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Rancho El Chorro (also called Rancho Cañada del Chorro) was a 3,167-acre (12.82 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to business partners James (Diego) Scott and John (Juan) Wilson. [1] The grant between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo extended along the north bank of ...
In 1845, the buildings of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa except for the chapel were sold by Governor Pio Pico to John Wilson, everything except the church chapel was sold for a total of $510 (valued at $70,000 in 1845). The Rancho Laguna was also ceded by Pio Pico to Wilson in 1845, under protest by the bishop in September 1845.
Rancho Huerta de Romualdo was a 117-acre (0.47 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado and in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Romualdo. [1] The name means Romualdo's vegetable garden.
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Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo: Elmer S. Rigdon: January 8, 1917 - December 13, 1922 Monterey, San Luis Obispo: Died in office. [3] Ralph Leon Hughes: Republican: March 5, 1923 - January 5, 1925 Sworn in after winning special election. [4] C. C. Baker: January 5, 1925 - January 2, 1933 William Richard Sharkey: January 2, 1933 - January 4 ...
In 1845, Wilson moved his family from San Luis Obispo to Rancho Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islay, built an adobe home, and lived there until his death in 1860. With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.
Matthew Chachere, 39, and Jennifer Besser, 36, were found dead under dense brush near the intersection of Sacramento Drive and Basil Lane in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 22, 2022, following a car crash ...
San Luis Obispo (Spanish for 'St. Louis the Bishop'; / s æ n ˌ l uː ɪ s ə ˈ b ɪ s p oʊ / san LOO-iss ə-BISS-poh; [9] Spanish: [san ˈlwis oˈβispo]; Chumash: tiłhini) is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California.