Elder Dawson Flake: Palo Alta Pictures from Dawson's last area

Mission Facts

The California San Jose Mission was created July 1, 1978, by dividing Oakland and Fresno Missions. Lysle R. Cahoon was the first president of the mission. It is approximately 175 miles long and 50 miles wide. There are now 13 stakes with the mission boundaries. Effective September 7, 1991, another boundary change gave the San Jose Mission the areas of Hayward and Fremont; and San Francisco was transferred to the Oakland Mission.

The California Mission was organized July 31, 1846, with Samuel Brannon as president. When gold was discovered in the area in 1848, people came by the thousands to seek their fortunes. Partly because of this, the mission was closed in 1858 and not reopened until 1892, with John L. Dalton as president. Later, President Robinson (1901-1919) established the mission home at 939 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco. The 1906 earthquake prompted the brethren to move mission headquarters to Los Angeles. In 1941 the mission was divided and the Northern California Mission came into being, with German E. Ellsworth as president. Today there are 12 missions in the state of California.

San Jose enjoys a very mild climate. Average maximum temperature for January is 57.6; April 69.0; July 81.1; October 74.1. Humidity varies from 66% in January to 54% in July. Average annual rainfall is 13.11 inches, falling mostly between November and March

Elder Dawson Flake

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Palo Alta Pictures from Dawson's last area

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