San Juan Bautista Historical Society

What an inviting idea! St. Francis Retreat, located on a parcel of the former Rancho San Justo, is "far from the madding crowd" and a true respite for body and soul.

So many buildings in San Juan Bautista have been moved from their original locations to other sites: the IOOF building, the Mariposa House, the old school house at 1111 First Street, the little cottages at Indian Corner, just to name a few. $400,000 though -- perhaps a Condition of Approval to build a new 47-unit apartment complex on the Victorian's former site.

SAVE THE DATE March 13 9-4 VFW

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed and issued Executive Order 9066. On the anniversary of that day seventy-nine years later, we reflec...t on what the order meant for Japanese Americans and introduce newly digitized collections that tell their stories. More info on the CHS blog: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org//remembering-exec/

February 19: Day of Remembrance

Did you know that nearly one-third of the Anza expedition were of African descent? Afro-Latinos may have joined the expedition to Alta California (San Francisco...) in 1775 in order to subvert the racial caste system that existed in New Spain. Historian Damany Fisher has researched and written about early Black Californios in his excellent publication, Discovering Early California Afro-Latino Presence: unlike the United States, where people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds were largely segregated, early 19th century California was a place where Afro-Latino, Mestizo, European and Indians lived side by side and frequently married. Of course, these relationships were not always harmonious In California Afro-Latinos had greater social economic and political opportunities some acquiring vast tracts of land or serving as military officers or government officials. #blackhistorymonth #History #February #California #AnzaTrail See more

Inaka Japanese Restaurant is located in the nationally-registered Third Street Historic District. Built by Antoine Taix in 1908, the Taix Block at 313 and 315 Third Street was the last stone building constructed in the commercial district after the fire of 1867 (fourth in succession and fourth in sequence of construction of stone buildings between Mariposa and Polk Streets). Please support our local businesses Take a good look at the building when you pick up your delicious meal

Don’t forget to stop by Sweet Pea today.... Spend $10.00 and be entered in our raffle to win this Christmas bucket full of goodies! We will be open till 7:00 tonite for late night shopping

Thank you, Barbara Schicker Cook, for donating this beautiful California Trails Guide from your late father's collection. Copyright 1952 by California Mission Trails Association, Ltd. Notice that the text describing Mission San Juan Bautista states, "Pottery tile roof, molded on thighs of Indian workmen, thick adobe walls and lovely gardens are maintained as in early days."

https://fb.watch/2ivHoN6Y59/ JJ's Burgers was featured in the March 2016 Mission Village Voice. Grab a burger and beer and read all about the history of the historic location.

SJB Historical Society books for sale at Brewery Twenty Five courtyard. $10 each. Look for the SJB Community Business Association table where they are also selling T-shirts, vests, hats, license plate frames and more! Til 2pm Sunday.

Are you a Padre alum? San Juan School is trying to raise funds for a running track. Can you help support this project?

We also have new calendars from the recent past. Yes, the dates are old, but the vintage photos (each page in each calendar is unique) are priceless and suitable for framing $10 each.

San Benito GIVES Community Auction--Save the date, November 13th through the 17th, and then make your bid on one of ten items the San Benito County Historical S...ociety will be auctioning. Complete information on how to register and bid will be provided soon. Our eighth item is for a PAM ROCCO PLAID QUILT. Enjoy the variety of plaids and strips included in this 58 by 70 inch quilt while keeping warm this winter. Thirty Shoo-Fly quilt blocks in plaid and stripe fabrics make up this lap quilt designed by Pam Rocco and quilted by Linda Barbin. Pam enjoys using fabric found in used clothing stores and creates her quilts with a variety of colors and patterns that always seem to work. Pam has entered many of her quilts in in the San Benito County Fair with award winning results. #Quilt #SanBenitoGIVESCommunityAuction #SBCHistoricalSociety

Please remember the SJB Third Street Historic District when you shop this season. Think of how practical and creative you can be!

The history of the Donner Party is, of course, part of the history of San Juan Bautista. Survivors were early settlers in town, and descendants still reside here. https://www.kqed.org/news/11844011/donner-party-pt-1

Have you visited our historic downtown district lately? Relax, kick back, and savor a slower pace reminiscent of times gone by.

Does this remind you of the good old days? The aroma is enticing as well.

"The painting La Dolorosa, a depiction of of Our Lady of Sorrows on her Feast Day, was unearthed in the main sanctuary of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel."

On October 14, 1943, U.S. Maritime Commission Tanker S.S. Mission San Juan Bautista was launched at Marinship Yards, Sausalito. In the world's first all-female launching, women in war plants all over America were honored. Click each photo for full image.

The Volcanic Tablelands near Bishop, California, are a vast, rugged landscape formed over 700,000 years ago by the Long Valley caldera. In this high desert envi...ronment, generations of Paiute-Shoshone - who still reside in the area - carved an extensive collection of carefully chiseled petroglyphs in the rocks. Now a destination for rock climbers, these fragile treasures are protected by the Bureau of Land Management. Photo by Abhilash Itharaju (www.sharetheexperience.org). See more

Celebrate Indigenous People's Day Monday, October 12.