San Miguel in San Luis Obispo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

San Miguel Cemetery District

Photographed by James King, October 10, 2010

1. San Miguel Cemetery District Marker

Cement dedication seals are visible at the lower corners of the plaque.

Inscription. On October 18, 1886 the railroad arrived at the lands of Mission San Miguel. The railroad provided transportation to take San Miguel cattle and produce to market, it also provided lumber and store goods to fuel the expanding population. The township required a new cemetery which was accommodated by this site. Ella Montgomery was the first internment which occurred July 8, 1875. After 64 years of use the San Miguel Cemetery District was officially formed June 19, 1939. The graveyard was laid out with the Catholics buried in the northeast section and everyone else in the southeast section. Along the front fence line of the Catholic side is buried Corina Stanghel. On 5-1-1907 she was buried halfway in and out of the graveyard to meet the church practice of the day. The grave for the 16 year old Corina, a non-Catholic wife was marked by a small obelisk remains so today. Rumor has it that the white picket fence on the southwest hill surrounds the plots of a non-Christian Chinese man and a native of Holland Mr. Jan Stroink. Verbal history claims that William Antrim 12-1-1842 to 12-10-1922 was the outlaw Billy The Kid's stepdad and is buried in the Protestant side marked by a large dark marble gravestone.

San Miguel Cemetery District Trustees
Janice Mumford, Betty Robinson, Lewis R. Rowe, Rev. Raymond Tintle.

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2010 by Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 19, 1800.

Location. 35° 44.35′ N, 120° 42.067′ W. Marker is in San Miguel, California, in San Luis Obispo County. It can be reached from Cemetery Road 0.6 miles south of 10th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Miguel CA 93451, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Central Coast

and specifically on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rios-Caledonia Adobe (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); El Camino Real (about 500 feet away); Fr. Fidelis Wieland, O.F.M (approx. ¼ mile away); Mission San Miguel Arcangel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cross of El Camino Real (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mission Fields (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mission Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Lt. Col. John C. Fremont (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Miguel.

More about this marker. The marker is at the southeast corner of the cemetery office building in the middle of the cemetery.

Also see . . .
1. San Miguel District Cemetery. Website homepage (Submitted on June 22, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

San Miguel Cemetery District Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James King, October 10, 2010

2. San Miguel Cemetery District Dedication

NSGW Grand President Jim Shadle at the podium. NDGW Grand President Barbara Rowland behind and to the right.

2. San Miguel District Cemetery. Find A Grave website entry:
Photos of the gravesites named in marker text are posted and can be viewed through the search function. (Submitted on October 1, 2012.)

Dedication Ceremony image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James King, October 10, 2010

3. Dedication Ceremony

Mixing the cement for the seals

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2012, by James King of San Miguel, California. This page has been viewed 1,001 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 27, 2012, by James King of San Miguel, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photos of the gravesites of Corina Stanghel, the non-Christian Chinese man, Mr. Jan Stroink and William Antrim. • Photo of the cemetery. • Can you help?