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Mission San Miguel Arcangel
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By Irving Gerswin Villasenor Atajar, November 28, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Mission San Miguel Arcangel Marker | | |
Inscription. Selecting this site because of the great number of Salinan Indians living hereabout. Fray Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, O.F.M., second president of the California Missions. Founded San Miguel Archangel on July 25,1797. The sixteenth in a chain of twenty-one Franciscan Missions. Its influence has played not only upon the native population but upon the history of California as whole.
Erected 1966 by California State Park Comm, San Luis Obispo Co. Historical Society, Native Sons & Daughters of the Golden West. (Marker Number 326.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the National Historic Landmarks, and the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West marker series.
Location. 35° 44.599′ N, 120° 41.875′ W. Marker is in San Miguel, California, in San Luis Obispo County. Marker can be reached from Mission Street near El Camino Real (California Highway 101). Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1425 Mission Street, San Miguel CA 93451, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Cross of El Camino Real (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Mission Fields (about 500 feet away); Fr. Fidelis Wieland, O.F.M (about 600 feet away); Mission Cemetery (about 700 feet away); Lt. Col. John C. Fremont (approx. 0.2 miles away); San Miguel Cemetery District (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rios-Caledonia Adobe (approx. 0.4 miles away); Original Site Of San Miguel School (approx. half a mile away). Click for a list of all markers in San Miguel.| | | | 
By Barry Swackhamer, March 21, 2013 | |
| | | 2. Mission San Miguel Arcangel Marker and Plaques | | |
Regarding Mission San Miguel Arcangel. This site was designated as California Registered Historical Landmark No.326 on August 8, 1939. |
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By I.G.V.Atajar, November 28, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Mission San Miguel Arcangel | | Marker is located behind the red car. | | |
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By I.G.V.Atajar, November 28, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Mission San Miguel Arcangel Campanario | | |
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By I.G.V.Atajar, November 28, 2009 | |
| | | 5. Mission San Miguel Grounds | | |
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By Barry Swackhamer, March 21, 2013 | |
| | | 6. El Camino Real Bell | A small plaque reads:
Mission San Miguel
El Camino Real Bell
Restored November 8, 1997
Kern District #13
California Federation
Of Women's Clubs
Bicentennial 1797-1997 | | |
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By I.G.V.Atajar, November 28, 2009 | |
| | | 7. Interior of Mission San Miguel | | |
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By Roger Sturtevant, Photographer, January 28, 1934 | |
| | | 8. Interior of the Church - 1934 | Historic American Buildings Survey
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division
HABS CAL,40-SANMI.V,1-
Click for more information. | | |
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By Roger Sturtevant, Photographer, January 17, 1934 | |
| | | 9. Mission San Miguel Arcangel | Historic American Buildings Survey
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division
HABS CAL,40-SANMI.V,1- | | |
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By I.G.V.Atajar, November 28, 2009 | |
| | | 10. Mission San Miguel Arcangel Marker | Upper Plaque
In Loving Memory of
Catherine Campbell Hearst
Wife, Mother, Daughter of God
1917 - 1999
From her daughters
Dedicated September 21, 2003
Lower Plaque
Mission San Miguel Arcangel
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses National significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
The Mission San Miguel complex is one of the most intact of the original California Missions. The property conveys the comprehensive nature of a Mission community and the Church interiors exhibit the only surviving example of unrestored Colonial art in any of the California Missions.
2006
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on November 30, 2009, by I.G.V.Atajar of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 3,333 times since then. Last updated on May 1, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. Photos: 1. submitted on November 30, 2009, by I.G.V.Atajar of San Jose, California. 2. submitted on April 22, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. 3, 4. submitted on November 30, 2009, by I.G.V.Atajar of San Jose, California. 5. submitted on December 1, 2009, by I.G.V.Atajar of San Jose, California. 6. submitted on April 22, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. 7. submitted on December 1, 2009, by I.G.V.Atajar of San Jose, California. 8, 9. submitted on December 7, 2009. 10. submitted on November 30, 2009, by I.G.V.Atajar of San Jose, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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