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Iris douglasiana, the Douglas iris, is a common wildflower of the coastal regions of Northern and Central California and southern Oregon in the United States. [2] It grows mainly at lower elevations, below 100 meters (330 ft), though it is occasionally found at heights of up to 1,000 meters (3,300 ft).
The Mission of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) is a replica Spanish Californian mission in Santa Cruz, California. Located on the San Lorenzo River floodplain [ 8 ] below what would later be named Mission Hill, the mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén , the successor to Father Junipero Serra .
Iris chrysophylla Howell – yellow-leaved iris: northern California, southern Oregon Iris douglasiana Herb. – Douglas iris: Northern and Central California and southern Oregon Iris fernaldii R.C.Foster – Fernald's iris: Santa Cruz Mountains, and surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Iris hartwegii Baker – Hartweg's iris, rainbow iris ...
Serves as a parish church within Santa Clara University. Mission Santa Cruz: 1791 Santa Cruz: Nonextant. A reconstruction of the original mission was completed in the 1930s, which serves as a parish church and museum. Mission San Juan Bautista: 1797
Thomas Russell's 1855 diseño. Rancho Potrero Y Rincon de San Pedro Regalado was one of the smallest Mexican land grants in Alta California. [1] Unlike the huge ranchos comprising tens of thousands of acres, this one was only 500 varas by 600 varas (91.53 acres) [2] of the pasture land (potrero) originally belonging to Mission Santa Cruz.
The lack of good-sized timber forced the men to design mission buildings that were long and narrow. For example, the widest inside dimensions of any of the mission buildings (at San Carlos, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) is 29 feet (8.8 m): the narrowest, at Mission Soledad, spans 16.2 feet (4.9 m).
As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Santa Cruz was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853, [7] [8] [9] and the grant was patented to Nicolas Dodero in 1866. [ 10 ] The land passed into the hands to Nelson Alvin Bixby (1829–1904) who came overland and arrived in the Santa Cruz area in 1859. [ 11 ]
Rancho Refugio was a 12,147-acre (49.16 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1839 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to María Candida, Jacinta, and María de los Angeles Castro. [1]