History of San Luis Obispo County, California; with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . Apostolic College of San Fernando,Mexico, for the propagation of the Catholic faith, werecommissioned for this purpose. They were His High-ness, Don Carlos Francisco de Croix, Viceroy and Gov-ernor of New Spain; and Don Jose Galvez of the RoyalCouncil and Supreme Government of the Indies. Thenfollows a certificate signed by Father Junipero Serra,President. Wherefore, the undersigned certifies, thathe arrived here on the 19th of August, 1772, and on theI St of Septembe
History of San Luis Obispo County, California; with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . Apostolic College of San Fernando,Mexico, for the propagation of the Catholic faith, werecommissioned for this purpose. They were His High-ness, Don Carlos Francisco de Croix, Viceroy and Gov-ernor of New Spain; and Don Jose Galvez of the RoyalCouncil and Supreme Government of the Indies. Thenfollows a certificate signed by Father Junipero Serra,President. Wherefore, the undersigned certifies, thathe arrived here on the 19th of August, 1772, and on theI St of September following, assisted by Father JosephCaballar, blessed and put in its place the holy cross, andthe first mass was sung amidst a vast number of was inaugurated this Christian town. Great events and mighty changes have taken place inthe last one hundred years, but nature presents the samefeatures to-day that she did upon the day of the arrivalhere, one hundred years ago, of those earliest pioneersof civilization on this coast, who, doubtless, admired theviolet summits of the surrounding hills as we admire i^ Hon. John H. Hollister Among the names conspicuous in the development ofihe agricultural interests of California, that of Hollister ;tands most prominent. Monterey, San Benito, San^uis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and other counties bear thenarks of the great intelligence and enterprise of mem-)ers of this family. The history of agriculture in Cali-ornia, in its various branches of improved stock, grain,.nd fruits, would be barren without chief reference tohe works of the brothers, William Wells and Josephiubbard Hollister, the latter being the father of Hon. Ifohn H. Hollister, of San Luis Obispo. This gentle-nan is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Newark,)hio, November 27, 1856, his parents being Joseph Ellen (Mossman) HoUister. When he was a child ofeven years, the family removed to California, his fatherlaving crossed the plains with thoroughbred sh
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