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Los Angeles Section Page 435 Route 392
Cross narrow narrow gauge RRs 104.7-107.8. Cross RR
110.3. Same thorofare becomes Higuera St.
112.0 12.1 San Luis Obispo,* Higuera & Charro Sts., bank on right.
HOTELS— Hotel Andrews, Osos St., opposite court house.
GARAGES—San Luis Garage, Monterey St., opposite court house.
Turn left onto Charro St. one block.
112.1 0.1 Monterey St. ; turn right. Ascend Cuesta grade 116.1. Reach
summit 118.8.
122.9 10.8 Santa Margarita, sta. on right. Straight thru along RR.
GARAGES—J. W. Smith’s Garage, on State highway, south of depot.
*San Luis Obispo, Cal. (pop. 6,000, alt. 201 proved so successful that all the missions
ft.), is a modern little city located half way were soon provided with tile roofs.
between Los Angeles and S'an Francisco, In 1798 Padre Luis Antonio Martinez, the
most widely known and most popular of the
about 9 miles inland from the Pacific ocean.
It is the county seat of San Luis Obispo padres, began his long term of service at this
mission. In 1818 Bouchard, the South Ameri-
county and traces its history back to the
can revolutionist and pirate, descended upon
founding of the mission San Luis Obispo de the coast and Padre Martinez led a force of
Tolosa. The coast route of the California neophytes against him. Bouchard did little
state highway, El Camino Real, passes thru damage beyond the destruction of the mission
the city. It is also a division point on the ranch house. When he sailed away to Santa
shore line of the Southern Pacific railway. Barbara he left three of his men prisoners in
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, the hands of the Spaniards. In 1830 Padre
restored without reference to the character- Martinez was banished in disgrace to Madrid,
istics of the original mission, was founded where he finished his days in retirement. He
by Padre Fr. Junipero Serra himself on Sep- was dismissed on a charge of smuggling, but
tember 1, 1772. Serra departed the next day, it is probable that his outspoken frankness
leaving Padre Cavalier in charge with two led to his being made an example of to pre-
Indians from Lower California, four soldiers vent the other padres from expressing their
and their corporal. Their supply of provi- opinions of governmental policy in regard to
sions consisted of 50 pounds of flour, 3 bush- the missions. Padre Martinez is the host
els of wheat and a barrel of brown sugar. whose novel entertainment of General and
Fortunately for them, the Indians of the Senora Moreno on their wedding tour is de-
locality gratefully remembered that some time scribed by Helen Hunt Jackson in “Ramona.”
previous Lieutenant Pages had killed several In 1843 a decree completing the secularization
bears to supply the starving people of Mon- of the mission was issued, converting it into
terey with provisions, and so they brought a pueblo, freeing the neophytes, turning the
the padre venison and seeds at frequent inter- mission house into a parsonage and convert-
vals, so that he and his comrades managed ing the other buildings to public uses. In
to subsist until new supplies arrived. 1846 when Fremont, in co-operation with
The padre built a log chapel and a log Stockton, was marching against the southern
house for the missionaries, and the soldiers Californians, San Luis was thought to harbor
erected their own barracks. Converts were revolutionists. Fremont accordingly sur-
slow in coming in, as the mission had nothing rounded and took it by assault one dark night,
to offer them better than what they already but it was found to contain only women and
had. A year and three months after the children.
founding of the mission only twelve had been The original church had adobe walls which
gained, but the second year the Indians be- stood on stone and cement foundations. The
came interested in the abundant yield of the roof was of tiles. Under the restoration these
corn and beans planted by the padre, and in mission characteristics have disappeared.
the other products of the mission rancheria, The walls have been boarded, the roof
and the number of neophytes increased. In shingled, and topped by a New England meet-
re-
1776 some Indians hostile to those sheltered ing house steeple, and the front arcade
by the padres attacked the mission by shoot- moved. The monastery, too, has been re-
ing flaming arrows onto the roof of tules and stored with the same want of discernment.
Punishment followed swiftly At the end, however, are two old houses
setting fire to it.
upon the offense. Rivera, the commandante which happily have been left in their original
at Monterey, came with a small force, ar- state, as has the quiet, square, old-time
rested the leaders and sent them prisoners to garden. The mission is now a parish church
cares
for
the
Monterey. But their success had been such which still in a slight way
that the mission buildings were jeopardized Indians, for the Tularenos from the interior
by similar attacks twice within the next ten valley who come periodically to the coast to
This caused the Fathers to attempt gather shell-fish make their camp fires as of
years.
the making of roof tiles. The experiment right on the mission grounds.
243 Miles S. of San Francisco
San Luis Garage 217 Miles N. of Los Angeles
Accessories, Supplies. Agen fa for
Opposite Court House DODGE BROTHERS and BUICK CARS.
CADILLAC CHEVROLET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA Phone 162 C. H. KAMM