In 1927 cannery owner and fishing industry innovator Knut Hovden introduced new technologies to increase the catch and expedite the transfer of fish to the production line. By bringing purse seiner fishing boats (named for the type of nets they used . . . — — Map (db m55162) HM
First American fort in California. Built in 1846-47. Named in honor of Navy Captain William Mervine who directed the raising of the American flag over the Custom House in 1846. — — Map (db m63123) HM
Home of Gabriel de la Torre, public official of the Mexican and American period. Believed to be the first Federal Court in Monterey — — Map (db m63427) HM
Off the coast and beyond the breaking waves, giant kelp provides a lush home for marine life. Holding fast to the rocky bottom, these huge plants grow upward then spread their green-gold fronds across the water, creating a dense canopy of growth . . . — — Map (db m55161) HM
Built in 1926 and designed by Reid Brothers, architects of many California landmarks, this theatre was the first to show sound movies on the Monterey Peninsula.
Old Monterey Hotel * Across Street
Casa Sanchez * Across Street
See map on . . . — — Map (db m63518) HM
This simple bronze plaque honoring the work of John Steinbeck was sculptured in 1938 by William Gordon Huff. It was dedicated that same year by noted Western historian Dr. Charles L. Camp with all the unwavering oratorical profundity which . . . — — Map (db m54906) HM
Honoring Allen Griffin, 1893-1981, founder and publisher of the Monterey Peninsula Herald for his outstanding contributions to the City of Monterey.
Allen Griffin was the vital force in founding the History and Art Association, the . . . — — Map (db m63509) HM
Founded in 1893, by Frank Hellam as the Climax Cigar Store, the shop later took Mr. Hellam's name. Hellam’s first tobacco shop relocated to 420 Main Street after he left his bootblack stand, which was adjacent to the Bohemia Saloon. He then . . . — — Map (db m219858) HM
Here June 3, 1770, landed Very Rev. Father Junipero Serra, O.S.F. and founded the following missions; San Diego, July 16, 1769, San Carlos Monterey, June 3, 1770, San Antonio de Padua, July 14, 1771, San Gabriel, Sept. 8, 1771, San Luis Obispo, . . . — — Map (db m63109) HM
Herrmann Hall
Named in Honor of
Rear Admiral Ernest E. Herrmann, USN
1896 - 1952
Superintendent
U. S. Naval Postgraduate School
1950 - 1952 — — Map (db m195596) HM
(Editor's note: The original marker has been replaced.)New Marker:
(English Text:)
Hippolyte Bouchard is celebrated in Argentina as a hero and patriot and founder of the Argentine Navy--the equivalent of John Paul . . . — — Map (db m66555) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m25055) HM
Ever since Thomas Edison’s movie camera captured those first quick, flickering moments of time, Hollywood has been coming to Monterey. More than 60 feature films have been shot in Monterey, and Cannery Row has been one of Hollywood’s favorite . . . — — Map (db m55194) HM
Named In Honor of Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Commander In Chief United States Atlantic Fleet In World War II
His Father, Rear Admiral Royal Rodney Ingersoll
And His Son, Lieutenant Royal Rodney Ingersoll II, Killed On Board USS Hornet in . . . — — Map (db m208935) WM
This property - James W. Finch House - has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m149114) HM
John “Bricky” Crivello, a key figure in the Monterey Fisherman’s Union for 67 years, was instrumental in the passage of Senate Bill 1213 which provided unemployment benefits to all California fishermen. Due to Bricky’s relentless . . . — — Map (db m68861) HM
The real neighborhood of John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row.
Real people and places in the neighborhood of Monterey’s old Ocean View Avenue inspired fictional characters and establishments in the mind of John Steinbeck. Published in 1945, his . . . — — Map (db m55081) HM
In October 1944, John Steinbeck, his second wife Gwyn, and their infant son Thom returned to Monterey. On November 10, 1944 they moved into the Lara-Soto Adobe, “a house I have wanted since I was a little kid.”
Here he wrote The . . . — — Map (db m63314) HM
Quock Mui was born at Point Lobos in 1859 (lower left). Her parents were Cantonese fishermen who sailed to California by seagoing junk in 1851. Point Lobos was a thriving multicultural community in the later 19th century. Quock Mui had an aptitude . . . — — Map (db m55144) HM
A native of Mexico de Anza left Tubac, Culiagan October 23, 1775 with a party of 240 together with horses, mules and beeves. Arrived Monterey March 10, 1776 with loss but one person. Journey of 1600 miles made under conditions of drought, snow and . . . — — Map (db m63566) HM
Jules Simoneau
June 1819 – August 1908
Robert Louis Stevenson inscribed this message in the frontpiece of his book “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – but the case of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jules Simoneau, . . . — — Map (db m63451) HM
At Monterey, June 3rd
1770
the ceremony of taking possession
of California for Spain was enacted by
Father Junipero Serra
under the shade
of this tree. — — Map (db m63259) HM
Kalisa Moore, known as "Queen of Cannery Row," was born in Latvia and came to America after WWII. She bridged the eras, opening her gourmet restaurant when most of the canneries had closed.
Over the years "Kalisa's" became a bohemian coffee . . . — — Map (db m81817) HM
The building historically contained Edith's
Restaurant, the model for John Steinbeck's
La Ida Café and the character of Wide Ida in
The Novellas Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday — — Map (db m81954) HM
This house was constructed in 1834 by Thomas Oliver Larkin, the only United States Consul in California under Mexican rule. It has been used as a private residence, the United States Consulate, City Hall, and served as Headquarters of General . . . — — Map (db m82627) HM
Larkin House, American Consulate 1844-1846. Built in 1835 by Thomas Oliver Larkin, only U.S. Consul to California.
