Archive for the ‘Oscar Willett’ Category
A Visionary’s Voyage reviewed by Sarah Linn
April 23rd, 2009
Nearly a century ago, Edward Gardner Lewis looked across a vast plain bordered by mountain peaks and ocean waves and saw a city.
“Atascadero was a cow pasture,” said Atascadero printer Mike Lucas. “This fellow was a true visionary who took a cow pasture and turned it into a town.”A new book by former Atascadero News editor Lon Allan looks at Lewis and his legacy.”Atascadero: The vision of one-The work of many” follows the history of Atascadero from 1776, when Juan Bautista de Anza and his men made camp on an oak-covered plain called “La Asuncion,” to the summer of 1979, when Atascadero achieved cityhood. Read the rest of this entry »
Atascadero: The vision of one - The Work of Many
April 23rd, 2009
by L. W. Allan, 2008.
Chronicles more than 100 years of Atascadero history, from when the deAnza Party camped along the Salinas River in March of 1776 to the summer of 1979 when voters approved cityhood. Read the rest of this entry »
