WHY DID SPAIN BUILD MISSIONS IN THE BORDER LANDS OF NEW SPAIN?

Answer 1

http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/lewisclark2/circa1804/WestwardExpansion/EarlyExplorers/CaliforniaMissions.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California
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