CALIFORNIA'S MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO de TOLOSA THE 5TH OF 21 MISSIONS BUILT SPANNING FROM SAN DIEGO TO SONOMA CA. FOUNDED SEPTEMBER 1,1772 BY FATHER JUNIPEO SERRA. NAMED AFTER SAINT LOUIS OF ANJOU, THE BISHOP OF TOULOUSE. THE MISSION IS THE NAMESAKE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO.
THE MISSION OFFERS PUBLIC TOURS OF THE CHURCH AND GROUNDS. BUILT WITH THE HELP OF THE CHUMASH INDIANS THE MISSION IS UNIQUE IN ITS DESIGN, A COMBINATION OF BELFRY AND VESTIBULE NOT FOUND IN THE OTHER MISSIONS.
THE MISSION WAS FOUNDED 3 YEARS AFTER THE FATHERS FIRST DISCOVERED LA CANADA DE LOS OSOS - THE VALLEY OF THE BEARS - DURING A FAILED TRIP FROM SAN DIEGO IN SEARCH OF MONTEREY.
AS SUPPLIES DWINDLED IN 1772 AT THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED 4 MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA, RESIDENTS WERE PLAGUED BY SHORTAGES OF FOOD.
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REMEMBERING THE VALLEY OF THE BEARS, A HUNTING EXPEDITION WAS SENT IN THE SUMMER OF 1772 TO BRING BACK MEAT. THE LOCAL INDIANS WERE THANKFUL TO THE SOLDIERS FOR KILLING THE BEARS A FEARED ENEMY. SOME OF THE MEAT WAS TRADED WITH LOCAL PEOPLE IN EXCHANGE FOR EDIBLE SEED, AFTER WHICH TIME FATHER SERRA DECIDED LA CANADA DE LOS OSOS WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR THE 5TH MISSION. ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO HAS NOT REMAINED A RUGGED BEAR COUNTRY, A STATUE OF A GRIZZLY BEAR SITS AS A REMINDER IN THE MISSION PLAZA.
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