Letter from F. A. Hihn to Governor H. T. Gage, March 12, 1902

Correspondence from California Polytechnic School Trustee F. A. Hihn to California Governor H. T. Gage. Hihn visited San Luis Obispo several times in early 1902 to meet with landowners in the city to decide on the property to purchase for the new California Polytechnic School. Proposals came from well-known San Luis Obispo names such as Goldtree Brothers, Orcutt, Crittenden, Vachell, Venable, and Maree. Ultimately they selected a site owned by Dawson Lowe on the outskirts of town. This letter describes the properties under consideration and some of the reasons why they selected the Lowe property. There is a hand-drawn map in the University Archives which may be the map that Hihn mentions in this letter.