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EL PASO DE ROBLES...Found in the hills of the
upper Salinas River Valley. One
has the feelings of
the early days of Santa Fe,
NM,
Austin, Texas...laid back and
beautiful, artistic,
picturesque, undiscovered feeling...Victorian-era charm. For
untold centuries
Salinas Indian People enjoyed the area and the thermal springs
in the area that has
been called
"Heaven's Spot." Might say looking at history, it
is the hot springs that is
why Paso Robles is here. And now we have the wine...
Rancho Paso de Robles
(Spanish
for "Pass of Oaks"), was created by a land grant
in 1844. Couple years
after the Civil war, a half interest in the town site was
purchased by Drury James, the
uncle of outlaw Jesse James. He envisioned an
elegant city offering
first-class amenities, with the hot sulfur springs serving as
the main attraction. The
stagecoach line brought customers for the new bath-
house, hotel, and some small
cottages built for the bathers. When the Southern
Pacific
Railroad brought the railway to town in 1886, plans for the town went into
high
gear.
Stay tuned to the
Jesse James Paso Saga, and more about hot springs and
the Salinas people,
underground rivers and more magic here in Paso. Even talk that
the fly-in restaurant
at the airport is the best fly in restaurant in the West, and
James Dean was headed
her on that fateful ride, and Marlin Monroe and Joe
Demagio ran away on their weddin' day to hide
out...from the press, here in PASO...
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