Today in Johnson City History, Thursday, July 16, 2026
Lots of news from lots of places!
Sunday, July 16, 1769: Two hundred and fifty-seven years ago today, “Junipero Serra founds the first Catholic mission in California at San Diego.”
Here are more details of the founding: “’Day by day this country seems to grow bigger and bigger with great walls and fortress-like bastions rising up to defend the west coast. They force us to make many detou…