California Legacies

The California Legacies exhibit at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art features many displays of California and Orange County history that are must-sees for California students and residents alike. Among other things, visitors to the exhibit can view this statue of Saint Anthony, which was carved in Mexico in 1801. The statue was purchased by the Mission San Juan Capistrano for 60 pesos and displayed in the Mission's Serra Chapel. After the secularization of the California missions, the statue was given to Don Bernando Yorba, the son of the recipient of the first Spanish land grant in Orange County, Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.