In the Valley of the Bears, so named by Don Gaspar de Portolá and his men on their first expedition from San Diego north in search of Monterey Bay in 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded Mission San Luis Obispo de …
San Luis Obispo was founded on September 1, 1772. As Governor Portolá and his men trudged northward in 1769 in their search for Monterey Bay, they were surprised by the number of bears seen at the mouth of a small …
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded on September 1, 1772, by Father Junípero Serra on a site halfway between Santa Barbara and Monterey. Father Serra erected a cross near San Luis Obispo Creek and celebrated the first mass. …