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The first interesting fact about San Miguel Arcangel, was that a fire burnt down a church in 1797, which caused to lose many items. The second interesting fact is that the church building, the property extended 18 miles to the north and 18 miles to the south; the property extended 66 miles to the east, and as far as the Pacific Ocean, 35 miles to the west. The final interesting fact about San Miguel, was that the mission was secularized in 1834;

by 1841, there were only 30 Indians at the mission. The property was sold, by the last Mexican governor, in 1846; not until 1859 was the church proper returned to the Catholic Church. Franciscan friars have been in residence since 1928, and there is a novitiate at Mission San Miguel today.

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