Father Serra was the man who came in, in the 1700s, to start establishing those missions all along Alta California.
塞拉神父在18世纪来到阿尔塔加州,并开启了一系列任务。
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The vast Spanish colony of Alta California soon became a province of Mexico.
广阔的西班牙殖民地阿尔塔加利福尼亚很快成为墨西哥的一个省。
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He also convinced Indians from the area to help him build a fort, which came to be known as Sutter's Fort, and a major destination for American settlers, who started arriving at Alta California.
Alta California (English: Upper California) was a polity of New Spain, founded in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolá. Alta California had an area comprising the modern state of California and other states to the east. In 1822, Alta California became the territory of Alta California Territory in independent Mexico.