Download or read book San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly in Vintage Postcards written by Thomas Maxwell-Long and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001-03-14 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along the California coastline lies the community of San Luis Obispo; a town just as rich in history as it is in beauty. Situated almost directly between Los Angeles and San Francisco, San Luis Obispo was first inhabited by the Chumash and Salinan Indians in 1400 B.C. It took almost 3,000 years before its majestic landscape was encountered by European explorers.