San Luis Obispo – Commonplaces

SAN LUIS OBISPO – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …

November 19, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SAN LUIS OBISPO.— This county takes its name from its principal town, which is the so called Mission, founded on the first … [Read more…]

Floods in San Luis Obispo, November 1885

July 6, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

DESTRUCTIVE STORMS. Heavy Losses by Recent Floods in San Luis Obispo. [Special Correspondence of the Alta.] San Luis Obispo, November 23d.— The evening of the 15th inst., one of the worst storms that ever visited our county set in. It wrought more devastation and ruin than the county can recover from in months. The rain … [Read more…]