San Luis Obispo was known as the Barrio del Tigre (Spanish for 'Tiger Town') in the late 19th century, owing to the multitude of robberies and murders taking place there.
San Luis in the late 19th century
Three of the Nine Morros, showing Cerro Romauldo (left), Chumash Peak (center), and Bishop Peak (right)
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, built in 1772, in downtown San Luis