Mission San Gabriel Arcángel

An exterior view of the San Gabriel Mission. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 4, 2014 6:10 PM PT

This was one of the largest, wealthiest, most productive missions. By 1829, the mission had 25,000 head of cattle, 15,000 sheep, perhaps the largest vineyard in Spanish California, and abundant crops of wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas and lentils. READ MORE >>

San Gabriel Arcángel, fourth mission, 1771

The families and soldiers who founded Los Angeles came from here in 1781. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

The settlement was founded Sept. 8, 1771. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

This six-bell campanario (“bell wall”) was built after the original bell structure toppled during the 1812 Wrightwood earthquake. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Mission San Gabriel Arcángel

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