"The Story of San Luis Obispo County, California" This booklet is being transcribed just as it was written: The Author is W.W. Robinson, Copyright 1957 by Title Insurance & Trust Co., Los Angeles, CA. The forward is dated April 1964. Los Osos, San Luis Obispo Co., CA |
The purpose is to document San Luis Obispo History and to share family genealogical information that is contained in the booklet... There are etchings and drawings of Historical Interest as well. All persons mentioned in the booklet will be listed by page number: If you find a name that may be familiar to you, please email me and I will scan the page for you. SLOCO Volunteer Web Author |
Page 1 Bay of Pines Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez -1542 Monterey CA |
Family Names & Historic Data |
Page 2 Acapulco, MX Cabrillo, death date - 1543 Cape Mendocino Monterey County Philippine Islands San Miguel Island Santa Barbara Channel Santa Lucia Mountains - 1542 |
Page 3 Alta California American Revolution de Portola, Gaspar - 1769 Drake, Sir Francis - 1579 Drake's Bay Golden Gate Golden Hind [Ship] Morro Bay Nova Albion Philip, King of Spain San Agustin [Ship] San Diego Spanish Army Vizcaino, Sebastian Wagner, Henry R. |
Page 5 Bolton, Herbert Eugene Buchon, Indian Chief & Widow California Grizzly - 1955 Canada de los Osos Fages, Pedro Font, Pedro Grizzly Bears Indian Girls Mission San Antonio de Padua - 1772 Portola Party Presidio of Monterey - 1770 Storer, Tracy I. Terris, Lloyd P. Jr |
Page 6 Alta California Cavaller, Fr Jose Fages, Capt Holy Standard of the Cross Los Osos Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Monterey Pismo Beach Price Canyon - 1772 San Diego San Luis Obispo Creek Serra, Fr Tixlini |
Page 8 Arroyo Grande Font, Pedro Fr Martinez, Luis Fr Mission San Luis Obispo Mission San Miguel Arcangel Monterey - 1776 Rancheria San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Margarita Valley Sonora, MX - 1774 Tule & Tile Roofing |
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El Paso de los Robles Estrella River Mission San Antonio Munras, Esteban - 1821 Salinas River San Marcos San Miguel Stone Foundation - San Miguel - 1816 Te Deum |
Page 10 Alta California Carrizo Plain Chumash Emperor Iturbide Immaculate Heart Convent Oath of Allegience to Mexico-1822 Piedra Pintada Priestley, Herbert Ingram Salian Indians |
Page 11 Fr Serra Mexican Congress 1833 Secularization |
Page 12 Alemany, Joseph Sodoc Alvarado, Gov 1837 Branch, Francisco Ziba Carrillo, Joaquin Carrillo, Ramona Dana, William G. Mission San Luis Obispo 1835 Mission San Miguel 1836 Pio Pico, Gov 1845 Rancho Nipomo Rancho Santa Manuela Rancho Suey Reed, William 1846 Wilson, John |
Page 13 Estrada, Joaquin Grizzly Bears Lataillade, Cesario Rancho Cuyama #2 Rodeo Santa Barbara Santa Margarita Rancho |
Page 14 Carrillo, Carlos Dana, Josefa Dana, William G. Fremont [General] 1846 Guillermo, Don aka William Dana Nipomo Rancho Rancho Santa Rosa Santa Barbara |
Page 15 Cuesta Pass Dana, Richard Henry Edith - Steamship 1848 Los Angeles Rancho Nipomo San Diego San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Two Years Before the Mast" |
Page 16 Bryant, Edwin Colton Hall, Monterey 1849 Pico, Jose de Jesus Ramona Carrillo de Wilson Rancho Piedra Blanca Rancho Suey Rebozo "What I Saw In California" Wilson, John |
