<p>Geneva Hamilton's classic Where the Highway Ends is back! Included in San Luis Obispo County's list of the 25 most important history books, it tells the story of the early history of Cambria, San Simeon, Piedras Blancas and the North Coast Ranchos. This is the exciting tale of the rugged men and women who carved a life and created communities amidst adversity and calamity. From the earliest times when Spanish explorer Portola first set foot on the Central Coast of California to the present, these jewels of history come alive under the animated pen of Geneva Hamilton. Find out about: * the great fire which almost destroyed Cambria. * San Simeon's dangerous whaling operations; * Cambria's dangerous floods; * The quicksilver mining boom which created vast wealth as well as broken men; * how George Hearst saw opportunity in ranch lands around San Simeon and sought to acquire them with single minded determination,</p>

Where the Highway Ends: A History of Cambria, San Simeon and the Ranchos

Geneva Hamilton

Central Coast Press

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Where the Highway Ends: A History of Cambria, San Simeon and the Ranchos