TORY
San Luis Obispo
T
he earliest human inhabitants
San Luis Obispo was also a popular
of the local area were the
stop on both U.S. Route 101 and
Chumash peoples. One of the
California State Route 1 with the
earliest villages lies south of San Luis
rise of car culture. Due to its popu-
Obispo, and reflects the landscape of
larity as a stop, it was the location of
the early Holocene when estuaries came
the first motel, the Milestone Mo-Tel.
farther inland. These Chumash people
Among San Luis Obispo’s histori-
exploited marine resources of the inlets
cal buildings is the former San Luis
and bays along the Central Coast and
Obispo Carnegie Library, located at
inhabited a network of villages including
696 Monterey Street.
sites at Los Osos and Morro Creek.
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