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| Sandercock Transfer Co. |
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| Sandercock Transfer Co. |
| About Us and |
| Our Rich Past, Bountiful Present and Bright Future! |
Early Beginings
Sandercock Transfer Company, the oldest family owned business in San Luis Obispo County, traces its history back to humble beginnings when William Sandercock came to SLO and opened his one man, two horse transportation company. The year was 1872.
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(Photo Left: William Sandercock, 1868, 20 years old) |
Opportunity abounded in our beautiful little corner of the earth for enterprising young entrepreneurs.
Ulysses S. Grant was President and the Westward migration was continuing,
even after the Gold Rush of 1848, the year of William's birth.
His parents followed the migration west to settle in Napa County near San Francisco's golden gate in the early 1850's. This would be where William matured and gained his education, an education paid for by hunting and marketing wild game.
In
1872 California was still booming, but in San Luis Obispo, a small cluster
of Adobe huts, there were just 2,000 souls focused on the celebration the
first 100 years of the already ancient historic Mission San Luis Obispo
de Tolosa here. Founded by Father Junipero Serra on the banks of
the creek that flows through this city, the Mission was the fifth in a
network of 21 missions established to support colonization of the coast
of California in the New World for the Spanish kings. (photo:
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa)
William
saw opportunity and quickly expanded his business by hauling most anything
and everything. Whether it be merchandise, equipment, lumber or chinese
laborers, Sandercock Transfer Company plied their services
between the port at Avila Bay, the city train depot and the outlying development
areas and camps.. Sandercock
also hauled the
supplies for the roadbed of the Southern Pacific Railroad line that would
join the northern and southern coasts as one here at San Luis Obispo's
Cuesta Grade.
Over the next 20 years William would grow his business to include more
than 300 horses and mules, including the famous 20 mule teams of the era.
William was especially proud of his 20 mule team comprised of matched pairs,
giving an aesthetic quality to an otherwise crude and difficult enterprise. 
Hard work was the life of teamsters in the early days and conditions
were primitive as shown from these photos of the Sandercock
crew
taken in 1908. William's son, Norman, appears on the far left of the photo
and the family dog is shown at center.
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