Tour 1 – Before 1900
Tour pricing: $20.00 – Cash or Check
Tour Days: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
Tour Times: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Be a hunter-gatherer like the Salinan Indians and learn to talk like the original cowboys in Paso Robles. Participants will learn about geological history by studying fossils. You will have the use of binoculars to study many subjects, as well as walk around and touch history, original flora, and fauna. See rare birds!
Tour One begins with hearing stories and seeing artifacts.
- Salinan Indians
- Acorn Bread Recipe
- The 1857 Earthquake
- City Founders
- Southern Pacific Railroad
- Original Hot Springs
- Hot Springs Hotel
- Acorn Building
- Adventures of Drury
- Frank and Jessie James
- Eating in the 1800’s
- Old West and Saloon Life in the North County
- California’s Second Biggest Gold Area
- First Post Office
- Paso’s Original Names
- Paso’s Earliest Cottage
- Patsy Dunn’s Store
- Chauncy Hatch Phillips and the West Coast Land Company
- Explore Pictures
- Antique tools
- Original documents and other fun items that helped develop the area.