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The Nuestra Senora de la Soledad Mission was the 13th mission, and was founded on October 9, 1791.
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Mission Soledad deteriorated rapidly after secularization. It served for several years as a ranch house, a grocery store and a restaurant, and was then abandoned for almost 100 years. The grounds still contain the ruins of the mission's adobe walls.