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Mission San Rafael Arcángel (1817)

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History of the Church of Saint Rafael (Official Website)

http://www.saintraphael.com/Default.aspx?tabid=57&language=en-US

Books

Mission San Rafael Arcangel

Ching, Jacqueline
X979.46 CHING

Discusses the Mission San Rafael Arcangel from its founding to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Indians of California.

Missions of the San Francisco Bay Area

White, Tekla N.
X979.46 WHITE

Charts the histories of the missions of San Francisco de Assisi, Santa Clara, San Jose, San Rafael Arcangel, and San Francisco Solano, and briefly describes life among the Ohlone and Coast Miwok Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.