December 8 Missions in 1787 Father Lasuen dedicated Mission La Purisima Concepcion near present day Lompoc. By 1803, the mission owned 3,230 cattle, 5,400 sheep, 306 horses, and 39 mules. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1812 and rebuilt at its present site several miles to the north west. Earthquakes in 1812 The Wrightwood or San […]