| California (Monterey County), Carmel — Lone Cypress — Perched over the Pacific for Hundreds of Years |
| | Even though Monterey cypress trees prefer this area's rugged bare granite headlands, the Lone Cypress is a testament to the hardiness of these trees. It has withstood Pacific storms and winds for roughly 250 years. Fences and cables now offer added protection in the hopes it will live to be 300.
Due to Samuel F.B. Morse, the preservation-minded founder of Pebble Beach, the Del Monte Forest now consists of nature trails and reserves, spectacular 17 Mile Drive, resorts and golf courses, and . . . — Map (db m8476) |
| California (Monterey County), Monterey — 348 — Home of Juan Bautista Alvarado — State Registered Landmark No. 348 |
| | Native of Monterey, Governor of California under Mexican rule December 20,1836 - December 20,1842. During his administration the increasing influx of Americans, and the Russian settlement at Fort Ross, began to be regarded as serious problems. Russians withdrew in 1841. — Map (db m25055) |
| California (Monterey County), Prunedale — 651 — Battle of Natividad |
| | Combined American forces under Captains Charles D. Burrass (or Burroughs) and Bluford K. Thompson clashed with Comandante Manuel de Jesús Castro's Californians in this vicinity on November 16, 1846. Casualties on each side consisted of several men killed and wounded. The Americans saved a large herd of horses for Lt. Col. John C. Frémont, who then later proceeded south to participate in the Armistice at Cahuenga in January 1847.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 651
. . . — Map (db m26646) |
| California (Monterey County), Salinas — Eugene Sherwood — 1828 - 1912 |
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Born in London, England, graduate of Eton College, Captain in British Army and a London barrister. Arrived in San Francisco in 1856 as representative of a land purchasing group. Donated land in Salinas for railroad, churches, schools, streets, and this sixty acre Sherwood Park.
Dedicated May 11, 1972
Aleli Parlor No. 102, Native Daughters of the Golden West
Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97, Native Sons of the Golden West — Map (db m27098) |
| California (Monterey County), Salinas — 870 — José Eusebio Boronda Adobe Casa |
| | Built between 1844 and 1848 by José Eusebio Boronda, this is an outstanding example of a Mexican era rancho adobe. Virtually unaltered since its construction, it shows many features of the "Monterey Colonial" style which resulted from the fusion of New England and California building traditions during California's Mexican period. — Map (db m25104) |
| California (Monterey County), Salinas — 934 — Salinas Temporary Detention Center |
| | This monument is dedicated to the 3,586 Monterey Bay Area residents of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens, temporarily confined in the Salinas Rodeo Grounds during World War II from April to July 1942. They were detained without charges, trial, or establishment of guilt before being incarcerated in permanent camps, mostly at Poston, Arizona. May such injustice and humiliation never recur. — Map (db m25106) |
| California (Monterey County), Salinas — The First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments U.S. Army |
| | The first Filipino Infantry Regiment was activated July 13, 1942 at the Salinas California Rodeo Grounds. The Second Filipino Infantry Regiment was activated November 22, 1942 at Fort Ord. Personnel were Filipinos living in the United States then and American officers who trained in Salinas, Camp San Luis Obispo, Hunter Liggett, Camp Roberts, Camp Cooke and Camp Beale. Departed for New Guinea April 6, 1944, and fought in Leyte and Samar during the Philippine Liberation Campaign. Units supplied . . . — Map (db m26699) |
| California (Monterey County), Salinas — N2098 — The Steinbeck House — 132 Central Avenue — Salinas, California |
| | This beautiful Victorian was built by merchant J. J. Conner in 1897, and sold at the turn of the century to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. On February 27,1902 John Steinbeck was born in what is now the reception room. He remained a resident of the house until he left for Stanford University at age 17, returning home at various times. He wrote his first short stories and the novels "The Red Pony" and "Tortilla Flat" from behind the upstairs front window.
John Steinbeck was honored . . . — Map (db m25107) |
| California (Monterey County), Soledad — Cesar Chavez Park — In Commemoration and Appreciation — Dedicated on March 31, 2008 |
| | "Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect of other cultures."
Cesar E. Chavez (1927-1993)
Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American Labor leader & cofounder of the United Farm Worker (UFW). Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona. Cesar was raised in migrant worker camps and left school after 8th grade to work in the fields. He joined the U.S. Navy from 1939-1945.
From 1952 until 1962, Chavez worked for the Community Service Organization and in 1962 . . . — Map (db m26874) |
| California (Monterey County), Soledad — 233 — Mission Nuestra Señora Dolorosísima de la Soledad |
| | This mission, founded October 9,1791 by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, ministered to the Indians of the Salinas Valley. Governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga died here July 24, 1814 and was buried in the chapel. Prosperous in its early years, Soledad declined after 1825, but Father Vicente Francisco Sarría stayed on in poverty to serve the Indians until his death in 1835, when the mission was secularized. It was regranted to the Bishop of Monterey in 1859. In ruins after 1874, the chapel was . . . — Map (db m27217) |
| California (Monterey County), Soledad — Railroad Station Site |
| | Southern Pacific Railroad reached Soledad in 1873. Until 1886, Soledad was the transportation hub for the Southern Monterey County. — Map (db m26905) |
| California (Monterey County), Soledad — The De Anza Expedition in Soledad |
| | Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by Decree of Carlo III of Spain led an expedition near this site — the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area
In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider superimposed upon a sun-like set of compass points, with the "De Anza Expedition 1775 1776" written above the rider. — Map (db m27188) |
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