A short history of OCEANO
The environs of Oceano were the home of "Halcyon," a utopian religious community established in 1903 by the theosophical Temple of the People, based in Syracuse, New York. The group, which believed in channeling unseen electromagnetic forces in an effort to attain human perfection, constructed a number of buildings in association with their colonizing effort, including the Blue Star Memorial Temple and the Halcyon Hotel and Sanatorium.
In 1948, Oceano, was the site of the founding by Catherine Nimmo (a registered nurse and Doctor of Chiropractic who had recently moved there from the Netherlands) and Rubin Abramowitz (an engineer) of the U.S. Vegan Society, the first vegan society in the United States. The Society lasted from 1948 to 1960 and was a predecessor to the American Vegan Society.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article OCEANO, California, revision 1382590374 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.