All about the ancient tribes
The Shoshone tribe consisted of the Native Americans who once inhabited this region, which is today home to the cities of Oceanside and San Luis Rey. The indigenous people were given the name ″San Luisenos″ by the Franciscan Fathers, which was ultimately abbreviated to ″Luiseno.″
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is located in Tolosa.
Military district | Third |
Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Chumash Obispeño |
Native place name(s) | Tilhini |
Baptisms | 2,644 |
California Historical Landmark |
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Mission San Luis Obispo was the fifth of a series of 21 missions running from San Diego to Sonoma. It was established by Fray Junpero Serra, OFM, who was the first president of the California missions. The Chumash Indians who lived in the region constructed the mission, which is notable among California missions for having a belfry in addition to a vestibule.
Existence on a daily basis at the mission Farming, ranching, leatherworking, ironwork, tanning, carpetmaking, and building were all jobs traditionally performed by Indian males. The Native American children were required to attend school and, if they were old enough, they also had the responsibility of removing weeds from the family garden.
Many Cahuilla people perished as a result of illnesses that were brought with the introduction of Europeans. More than eighty percent of the Cahuilla population was wiped off by an outbreak of smallpox in the year 1863. The population is gradually beginning to increase once more in recent years.
The Chumash were highly adept craftspeople, hunters, gatherers, and mariners; but, they did not have a formalized agricultural system. In 1786, when Padre Fermn de Francisco de Lasuén initiated the founding of the Santa Barbara mission, he did so with the intention of bringing both religious and environmentally responsible agricultural techniques to the local populace.
It developed as a farming center surrounding the mission of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, which was established in 1772 by Junpero Serra as the fifth of a line of 21 missions in California. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was named for Saint Louis, bishop of Toulouse. In 1846, the United States of America gained sovereignty of San Luis Obispo.
An earthquake in 1832 caused the destruction of the mission, and it was later reconstructed in the New England style. Later, during the time of secularization in the late 1800s, the mission was allowed to fall into ruin, and the structures that were left standing were repurposed as a courtroom and a jail.
San Luis Obispo, California | |
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County | San Luis Obispo |
Founded | September 1, 1772 |
Incorporated | February 16, 1856 |
Named for | St. Louis of Toulouse |