Here June 3, 1770, landed Very Rev. Father Junipero Serra, O.S.F. and founded the following missions; San Diego, July 16, 1769, San Carlos Monterey, June 3, 1770, San Antonio de Padua, July 14, 1771, San Gabriel, Sept. 8, 1771, San Luis Obispo, Sept. 1, 1772, San Francisco de Los Dolores, Oct. 8, 1778, San Juan Capistrano, Nov. 1, 1776, Santa Clara, Jan. 18, 1777, San Buenaventura, Mar. 21, 1782, and died Aug. 28, 1784, in San Carlos Mission, Carmelo Valley.
"As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith that will I speak" 2" Chron. 18" Chap. 13" Verse.
This monument erected by Jane L. Stanford, in the year 1891. In memory of Father Junipero Serra, a philanthropist seeking the welfare of the humblest, a hero daring and ready to sacrifice himself for the good of his fellow beings, a faithful servant of his master.
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