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Mission San Miguel de Arcángel (1797)

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http://www.missionsanmiguel.org/

Books

Mission San Miguel Arcángel

Edgar, Kathleen J.
X979.47 EDGAR

Discusses Mission San Miguel Arcángel from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the California Indians.

Missions of the Inland Valleys

Brower, Pauline
X979.4 Brower

Charts the histories of the California missions of San Antonio de Padua, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, and San Miguel Archangel, and briefly describes the life of the inland valley Indian tribes, many of whom were Salinan, before the arrival of the Spaniards.