This article is from a Hispanic geneaology website I frequent....might come in handy for a ride in that area. Personally, I love visiting the missions.
January 21 - 23, 2011, Los Californianos Quarterly Meeting in Paso Robles
Our upcoming quarterly meeting will be held in Paso de Robles. The location was selected so we can visit the newly restored Mission San Miguel. But Paso Robles itself is a very interesting place, historically and today. You will be able to eat, drink, shop, and sight-see while taking a walking tour of the historic downtown buildings including: The Granary used in the 1880s for flour production and storage is now the home of Cool Hand Luke’s Restaurant and Bar. The Municipal Bath House Built by and for the City, today is Powell's Sweet Shoppe. The Cosmopolitan Hotel began as a bar and rooming house as early as the 1860s and today it is the Pine Street Saloon. The Paso Robles Children's Museum is housed in the Paso Robles Firehouse built in 1930's. Information on 75 wineries in town and the walking tour will be in your registration packets. The Anglim Winery occupies the Historic Paso Robles Railroad Depot. Beer lovers will want to visit the Firestone-Walker Brewery & Tasting Room. Firestone-Walker Brewing Co. is an award winning microbrewery featuring fresh unpasteurized pale ales. The River Oaks Hot Springs Spa is just north of town. We have a scheduled tour of the Paso Robles Pioneer Museum. It contains artifacts from early Indian settlements, vintage farm and ranching equipment, antique vehicles, clothing, and hundreds of items from pioneer homes and businesses. A restored one room school house built in 1886 and the area’s first brick jail are on the property. The Paso Robles Area Historical Society in the Carnegie Library, located in the downtown City Park, has photographs and documents of the history of North San Luis Obispo County. including the San Luis Obispo County Title/Patent books 1850-1946.
San Miguel is seven miles north of Paso Robles where we tour the Rios Caledonia Adobe, built under the direction of Petronilo Rios. From 1860-1886 it served as an Inn and Stage stop on the road from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Our major event is the afternoon tour of the newly renovated Mission San Miguel will be led by John Warren, historian and Curator of the San Miguel Mission Museum. After repairs from earthquake damage, the mission church is once again a busy, popular wedding site. Joseph Barnes negotiated a time for us to see it. After a happy hour and dinner at the Mission San Miguel Auditorium, art historian Pamela Huckins and Julianne Burton-Carvajal, PhD. present "The Legacy of Esteban Munras: Painted Walls and Family Documents." Esteban Munras is credited in designing the painted decoration of the church and sacristy at Mission San Miguel and supervising the Native Americans who painted them. Mission San Miguel is the only one of our
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missions that retains its original decorative scheme intact. Our Sunday morning brunch and general membership meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. at the San Miguel Mission auditorium. Our speaker will be Wallace Ohles on "The Lands of Mission San Miguel and Rancho El Paso de Robles." Mr. Ohles is a member of Friends of the Adobes since 1971 for which he authored the book Lands of Mission San Miguel.
January 21 - 23, 2011, Los Californianos Quarterly Meeting in Paso Robles
Our upcoming quarterly meeting will be held in Paso de Robles. The location was selected so we can visit the newly restored Mission San Miguel. But Paso Robles itself is a very interesting place, historically and today. You will be able to eat, drink, shop, and sight-see while taking a walking tour of the historic downtown buildings including: The Granary used in the 1880s for flour production and storage is now the home of Cool Hand Luke’s Restaurant and Bar. The Municipal Bath House Built by and for the City, today is Powell's Sweet Shoppe. The Cosmopolitan Hotel began as a bar and rooming house as early as the 1860s and today it is the Pine Street Saloon. The Paso Robles Children's Museum is housed in the Paso Robles Firehouse built in 1930's. Information on 75 wineries in town and the walking tour will be in your registration packets. The Anglim Winery occupies the Historic Paso Robles Railroad Depot. Beer lovers will want to visit the Firestone-Walker Brewery & Tasting Room. Firestone-Walker Brewing Co. is an award winning microbrewery featuring fresh unpasteurized pale ales. The River Oaks Hot Springs Spa is just north of town. We have a scheduled tour of the Paso Robles Pioneer Museum. It contains artifacts from early Indian settlements, vintage farm and ranching equipment, antique vehicles, clothing, and hundreds of items from pioneer homes and businesses. A restored one room school house built in 1886 and the area’s first brick jail are on the property. The Paso Robles Area Historical Society in the Carnegie Library, located in the downtown City Park, has photographs and documents of the history of North San Luis Obispo County. including the San Luis Obispo County Title/Patent books 1850-1946.
San Miguel is seven miles north of Paso Robles where we tour the Rios Caledonia Adobe, built under the direction of Petronilo Rios. From 1860-1886 it served as an Inn and Stage stop on the road from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Our major event is the afternoon tour of the newly renovated Mission San Miguel will be led by John Warren, historian and Curator of the San Miguel Mission Museum. After repairs from earthquake damage, the mission church is once again a busy, popular wedding site. Joseph Barnes negotiated a time for us to see it. After a happy hour and dinner at the Mission San Miguel Auditorium, art historian Pamela Huckins and Julianne Burton-Carvajal, PhD. present "The Legacy of Esteban Munras: Painted Walls and Family Documents." Esteban Munras is credited in designing the painted decoration of the church and sacristy at Mission San Miguel and supervising the Native Americans who painted them. Mission San Miguel is the only one of our
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missions that retains its original decorative scheme intact. Our Sunday morning brunch and general membership meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. at the San Miguel Mission auditorium. Our speaker will be Wallace Ohles on "The Lands of Mission San Miguel and Rancho El Paso de Robles." Mr. Ohles is a member of Friends of the Adobes since 1971 for which he authored the book Lands of Mission San Miguel.