Garces Memorial High School
Garces Memorial High School, commonly shortened to Garces High School, is a Catholic high school in Bakersfield, California.
Garces Memorial High School
Garces Memorial High School is named after Spanish priest Francisco Garcés, who arrived in the Bakersfield area in 1776.
Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés O.F.M. was a Spanish Franciscan friar who served as a missionary and explorer in the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. He explored much of the southwestern region of North America, including present day Sonora and Baja California in Mexico, and the U.S. states of Arizona and California.
He was killed along with his companion friars during an uprising by the Native American population, and they have been declared martyrs for the faith by the Catholic Church. The cause for his canonization was opened by the Church.
Francisco Garcés
Garces Memorial Circle in Bakersfield, California, memorializes when Garcés came to the area of modern-day Bakersfield in 1776.
Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield is named after Garcés.
El Garces Hotel in Needles, CA, built in 1908 and named for Garcés.