The Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia was established in 1787 as an asistencia to Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, then in the Spanish Las Californias Province. Its site is near the present-day
Misión de Santa Margarita by Henry Chapman Ford, 1881
Ruins of Mission Santa Margarita, c. 1906
Santa Margarita, California
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Santa Margarita is an unincorporated community located in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was founded in 1889 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along today's State Route 58. The town's name
Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia
…asistencia ("sub-mission") to Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, then in the Spanish Las Californias Province. Its site is near the present-day city of Santa Margarita, in San Luis Obispo County, central California. The asistencia compound was located north of the mission and of Cuesta Grade, in the Santa Lucia…
Downtown Santa Margarita, 2011
The narrow-gauge steam train is a popular attraction at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch.