mission santa barbara
...n. The padres taught the Chumash Indians how to build a water system to get water to the mission for them to drink, cook and clean themselves. The water system was very well built and the city of Santa Barbara still uses this system. In 1807, there were around 1,700 Indians living at the mission. There is also a cemetery at the mission and over 4,000 Indians buried there. Including Indian Juana Maria from Island of the Blue Dolphins. The mission also has a garden with all different types of flowers such as daisies, tulips, poinsettias, roses and red dragons. The water system provided water to the garden. Santa Barbara Mission was the only mission to have two towers, and four bells. The two matching bell towers at the Santa Barbara mission are 200 years old. They are each 87 feet tall with a 20 foot square base. You can ring the bells by entering one of the towers. The mission is 174 feet, 38 feet wide and 30 feet high. The church is the largest building in the mission. Today the mission serves as the St. Barbara parish church and it is the only mission with an alter Flame that has been burning without stopping. In 1812 the traditional Mission style was replaced, Parts of the mission had fallen from the earthquake in 1812. Then in 1925 Santa Barbara had another earthquake that made one of the twin towers fall and create more problems to the mission. The mission also has a Moorish fountain that is named after Saint Barbara. Women washed their clothes in this fountain. The fountain ...