Site of Ah Louis Store

San Luis Obispo County · 800 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo · location approximate

Here in 1874 was established Ah Louis' store. The first Chinese store in the county, it sold general merchandise and herbs and served as a bank, counting house, and post office for the numerous Chinese coolies who dug the eight tunnels through the Mountains of Cuesta for the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1884 to 1894.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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