Page 17 Bonilla, J. Mariano Branch, Francisco Z. Dally, Henry J. - Judge Estrada, Joaquin Freeman, Charles James Hutton, William Luna, Jesus Salazar, Gabriel San Luis Obispo Co - 1850 Stenner, William Warren, Joseph Wilson, John |
Page 18 Federal Townsite Gold Rush Pueblo San Luis Obispo |
Page 19 Branch, Francisco Garcia, Miguel Los Angeles Murieta, Joaquin Murray, Walter - 1853 Pico, Pio Gov - 1846 Pismo Beach Powers, Jack Reed, William - 1848 Rios, Petronillo San Francisco Bulletin San Miguel Santa Barbara |
Page 20 Browne, J. Ross Dana, William G. El Clamor Publico Graves, William Miller, Henry Nacimiento River Powers, Jack San Miguel Santa Margarita Valuenzuela, Joaquin Vigilance Committee - 1858 |
Page 21 Beebee, William Bouton, Thomas H. Dallidet, Paul Dallidet, Pierre Hyppolite Dana, C.W. Dana, William G. Graves, William Hays, W.W., MD Pico, Jose de Jesus Pollard, Samuel Salazar, Gabriel Searles, Don Guillermo SLO becomes a Town - 1856 Wilson, John |
Page 22 Cambria Cayucos Gannon, Tom Hays, W.W. Los Angeles Lynch, James Nipomo San Diego San Francisco San Luis Obispo, San Simeon Santa Barbara SLO becomes a 'City' - 1876 Stage Coach Stevenson Regiment "With Stevenson to California" |
Page 24 Cuesta Pass Flint, Bixby & Co "History of San Luis Obispo Co" Monterey Morrison, Annie L. Myers, Jim - 1887 Post Office - 1855 Ramona Hotel Salinas San Juan & Los Angeles Stage Co Santa Margarita So Pacific RR - 1873 Templeton |
Page 25 Arroyo Grande Avila Beach Bolsa de Chamisal Cambria Civil War deJesus, Jose Pico - Major Morro Beach San Joaquin Valley San Mateo County San Simeon Santa Lucia Mountains Spanish Cattle - 1862 - 1864 Steele Brothers Tulare Lake |
The Data & Links presented here are for Genealogical Research and not intended for any other purpose. |
Pictures Available: Avila Beach Cal Poly Library Cattle Brands Chumash Village Home of William G. Dana Hotel - 1906 Paso Robles Hot Springs Hotel Ramona Inn at Pismo Beach Land Grant List Map of SLO County Mission San Luis Obispo 1856 & 1864 Mission San Miguel Altar Modern Ranch Scene Morro Rock Paso Robles Hot Springs 1864 Pismo Beach Poster - Auction Rancho Nipomo Rancho Santa Manuela Rancho Sports Salinas Dam San Luis Obispo - 1877 San Luis Obispo Bay Santa Margarita Shell Beach SLO - Bishop's Peak San Luis Mountain SLO County Southern Pacific RR Stagecoach Days |
Page 27 Cayucos Dairy Industry Dallidet, Pierre Estrada Family Lynch, Alice Claire Lynch, James Murphy, Martin Murphy, Patrick W. Port Harford Port San Luis Rancho Santa Margarita - 1870 Salinas River Valley San Francisco San Miguel San Simeon Sheep Ranching Stevenson Regiment - 1859 Switzerland - 1880 The Kennedy Clan & Tierra Redonda 1935 Tierra Redonda |
Page 30 Blackburn - Developer Crocker, Templeton James - Developer Paso Robles - 1886 Rancho Santa Margarita San Miguel Santa Margarita - 1889 So Pacific RR - 1886 Templeton - 1887 |
Page 31 Avila Beach Avila Hot Sulphur Sprigs Guadalupe Los Angeles Marsh & Higuera Streets Ramona Hotel - 1889 San Francisco San Luis Obispo - 1894 Santa Barbara Co Santa Margarita So Pacific RR |
Page 32 Angel, Myron Cal Poly - 1901 "History of San Luis Obispo Co" Kellogg Campus Poly Royal Pomona San Dimas Thompson & West, Publishers Voorhis Campus |
