After leaving San Francisco we stopped by the San Juan Bautista Mission in the town of the same name. It was not a planned daytrip so we arrived after it had closed. But we were still enthralled by this little old historic town. The Plaza Hotel is located across the street from the mission. The area was settled in 1834.
There was a portion of the original El Camino Real aka the King's Highway which connected the 21 California missions behind the mission. This was the 15th of the 21 missions. It was founded in 1797.
The house or casa of Juan de Anza was built in 1799 and is several blocks from the mission. The mission had been built to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area after Juan Bautista de Anza had led and expedition for Spain in 1775/1776.
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