In 1844, Don Juan Forster and James McKinley purchased the former Mission San Juan Capistrano at public auction. Forster made his home there until 1864, when the mission was returned to the Catholic Church by President Abraham Lincoln.
In 1844 Don Juan Forster and James McKinley purchased the former Mission San Juan Capistrano at public auction Forster made his home there until 1864 when the mission was returned to the Catholic Church by President Abraham Lincoln