Room 31's Study of the
Mission La Purisíma Concepción
Mission La Purisima Conception was founded in 1787 by Father Fermin Lasuen. It is in Lompoc, California on the southern central coast of our state. The California Native American tribe that lived at this mission was Chumash. They lived differently befoe they came to the mission. They lived in dome-shaped huts and ate pine nuts, seeds, roots, deer and acorns. At the mission they worked hard and prayed. Life was very strict.The mission closed down in 1834 because the government took over. The Indians went back to their old ways. Now the mission is rebuilt like it was in 1834. It has a national state park.