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Did you know that Mission San Juan Capistrano was once located about two miles to the east and that it was founded on three separate occasions? Here's a look at the little-discussed original Mission San Juan Capistrano.

Sources:

Meadows, Don. "The Original Site of Mission San Juan Capistrano." Southern California Quarterly 49, no. 3 (1967): 337-343.
Geiger, Maynard. "New Data on Mission San Juan Capistrano." Southern California Quarterly 49, no. 1 (1967): 37-45.

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