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Tent City - Atascadero Colony Days
April 23rd, 2009
In 1914, during the construction period, a tent city was built on the bench of land east of Headquarters House. This tent city was a complete community with accommodations for 1,000 guests, and an assembly tent, grocery store, dry goods store, post office, land sales offices, laundry tents and a fleet of twenty seven automobiles to serve the guests.
The purchase of five certificates entitled the purchaser, wherever he lived, to a round trip railroad fare to the Colony and a week’s stay in Tent City. During this week the visitor might drive through the Colony and select his home site and property. Read the rest of this entry »
