MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL - View this location on map - This site was selected because of the great number of Salinan Indians that lived in the vicinity. Fray Fermmn Francisco de Lasuin, OFM, second president of the California missions, founded San Miguel Arcangel on July 25, 1797. The 16th in a chain of 21 Franciscan missions, it influenced not only the native population, but the history of California as a whole. Mission St and San Luis Obispo Rd, San Miguel, California Historical

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