099: Early Days of Mission San Juan Capistrano with author Eric Plunkett
Historian Eric Plunkett joins Damian Bacich to explore the early history of Mission San Juan Capistrano, focusing on the Acjachemen people and the Indigenous landscape that existed long before the mission. They discuss how local villages were shaped by water, food resources, trade, and community ties; what the Portolá Expedition recorded during its 1769 passage through the region; and how the mission’s founding plans unfolded.
The conversation follows the mission’s early beginnings, including its first location, the move to its current site, and the relationships and negotiations between…
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