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Atascadero - Wikipedia Entry
April 23rd, 2009
The City of Atascadero is a community located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on Highway 101, about 225 miles (362 km) from each city. Atascadero is situated within an oak woodland off Highway 101 twenty miles (32 km) north of San Luis Obispo and 10 miles (16 km) south of Paso Robles. Nearby CA Highways 41 and 46 provide easy access to the Pacific Coast and the Central Valley of California. 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 »
The Birth of Atascadero
April 23rd, 2009
by Marguerite A. Travis
Dedicated to
Edward Gardner Lewis
With thanks to Mrs. Mabelle Frandsen, Dr. Alice Reinholt, and Mrs. Grace Clemence for their assistance in editing and revising this story. Digital Transcription by Donna Shinoda
October 2005
CHAPTER I
FROM DREAM TO REALITY 1913
Once upon a time, nearly fifty years ago, a young man dreamed a dream, saw a vision, did a lot of wishful thinking that one day bore fruit in action; and the dream became a reality. Read the rest of this entry »
