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Huer Huero Road

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Huer Huero Road is a 6-mile rural highway corridor located southeast of Creston in the La Panza Range.  This corridor begins at Parkhill Road and follows Middle Fork Huer Huero Creek to California State Route 58.

Huer Huero Road is named after Huer Huero Creek and Rancho Huerhuero.  Rancho Huerhuero was granted during the period of Alta California in segments circa 1842 and 1846.  The Rancho would form the basis for much of the ranching properties in the La Panza Range in the 1870s and the community of Creston in 1884.  




Part 1; the history Huer Huero Road

Huer Huero Road runs along the course of Middle Fork Huer Huero Creek.  Both the road and creek are named after Mexican era Rancho Huerhuero.  The three branches of Huer Huero Creek converge near Creston and flow to the Salinas River north of Paso Robles.   

Rancho Huerhuero was a 15,685-acre Mexican-era land grant given by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado to Jose Mariano Bonilla in 1842.  Bonilla's grant was extended in 1846 by Governor Pio Pico.  Rancho Huerhuero extended from Paso Robles along Huer Huero Creek through much of the Creston area.  The Rancho was patented during the American period of California during 1852 and gradually was subdivided.  The community of Creston would be founded on the former Rancho in 1884. 

Modern Huer Huero Road appears on the 1917 California State Automobile Association map.  The corridor was likely present much earlier as ranching subdivision of Rancho Huerhuero was taking place in the area through the 1870s and 1880s.   


Huer Huero Road appears as major local highway on the 1922 United States Geological Survey map of Pozo.  The highway corridor is shown to largely follow Middle Fork Huer Huero Creek from what is now California State Route 58 southeast to Las Pilitas Road (formerly Rinconada-Pilitas Road). 




Huer Huero Road appears truncated to then new Parkhill Road (marked via blue pin) on the 1947 United States Geological Survey map of San Luis Obispo.




Part 2; a drive on Huer Huero Road

Northbound Huer Huero Road branches from Parkhill Road in the La Panza Range.  



Traffic on Huer Huero Road is advised of 4 miles of curves ahead. 


Huer Huero Road heads generally northwest following Middle Fork Huer Huero Road through a series of ranching properties to a terminus at California State Route 58.



















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