Hollister, California

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Hollister is the county seat of San Benito County, California. The population was 34,928 people at the 2010 census. Hollister is primarily an agriculture town. The Mutsun Ohlone Indians were the first known inhabitants of the Hollister region.

The town was founded Nov. 19, 1868 originally as the San Justo Homestead Association, established by William Welles Hollister, a group that originally intended to name it San Justo. An association member, Napa vintner Henry Hagen objected. Hagen argued that saints monopolized the names of nearly every place in California, and suggested that the state should have a town named after someone slightly less holy. The City was incorporated on August 29, 1872.

The city has been the site of annual motorcycle rallies around July Fourth for many years. The riot at the 1947 event was the basis for the 1954 film The Wild One. The rally took its present incarnation in 1997, and is known as the Hollister Independence Rally. The event was canceled in 2006 due to lack of funding for security, but returned in 2007. The format of the rally in 2007 differed markedly from previous rallies, with vendors on San Benito Street instead of motorcycles. The bikes were pushed to side streets.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister,_California
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Coordinates:   36°49'57"N   121°23'23"W

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  • One of the most mismanaged local goverments known to man. A substantial percentage of the population is hopelessly addicted to methanphetamines. Great place to raise kids.
  • Hollister SUCKS!!! it smells like cow sh*t and has soo many freaks living there
  • your panties must be in a wad. judging people without really getting into the thick of it. head further out to the ranches of existentialism (sp?) if it's mismanaged, what do you plan to do about it?
  • I rode my bike here 7/2/2008.
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