Page 34 CA Highway Commission - 1912 Carmel Coast Highway Cuesta Pass El Camino Real Gaviota Gorge Hearst Castle Higuera Street - 1930 Monterey Co San Benito Co San Luis Obispo Co San Simeon Santa Barbara Co Santa Lucia Mountains Santa Ynez Mountains Santa Ynez River World War II |
Page 35 Ah Louis - 1870 Bishop's Peak Cuesta Pass Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa San Luis Creek San Luis Mountain San Luis Obispo Bay San Luis Obispo, City of... Santa Lucia Range Sinsheimer Brothers Store |
Page 37 Baywood Park Cal Poly Cambria Canada de los Osos Cayucos Chorro Creek Fages, Pedro Grizzly Bears Los Osos School Los Osos Valley Morro Bay Portola - 1769 Potrero de San Luis Obispo Rancho El Chorro Rancho San Bernardo Rancho San Luisito San Simeon Wilson, John - 1860 |
Page 38 Black Mountain CA National Guard California Men's Colony Camp San Luis Obispo Crespi Highway 1 Morro Bay Morro Bay State Park Morro Rock Portola United States Army. |
Page 39 Aleuts Cambria Cass' Landing Cass, James Capt - 1867 Cayucos Eskimo Estero Bay Ingalls, [Capt] Kayak Morro Bay - 1860 Phillips, C.H. Rancho Moro y Cayucos - 1875 Rancho San Geronimo Rancho Santa Rosa Riley, Franklin - 1870 Santa Rosa Creek Swiss-Italian - 1880 Thompson & West, Publishers - 1883 |
Page 40 Cambria Clark, Joe - Capt Copper Mine Hearst Castle - 1958 Hearst, George Hearst, Randolph - 1919 Portola - 1796 Portuguese Whaler Quicksilver Mine - 1860 Rancho Piedra Blanca San Simeon Santa Lucia Range Santa Rosa Creek - 1860 Sebastian's General Store |
Page 41 Atascadero Henry Ranch - 1913 Highway 101 Lewis, E.G. - 1924 Paso Robles Piedras Blancas Lighthouse-1874 Santa Margarita - 1889 |
Page 43 Bakersfield Blackburn, D.D. - 1857 Blackburn, James H. El Paso de los Robles - 1844 Fresno Godchaux, Lazare Los Angeles Narvaez, Pedro Paderewski Paso Robles Paso Robles Hot Springs Paso Robles Hotel - 1889 Paso Robles Inn Pass of the Oaks Rios, Petronillo Salinas River San Francisco San Luis Obispo San Miguel |
Page 44 Avila Beach Mission San Miguel Salinas River Valley San Luis Obispo Bay San Luis Obispo Creek So Pacific RR - 1886 |
Page 45 Avila Beach Avila, Miguel - 1864 Cave Landing Harford, John - 1873 Home of the Pismo Clam Mallagh, David - 1860 Peoples Wharf Pismo Beach Port Harford Railroad Wharf - 1873 Rancho Pismo Rancho San Miguelito San Luis Obispo |
Page 47 Arroyo Grande Clam Limit - 1911 Dana, William G. Ellwood Oceano Pismo Beach Price Canyon Price, John M. Rancho El Pismo Santa Barbara Co Shell Beach So Pacific RR Sparks, Isaac J. Tar Spring Creek |
Page 48 Arroyo Grande Arroyo Grande Creek Branch, Francisco Z. - 1831 Carlon, Zefarino Corral de Piedra Fair Oaks Grover City Halycon Huasna Mission San Luis Obispo Ryan, William Santa Manuela Villavicencio, Jose Maria Wolfskill Party |
Page 49 Atascadero Bakersfield Branch, Francisco Carrizo [Carisa] Plain Cholame Creston - 1887 Cuyama Valley - 1940 Fresno Highway 166 Highway 178 Highway 41 Los Padres National Forest Nipomo Nipomo Creek Paso Robles Pozo Rancho Huerhuero Rancho Nipomo Richfield Oil Corp Salinas River San Joaquin Valley Santa Lucia Mountains Santa Margarita Santa Maria Shandon Simmler SLO County Historical Society Templeton |
Page 50 Eucalyptus Forest Highway 1 Los Berros Forest Company 1908 Norris Oil Company - 1948 Oso Flaco lake Portola - 1769 San Luis Obispo County Wilmington |
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