The adobe Mission San Miguel Arcangel is the oldest and most important thing in this little agricultural town, 190 miles south of San Francisco. From the outside, the boxy mission church looks ...

SAN MIGUEL, Calif. (CN) — In a small dirt graveyard next to the old mission, two shovels and a bow rake lean against the sacristy wall. There are a few weathered tombstones sprinkled throughout the ...

San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel 16th mission 1797 Explore all of California’s 21 famed missions >> Step inside and look closely at these walls and ceilings.

WHILE OPPOSING FACTIONS carve their positions in stone, the cracked adobe walls of Mission San Miguel Arcangel gingerly stand their ground. One more large earthquake could topple them and their ...

Mission San Miguel Arcangel was founded in 1797 by Franciscan friars when California was under Spanish rule. It was built on the site inhabited by people the Spanish called Salinian Indians, ...

This white paper presents the results of an aerial survey of the historic San Miguel Mission site in California, conducted using the IF800 Tomcat drone equipped with a Sony ILX-LR1 camera and a 35 mm ...

Extensive buildings constructed by Father Juan Cabot at Mission San Miguel Arcangel as drawn by Henry Miller in 1856. Courtesy The versatile missionary’s life’s work took him from a ...

The missions—built between 1769 and 1823 and extending in a chain of 600 miles from Sonoma to San Diego—stand as symbols of California's Spanish colonial past. Pictured is San Miguel's bell ...

On Saturday, the Old Mission San Miguel Busy Bees will host its monthly bingo at the Parish Hall (behind Mission San Miguel Arcángel). Early fun games start at 12:30 p.m., and regular games begin ...