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Successor To Father Junipero: History.—The city's heritage is commemorated in many community celebrations. Santa Barbara Mission is one of the finest examples of mission architecture and historical significance. It was founded in 1786 by the immediate successor to Father Junipero Serra, with the present building dating from 1815. The first white man to visit the city's site was the Spanish navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542. In 1782, the viceroy of Mexico sent a group of men here to found a presidio or fortified settlement.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, san wonka-pe-stra'no, village and mission, California, 60 miles south of Los Angeles. The village grew up around the mission in the late 18th century and once declared war on Mexico because of harsh treatment of Indians by Mexican officials. Pop. (1950) 758.
The mission was dedicated by Father Junipero Serra in 1776 and named for St. John of Capis-trano, the Crusader. Construction was completed in 1806. Built in the form of a cross 180 by 90 feet, the church was once one of the highest triumphs of California mission architecture, with seven domes and a tall campanario or belfry that could be seen for 10 miles.
His successor, Wu Ti, adopted the policy of sending his own officials into the fiefs as "counselors" and requiring that fiefs should be divided among all the sons on the death of the father. By the end of his reign he had destroyed the last vestiges of independent feudal power.
Restoration of Confucianism. The reign (141— 87 B. c.) of Wu Ti, the "Martial Emperor," was one of the great periods in Chinese history.
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