Mission San Miguel Archangel, California
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and AppliedSciences,University of Wisconsin -GreenBay
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Interior Views
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Below: Mission San Miguel has perhaps the most exquisiteoriginal interior art of any mission. |
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Artifacts and Furnishings
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Roof tiles, made in a mold |
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Tree trunk with a cross in the wood grain |
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Homemade pigments |
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Metal artifacts, including several swords. |
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Left cabinet. Numerous nails on the middle shelf, clothes irons, axe heads and shovels on the bottom shelf. |
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Spurs on the top shelf, locks and keys on the middle shelf, swords below. |
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Loom and Spinning Wheel. |
The Mission Compound
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A bell tower is the most conspicuous remnant of the mission compound. |
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Above: the wall is partly ruined. |
Below: the wall with the Coast Ranges beyond it. |
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Below: Ornamental Cacti and Agaves. |
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Created 18 November 2011, LastUpdate04 June 2020