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Originally peopled by
the Salinas Indians, Atascadero, A Spanish name
mean "In Lodi Again (stuck)", was part
of the ranch and farm lands managed by the missions.
With the secularization of the mission by Mexico,
the parcels of land started splitting between owners
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The
Charles Paddock Zoo
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The community was founded
when Edward Gardner Lewis, a publisher an dland
developer from the St. Louis Missouri area, purchased
the Atascadero Ranch in 1912 to form a colony for
the American Women's Republic. |
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Actually an early planned
community, Atascadero had much forethought put into
it's growth. Lewis had already been founder of University
City in Missouri and its mayor 3 times. |
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Atascadero
was incorporated 1979. It boasts a population of
over 27,000 people, a median household income of
$48k, and over 50% of the work force in management,
professional, sales or office work according to
the 2000 ccensus. |
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