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George Staniford, Tribune and Breeze Editor
George Breck Staniford – Photo courtesy King David’s Masonic Lodge of San Luis Obispo. The photo is marked with the years he was leader of the Lodge.They could have been bitter rivals. Benjamin Brooks...
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The law office of Walter Murray
The Murray Adobe in 1967, before Mission Plaza was built.What happened to the Murray Adobe and why should we care? Today’s column addresses the second question; Wednesday’s will address the first....
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Avila truss bridge collapses, vestage of the Pacific Coast Railway
You may have wondered about the mysterious henge looming beside San Luis Creek in Avila Beach. It is one of the last remaining monuments to the dawn of modern Central Coast transportation, the Pacific...
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Paul and Louise Squibb preserve the history of Cambria
Paul Squibb in Cambria Jan 1966. Photo by Jack Wilson ©The Tribune In the late 1860s Rosaville, was the fastest growing community in the county. The region had a lot of commerce, mercury mining in the...
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1875 Advertising in the San Luis Obispo Tribune
Feb. 6, 1875 San Luis Obispo Tribune is all advertising on the front page.In recent years there has been some debate among newspapers about advertising placement. Should advertising slots be sold on...
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Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, guiding the way to San Simeon
In our present era of GPS location finding, a lighthouse is a relic of man’s attempt to impose order on the chaos of nature. By the 1970s the remaining manned lighthouses were converted to automated...
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Vessels wanted! Sailing to Guadalupe
Ad from the San Luis Obispo Tribune front page Feb. 6, 1875.One of the oddities in the all advertising front page of the Tribune Feb. 6, 1875 was this vertical sailing ship. Either it is riding a...
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San Luis Obispo city hall dedication
City Hall in San Luis Obispo is celebrated the day before dedication in a special issue of the Telegram-Tribune May 2, 1952.A little over 60 years ago there was a lot happening in San Luis Obispo. One...
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Advertising you can sink your teeth into
I can’t imagine how uncomfortable this must have been, a full upper plate of 1875 dentures. Advertisement for Dr. N.W. Shaug dentist from Feb. 6, 1875. Published in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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July 4, 1877
In the backwater burg of San Luis Obispo, for many years after California became a U.S. state in 1850, holidays associated with Mexico were celebrated with more gusto than American holidays. It took a...
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