Heritage Shared

Who We Are

Founded in 1993, Heritage Shared is a chartered, non-profit organization dedicated to inclusive, participatory community history.

Our members are local residents from all walks of life. We share a fascination with Central Coast histories and cultures, particularly as they relate to each other and connect our region to the wider world.

Heritage Shared fosters inclusive, participatory community histories, especially through historical research and interpretation, publications, history education, exhibits and public programs, and historic preservation. The organization also encourages cooperative ventures among Central Coast cultural organizations, believing that the past belongs to all of us and grows richer in the sharing.

Board of Directors

President: Astrid Gallagher

Laura Carr
Paula Carr
Nancy Farrell
Eric Greening Jack Hunter
Mary Leizear
Tom Wheeler
Ruth Vasconcellos


Heritage Shared —Board Members —Robert C. Pavlik Receives Governor's Historic Preservation Award —Book Recommendations —Further Suggested Reading —Local & Other Related Links —HS Publications —Support Our Work - Become a Member —Who We Are HS Publications —Historical Resources —Pedaling the Past —Perspectives 2008 —2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 —Road Scholars Virtual Tours —Historic By-Ways —Living On The Land	Essays, Papers, & Poetry —Anvils: An Appreciation —Aunt Susan Meets the Rampant Suffragist of Crown Hill; Or, How Outside Agitators and Uppity Locals Conspired to Win SLO Women the Vote in 1896 —Between Granite Rock and a Hard Place —Cambria Men Just Said No, But Women Won the Vote Anyway —The Dana Adobe - From Decline to Preservation and Restoration —Early SLO_Snippet – Early Accounts Relating to the History of the Town of San Luis Obispo, Ca (pdf file) —Excavations at the Dana Jabonería —A Family Affair: Mothers, Daughters, and Prostitution in Early San Luis Obispo —The Fourth of July - Historically and Practically —The Gallagher Collection —Georgiana Parks (Hays) Ballard (1863 - 1941) Biography (pdf file) —Historic Preservation and California State Parks —An Historical and Geographical Overview of the Pacific Coast Highway —History in the SLO Lane: An Overview of California’s Central Coast —The History of Harmony —Horace Avachell – History of San Luis Obispo County by Mrs. Annie L. Morrison (pdf file) —How Christmas Became a Respectable Holiday —A Matter of Justice —Mission Plaza San Luis Obispo, 1772 - 1979 (pdf file) —Mission Town in the Sixties, Georgiana Parks Ballard, Overland Monthly 1912 (pdf file) —The Murder of Gon Ying Luis (Mrs. Ah Luis) —Pacific Coast Harbors —The "Perry Ranch" — San Luis Obispo, 1854 —Phoebe Apperson Hearst and the California Redwood Park —Poems of Carrizo Plains —Poetry of Evelyn Cole - Morro Bay in August and Beauty —Postcards from the Past —Roadside Memorials —The San Luis Obispo Mission Orchard —San Simeon Creek Pioneers in Their Own Voices —Southland Mountain Cycle - Chaparral —The Spooners of Montana de Oro Considered as Objects of Natural History —Studies in Central Coast History - Road Scholars —Sycamore Pier at Point Magu State Park —Think About the Box —Thornton State Park Beach - Haiku —What Is Public History?	Hey! Look at That! —A Brief History of the Morro Bay Power Plant —Barns are Noble —Going Postal —Here's the Ticket - Admit Nothing —Jack House & Gardens Brochure —Mattei's Tavern (pdf file) —Mud Flaps —Octagon Barn Restoration —Pacific Coast Highway Slideshow —Pocket Protectors —Random Images Photo Gallery —The Salinas River Parker Truss Bridge —San Luis Obispo's Neon Lights —Shandon Chapel —Signs Seen Around SLO County —Swap Meets Our Notable Past —Agricultural History —Chinese San Luis Obispo —Heritage Home Tour —San Simeon Point

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Who We Are

Board of Directors

Heritage Shared —Board Members —Robert C. Pavlik Receives Governor's Historic Preservation Award —Book Recommendations —Further Suggested Reading —Local & Other Related Links —HS Publications —Support Our Work - Become a Member —Who We Are

HS Publications —Historical Resources —Pedaling the Past —Perspectives 2008 —2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 —Road Scholars

Virtual Tours —Historic By-Ways —Living On The Land

Our Notable Past —Agricultural History —Chinese San Luis Obispo —Heritage Home Tour —San Simeon Point

Heritage Shared
—Board Members
—Robert C. Pavlik Receives Governor's Historic Preservation Award
—Book Recommendations
—Further Suggested Reading
—Local & Other Related Links
—HS Publications
—Support Our Work - Become a Member
—Who We Are

HS Publications
—Historical Resources
—Pedaling the Past
—Perspectives 2008 —2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
—Road Scholars

Virtual Tours
—Historic By-Ways
—Living On The Land

Our Notable Past
—Agricultural History
—Chinese San Luis Obispo
—Heritage Home Tour
—San Simeon Point