In 1966 the Mid-State Fair was still called the San Luis Obispo County Fair and the entertainment was, well, not very entertaining. The event lasted 5 days, admission was cheap, and you got what you paid for.
Admission to the fair was $1, according to the US Inflation Calculator $6.73 in ...
BP has miles beaches to clean on the Gulf coast, but blown out oil wells are not the only source of oily beach pollution. It used to be that getting tar balls on your feet was part of going to Avila Beach. We were told it was due to natural ...
Author: David Middlecamp Categories: 1960's, 1969, Environment, Going, Going, Gone, Michael Raphael, News, Union Oil, avila beach, oil Tags:
Before the current bridge to Port San Luis was built over San Luis Creek travelers used the old single lane Pacific Coast Railroad bridge. This view looks back at Avila Beach and the Union Oil tanks from October 15, 1966.
At this time the Harford pier was closed and a new ...
Today Americans eat more sugar than ever so what happened to sugar beets? Once a major local commodity, sugar beets are no longer listed in the 2009 San Luis Obispo County Annual Crop Report. Beets are a footnote and sugar beets, nada.
It is not that we are eating less sugar. ...
Children of the 60s and 70s saw chimpanzees as friendly critters. They were dressed up in clothes, given a banana and portrayed as our funny cousins. The 1966 television show Daktari told the story of an African veterinarian and often episodes would feature Judy the chimp, this show didn’t play ...
Children of the 60s and 70s saw chimpanzees as friendly critters. They were dressed up in clothes, given a banana and portrayed as our funny cousins. The 1966 television show Daktari told the story of an African veterinarian and often episodes would feature Judy the chimp, this show didn’t play ...
UPDATE:
Since the original post of this article April 17, 2008 I have read two books that add valuable information on this topic.
The first book, Learn by Doing, by Robert E. Kennedy the seventh president of Cal Poly talks about what was going on three floors up in the administration building ...
Few local sports talents are able to play successfully at the professional level. Charles Edward Brown had a long 12 season career as kicker, punter and quarterback in the physically punishing NFL. He supplanted two future Pro Football Hall of Famers to become starting quarterback, George Blanda at Chicago and ...
Author: David Middlecamp Categories: 1940s, 1948, 1950's, 1960's, 1961, 2007, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo High School, Schools, nfl, sports Tags:
(This was intended to post Memorial Day but two unexpectedly busy days put me behind on posting to Photos from the vault. )
Cal Poly has had a connection with the military since its early days. During World War I student cadets guarded the university during the influenza outbreak.
It could be ...
For much of the 20th century the Central Coast was a hub for oil transportation. Union Oil, Chevron and Texaco all had facilities that provided the link between tankers and the rich oil fields inland. It used to be a frequent sight to see tankers at Estero Bay north of ...