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"Ups and Downs" Father Jerome Tupa 42 1/8" x 60 1/4" / Oil on canvas 1998

San Luís Obispo de Toloso Founded by Father Junipero Serra in September, 1772, this Mission had its beginnings around a grizzly bear hunt in 1772 that netted nine thousand pounds of meat. The meat was then sent to the Missions at Carmel and San Antonio to prevent mass starvation. It was at San Luis Obispo Mission that the quintessential California red clay tile roof was invented. After hostile local Indians set the thatched roof of the Mission on fire several times, the padres, remembering the tile of Spain, took local clay and molded it over wooden forms to create fireproof roof tiles. The Mission is one of eight that later developed into a town, in this case, San Luis Obispo. See the watercolors by Father Tupa of San Luís Obispo de Toloso or click on the painting at left to see a full-screen image.

Other Mission San Luís Obispo sites:
San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (page 1 and page 2) from the California Mission Site. Ed. The Civic Group. 24 Sept. 1998.
San Luis Obispo, photos and commentary from one family's personal journal. Five pages, quite well done.
Virtual Guidebook to El Camino Real, Mission San Luis Obispo. Don Bain (author and photographer of The Virtual Guidebooks).
San Luis Obispo Mission Tour, click on the photos to explore Front, Grounds, Plants, Signs, and Statues. Copyright 2001, TheCaliforniaMissions.com
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa by Athanasius Schaefer. Many photos and a lot of text.
The California Missions On-Line Project, Mission San Luis Obispo De Tolosa , by Rob Garretson (1998).
San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, History, by Andrew Lathrop (1996).

First posted April, 2001.

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