Santa Inez Mission in Solvang California - Susanne Van Hulst

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Santa Inez Mission in Solvang California

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Susanne Van Hulst

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Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynez) was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís, who had succeeded Father Fermín Lasuén as President of the California mission chain. The Mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living east of the Coast Range. Despite its name, the Mission is located at 1760 Mission Drive, Solvang, California.

The Danish town of Solvang was built up around the Mission proper in the early 1900s.

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