History of San Miguel Arcángel
At a site halfway between San Luis Obispo and San Antonio de Padua, Fr. Lasuén founded a new mission for the third time within three months. This was San Miguel Arcángel, and the date was July 25, 1797. The northern …
XVI. Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Brief History of San Miguel Arcángel
On July 25, 1797, Mission San Miguel Arcángel was founded in a fine valley near the juncture of the Salinas and Nacimiento Rivers. The spot was chosen, also, because it could be a stopping place halfway between the San Luis …
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Mission San Miguel Arcángel, sixteenth in the Chain of California Missions, was founded on July 25, 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuén and named for Saint Michael the Archangel, the “Most Glorious Prince of the Celestial Militia”. The location was chosen …