Cal State Polytechnic College - El Rodeo Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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WITS ITS HOMES... Located between the present towns of Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande — Mr. Price used the up- stairs of his home as classrooms for the education of his thirteen children. John M. Price came to San Luis Obispo County in 1837 and is generaly believed to hove been the first non-Spaniard to settle in the county. The Mexican Governor appointed him Alcalde — the first ' gringo'' to be so honored. Mr. Price served as Justice of the Peace for many years — was a member of the first vigilance committee — built the first schoolhousc in the county. 6

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In the Mission Plozo, Chrisfion Indions built their huts and became the first citizens of what was to be the town of San Luis Obispo. The Padres gave the Indians instructions not only in Christian philosophy, but also in the vocational arts and crafts. It was not until 1837, however, when the vast acreages of lands under Mission control passed into the hands of the rancheros,” that the town began to grow. In February of 1850, San Luis Obispo was designated as the county seat of San Luis Obispo County one of the original 27 counties in California. The growing community of San Luis Obispo became a town, with a board of trustees as its governing body in February of 1856. Twenty years later, in 1876, San Luis Obispo was re-incorporated as the “'city of San Luis Obispo. V ... qr-i S' V'

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located on the corner of what i$ now Osos and Higuera Streets Senor Garcia constructed his beautiful two story adobe home on one of the main streets of old San Luis Obispor It was one of the first buildings in the old town. 7