The PA Department of Transportation has contracted with A. Folino Construction regarding the upcoming resurfacing project along Ferguson Road (from Mt. Royal Blvd. to Duncan Ave.). Work to begin in mid August... Read on...
In 1740, the Lipan Apache Band village site was spotted some 50 miles Northwest of todays San Antonio, Texas at Tancahe Camp on the Rio Colorado de Texas. In 1757, the Colonial Spanish Government built the Mission San Saba de la Santa Cruz for the Lipan Apache Band of Texas. Mission San Saba de la Santa Cruz is found ninety miles Northeast of San Antonio, Texas and is found on the banks of the San Saba River.
Mission San Jose was founded June 11, 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, Presidente of the California Missions Chain. The site was part of a natural highway by way of the Livermore Valley to the San Juaquin Valley.ith so much land, the mission's agricultural output was second only to Mission San Gabriel and its olive oil production was the highest of any mission. By 1816 the mission was trading Indian-made goods for coffee, sugar, spices,hardware, fabrics and supplies.