What is the history of Cayucos, California?
In 1842, a Spanish land grant of 8,845 acres (36 km sq) called Rancho Moro y Cayucos was issued to Martin Olivera and Vincente Feliz. In 1867, James CassCaptain James Cass came to Cayucos, and settled on 320 acres (1.3 km sq) of this land. Cass began developing the area with his partner, Captain Ingals. On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines PSA Flight 1771Flight 1771, bound from Los Angeles International Airport to San Francisco, was cruising above the central California coast when a disgruntled USAir employee aboard the plane shot his ex-supervisor, both pilots and then himself, causing the airplane to crash near Cayucos. All 43 aboard perished. Source: http://en.wikipedia.
