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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: November 26, 2010
Caption: Ramona Depot - 1889
Additional Description: An official depot built by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The only remains of the luxurious Ramona Hotel which fronted Johnson Ave. between Marsh and Higuera Streets. The elegant hostelry of the Victorian era hosted former U.S. Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. The hotel burned to the ground in 1905.

Historic Plaque number IV placed by the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society.

Horse-Drawn Street Car
In Service - This City
1887 - 1901
Courtesy of
George P. Bell Family
Submitted: November 27, 2010, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p138228
File Size: 2.485 Megabytes

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