Describes how to make models of the historic, Spanish missions of California.

Gives instructions for building a model of a California mission building. Also includes a brief history of the missions and their building techniques.

Charts the histories of the California missions of San Antonio de Padua, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, and San Miguel Archangel, and briefly describes the life of the inland valley Indian tribes, many of whom were Salinan, before the arrival of the Spaniards.