On the banks of the Guadalupe River, they set up a cross and constructed a makeshift altar under a tree. On Jan. 12, 1777, Fray de la Peña said the first Mass at the new Mission Santa Clara de Asís, ...

The story now turns to Mission Santa Clara de Asis, the 8 th mission in the chain of 21 Franciscan missions established by Padre Junipero Serra. It was first founded January 12, 1777 on the banks of ...

James Douglas. The unit was conducting a nighttime fire prevention effort using an aerial drone to search for fires in the Santa Clara River bottom, south of the Olivas Links golf course ...