the voyages of Columbus. Major European settlements were by the French in 1604 and the […]
Mission Santa Ines WHO: Mission Santa Ines was founded by Father Estevan Tapis. WHAT: The mission was named after St. Agnes of Rome. It is known as one of the best preserved of the California missions. It’s nickname is the ‘Hidden Gem of the Missions”. WHERE: The mission is located in Solvang, California. […]
History: Though Hernando de Soto was among the early European explorers to visit the territory in the mid-16th century, it was a Frenchman, Henri de Torti, who in 1686 founded the first permanent settlements. In 1803, the entire area was acquired by the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Arkansas became the 25th state […]
History: For thousands of years, Arizona was home to several Native American tribes, such as the Hohokan, Mogollon, Navajo, Apache, and Puebloan. Many of the ancient pueblos or cliffside dwellings, still exist and can be visited today. Arizona was first discovered and explored by Marcos e Niza, a Spanish Franciscan priest, in 1539. Ten missions […]
History: Alaska was occupied by various native tribes (indigenous peoples) for many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. Many historians believe that Alaska was where people first traveled from Asia into the Americas, by way of the Bering Strait land bridge. The Russians were the first Europeans to occupy and settle the area […]
Saturn WHO – The planet ‘Saturn’ is named after the Roman god of agriculture. WHAT – It is the second of the two giant gas planets of the Sun. WHERE – Saturn is the sixth planet orbiting the Sun, every 29.5 years. WHEN – Mankind has recognized Saturn as a planet since ancient times; it […]
JUPITER WHO – The planet ‘Jupiter’ is named after the Roman king of the gods. WHAT – It is the first of the two giant gas planets of the Sun, and is the largest of all the planets. It would take over 1300 Earth’s to equal the size of Jupiter. WHERE – Jupiter is the […]
