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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1850_mission-san-miguel-arcangel_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
Selecting this site because of the great number of Salinan Indians living hereabout. Fray Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, O.F.M., second president of the California Missions. Founded San Miguel Archangel on July 25,1797. The sixteenth in a chain of tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17RP_de-anza-trek-reinactment_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
5-6 March 1976The mochila was passed between the San Luis Obispo and Monterey County contingents at this site on this date commemorating The United States Bicentennial
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17RL_camp-roberts-veterans-memorial_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
In memory of those enlisted men who received their basic training at the Infantry Replacement Training Centre, Camp Roberts, California as members of "B" and "C" Companies of the 80th Infantry Training Battalion from August 30 to November 27, 1943…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM154R_pacific-coast-railway_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
The Pacific Coast Railway was completed to San Luis Obispo on Aug. 8, 1876 having started as a horsedrawn rail line on the Port Hartford Pier (Port San Luis) in 1873. Three foot gauge steam engines took trains loaded with farm, dairy and oil pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14R0_lt-col-john-c-fremont_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
Lt. Col. John C. Fremontand his 430 American volunteers camped on this hill December 10 - 11, 1846 and took the Mission San Miguel. Fremont's march from San Juan Bautista to San Fernando brought about the Cahuenga Capitulation January 13, 1847,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZSR_love-and-double-joy_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
This mosaic tile mural, placed in the heart of the historic Chinatown District of San Luis Obispo, commemorates our City's Chinese pioneers. As immigrants they faced prejudice and exclusionary laws, but rose above such obstacles to make major cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPSB_juan-bautista-de-anza-national-historic-trail_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
Hope on the HorizonWhat would make a family leave their home for an unfamiliar land on a distant frontier? For the nearly 300 men, women, and children on the Anza Expedition, it was the chance for a fresh start. In 1775, life in northern Mexico wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPS8_de-anza-expedition-1775-1776_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site - The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area. In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPRW_mustang-memorial-plaza_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
On October 29, 1960, a chartered aircraft carrying the Cal Poly Mustang Football Team crashed on takeoff at the Toledo, Ohio Airport. Sixteen Mustang football players, the team manager, and a Mustang booster were killed in the crash and twenty-two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPRP_m60a3-tts-main-battle-tank_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
In service with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines1960 to 1991 Weight 58 tons · Crew of 4 Main Weapon 105mm Rifled Gun This tank is dedicated to all veterans ofSan Luis Obispo County who have servedour country.·San Luis Obispo C…
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