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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2459_the-san-andreas-fault_San-Miguel-CA.html
Left Marker This rift extends from El Centro on the south, 650 northwesternly the length of California to Point Arenas, where it continues seaward. The most publicized of California's geologic faults, it is the source of dozens of quakes annually.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM186F_mission-cemetery_San-Miguel-CA.html
The first burial of a Christian Indian took place in this mission cemetery on March 17, 1798, as appears from the records still preserved at the mission. In the following years over two thousand Indians were laid to rest here and in adjoining plots.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17YH_misi-n-san-antonio-de-padua_San-Miguel-CA.html
Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misi?n San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the third in a series of missions founded in Alta California by Father Jun?pero Serra. Its picturesque sett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y6_mission-fields_San-Miguel-CA.html
On Aug. 27, 1795, Padre Buenaventura Sitjar reported to Padre Fermin de Lasuen, Presidente of the California Missions, that the low land on both sides of the river at the proposed site of Mission San Miguel was sufficient to grow 300 fanegas of wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Y5_cross-of-el-camino-real_San-Miguel-CA.html
El Camino Real, the Royal Highway, connected the California missions. At the beginning it was a trail, and a cross carved into the bark of trees showed the right path. This was such a tree, and the cross was lost until the day the tree fell (near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZX_original-site-of-san-miguel-school_San-Miguel-CA.html
Original Site of San Miguel School1888 - 1950
Donated by the citizens of San Miguel
Designed by Bunn H. Turnbow
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14PH_elkhorn-saloon_San-Miguel-CA.html
On land expropriated from San Miguel Mission, at the site of an adobe frequented by Frank and Jesse James, the first saloon in San Luis Obispo County opened its doors here on December 5, 1853. In its heyday, the Elkhorn Saloon often earned over $1…