March 2018 - The Inland Messanger
This month we share an article taken from the June 1886 Inland Messenger, which was the first San Miguel Newspaper . In the article, the editor is responding to a piece written by the editor of the Paso Robles newspaper, the Paso Leader, allocating the importance of San Miguel to the mission. The beginning of the San Miguel article is the piece from the Paso Leader followed by an elaboration on the many facets of the importance of San Miguel besides the mission, as he sees it in 1886. Wonder what our list might look like today? (FYI: the Lerdo branch was in reference to the original plan that had been for the railroad to turn east toward Bakersfield just north of the Estrella River at about where the Mission is located. Paso Robles wealthy leaders pushed through a change shortly before the rail got to San Miguel; and thus the present path of the railroad.)