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Information for San Luis Obsipo County
   
     
   
   
Rios Caledonia Adobe
 

Built in 1835 as a house for the civilian administrator of the San Miguel Mission, the adobe is a collection of artifacts from the history of this area.

In the photo below, you see that many of these items are actually for sale.
The history of the adobe is interesting and diversified. In 1846 the adobe was sold by Governor Pio Pico. After becoming a posession of the United States, he high-tailed it out of the area knowing it was an illegal sale. Probably up north to sell a bridge
In 1868 George Butchart opened the adobe as an inn, hotel, stagecoach stop and local bar. This is where the name Caledonia came from, the Gaelic word for Scotland.
   
   
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