History of Paso Robles (Our Home)
The Rancho Paso de Robles (Spanish for “Pass of Oaks”) was created in a land grant in 1844. In the decade following the Gold Rush, the nearly 26,000-acre site was purchased for $8,000 by a pair of brothers and a partner. Daniel and James Blackburn had seen enough of California in their travels to believe that this heavenly spot had just the potential they were looking for.