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Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first came to California when the Brooklyn arrived in July 1846. Missionary work occurred in the state off-and-on for decades and an official mission was finally organized in August 1892.
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California Missionaries, 1901
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Missionaries of the California Mission
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Missionaries at Conference in Arizona
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Arizona Conference, 1920
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Los Angeles Conference
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California Missionaries
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California Missionaries
Missionaries in California
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United States Mission Presidents
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Missionaries in California
![California Mission Map](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/maps/North America/California Mission (1846).jpg)
California Mission Map