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Prefumo Canyon Road is an approximately 7.1-mile rural highway corridor mostly located in the Irish Hills west of the city of San Luis Obispo.  The Prefumo Canyon Road corridor begins at Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo and crosses the Irish Hills to a terminus located at See Canyon Road.  Prefumo Canyon Road is named after wealthy San Luis Obispo businessman Pietro Prefumo and has been in active use since the 1880s.  The highway is frequently touted as one of the most scenic in San Luis Obispo County as it has numerous vistas of Morro Bay and Los Osos Valley.  Part 1; the history of Prefumo Canyon Road Prefumo Canyon Road follows the general course of Prefumo Creek and Coon Creek in the Irish Hills west of San Luis Obispo.  The road, Prefumo Creek and Prefumo Canyon are all named after settler Pietro Benedetto Prefumo.  Pietro Prefumo was born in Genoa, Italy on February 20, 1844, and would eventually migrate to Sacramento where he met his wife, Ada...