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Morro Bay (Morro, Spanish for "Hill") [9] [10] [11] is a seaside city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Central Coast of California , the city population was 10,757 as of the 2020 census , up from 10,234 at the 2010 census .
The Salinan and Chumash tribes consider Morro Rock to be a sacred site. The Salinan name for Morro Rock is Le'samo and the Chumash name is Lisamu. [10]The Chumash had an important nearby prehistoric settlement at least as early as the Millingstone Horizon (6500-2000 B.C.E.), and the village was near the mouth of Morro Creek, at the current site of Morro Bay High School.
Departing Morro Bay after the deaths of the crew members, the Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza eventually reached its intended destination of Acapulco. [4] No other Filipino landed in California until 1595. [5] In 1995, a monument on Morro Bay was dedicated to commemorate the events of 1587. [6]
The Chumash are a Native American people of the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, extending from Morro Bay in the north to Malibu in the south to Mt Pinos in the east.
Rancho San Bernardo was a 4,379-acre (17.72 km 2) Mexican land grant, in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California, given in 1840 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Vicente Canet. [1] The grant extended along Little Morro Creek and San Bernardo Creek east of Morro Bay. [2]
Morro Bay to get new hotel, restaurants. The Hansson family broke ground on HarborWalk Plaza in January 2022. They expected to open the development within 18 months, but shipment delays for ...
Morro Bay State Park is a state park on the Morro Bay lagoon, in western San Luis Obispo County, on the Central Coast of California. On the lagoon's northeastern and eastern edges in the park, there are saltwater and brackish marshes that support thriving bird populations.
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