Santa Cruz

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Indians of the language family which anthropologists call Costanoan occupied the area from Monterey up to San Francisco.

Twelfth of the California Missions, founded August 28, 1791. A portion of the original nephyte housing area of 1822 has been restored and may be seen in the adjacent Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park.