In the 1950s a church based group were supported by the government of the day to establish a mission.

The city was the seat of the first religious missions established in the region.

Two missionaries arrived in 1822 and established a Protestant mission.

He was active in attempting to establish missions and schools for native people.

He, his wife and their three children are going to San Francisco, again to establish a mission.

Also among the men were friars who would establish Catholic missions along the way.

In 1880, the Anglicans established a mission on the west side of the trading post.

It attracted the attention of a Swedish pastor who established a mission there.

Spanish made two short-lived attempts to establish a mission with them.

It once was a thriving mission established in 1880.