Monterey History & Art Assn.
Courtesy Thomson J. Hudson Memorial Fund — — Map (db m33495) HM
The Railroad was critical to the development of the Salinas Valley's agriculture industry. As depicted in John Steinbeck's East of Eden, the advent of refrigerated rail meant that lettuce grown in the Salinas Valley could be transported coast to . . . — — Map (db m83322) HM
Mary Corning Winslow Black, a noted Monterey artist designed and built this home in 1930.
This structure is an example of Spanish eclectic architecture and is included on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m63507) HM
Formerly first Protestant church built in Monterey. Built in 1876
Monterey Art & History Assn.
Courtesy of Thomson J. Hudson
Memorial Fund — — Map (db m63092) HM
Portuguese whalers
From the California Gold Rush to nearly the turn of the century, Portuguese whalers launched boats from this beach and rowed them out into the bay to intercept whales migrating along the Monterey coastline. Once harpooned, . . . — — Map (db m55191) HM
Western terminal of the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad ending on 1,000 foot pier over Monterey Bay. First in operation October 1874 bringing grain from Salinas Valley to Monterey for ocean shipment to San Francisco.
Officers: Carr S. . . . — — Map (db m63309) HM
The Monterey Bay Aquarium stands on the site of the old Hovden Cannery. In its heyday, the cannery processed tons of sardines every day. But by the 1960s the sardines had disappeared, and the cannery closed its doors in 1972.
Now you can see . . . — — Map (db m41620) HM
Recurring winter storms wreaked havoc on the Monterey fishing fleet every few years (top). On April 29, 1915, such a storm, with 60-mile-per-hour winds, destroyed or damaged nearly 50 boats. On Thanksgiving morning 1919, more than 93 vessels were . . . — — Map (db m55214) HM
It was over this building that the American flag was raised by Commodore John Drake Sloat, July 7, 1846, signalizing the passing of California from Mexican rule.
Restored through the efforts of the Native Sons of the Golden West with the . . . — — Map (db m95375) HM
Constructed by the Mexican government during 1927 and 1841 to collect customs duties from foreign shipping when Monterey was the capital of this northern province, and customs duties were Alta California’s principal source of revenue. United States . . . — — Map (db m63307) HM
□ Look out upon these waters.
□ Their recorded history began when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sighted the "Bay of Pines" on Nov. 17, 1542.
□ Sebastian Viscaino was first to touch land Dec. 16, 1602. He claimed the land for . . . — — Map (db m30347) HM
(This series of 35 (36) plaques, inlayed in the brick walkway, extends from Pacific Street to the Great Seal of the State of California in front of Colton hall, at which point the line of plaques turn left.)
The Ancient Ones . . . — — Map (db m63358) HM
For thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans in 1602, the Rumsien people fished Monterey Bay. These native people caught and used nearly every species of fish and shellfish found in the bay. Sea otters, sea lions and seals were dietary . . . — — Map (db m55192) HM
This harbor is the home of....
Monterey's Commerical Fishing Fleet.
It once boasted the largest sardine fishing industry in the world, an industry that flourished until the late 1940's. Commercial fishing was pioneered and developed here by . . . — — Map (db m29859) HM
The Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad, established in 1874, was Monterey's first rail connection to the outside world. Purchased by Southern Pacific in 1879, passenger service soon began allowing the development of Monterey as a tourist . . . — — Map (db m83320) HM
Coast Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
This "Moon Tree" is a Coast Redwood grown from a seed that in January 1971 was carried to the moon and brought back to earth by Major Stuart Roosa, Command Module Pilot for Apollo 14.
The . . . — — Map (db m63500) HM
Monterey's earliest pier of stone built in 1846 gave way to a commercial fishing wharf in the early 1900's when Monterey's multi-million dollar fishing industry was born. Despite many changes the wharf today retains the tone and flavor of the past . . . — — Map (db m30190) HM
Doc, the legend
John Steinbeck used his close friend and collaborator, Edward Ricketts, as a model for the famous fictional character Doc. In the novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday, set in the 1930s and 1940s, the kindly Doc is a gentle, . . . — — Map (db m55142) HM
Victorian home built in 1860 by whaling captain Manuel Perry and his wife Mary de Mello Silva, of Boston. The house remained in the family until 1963. Restored in 1967. — — Map (db m63220) HM
Most of the wooden buildings on Presidio Hill below the Defense Language Institute complex were constructed from 1902 to 1906 by the 15th Infantry under the direction of Army Captain E.H. Plummer. The museum building was originally the post’s . . . — — Map (db m63125) HM
Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard, Jr., United States Navy
November 18, 1924 - July 21, 1998
Naval Officer
Astronaut
First American in space 5, 1961
Commander, Apollo 14 January 31 to February 9, 1971
Walked on the moon - February 5, . . . — — Map (db m226352) HM
Finished in 1849 by Jacinto Rodriguez, member of California’s First Contitutional Convention. Later residence of Antonio Osio, Collector of the Port of Monterey under Governor Alvarado. — — Map (db m63519) HM
Erected in memory of Roger Stanley Fitch
Colonel United States Army, Retired. Founder and president 15 years of the Monterey History and Art Assn, LTD. Commanding Officer, Presidio of Monterey, 1928-1930, Fort Ord, 1941-1943. Member of Rough . . . — — Map (db m196676) HM
The Royal Chapel of San Carlos de Borromeo, founded June 3, 1770, is the only remaining Presidio chapel in California.
Madariaga Adobe * Follow Church St. to Abrego
Cell Phone Tour (831) 718-9123 enter 710 — — Map (db m143524) HM
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:13
This San Carlos parish community gratefully remembers those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during times of war and peace whose . . . — — Map (db m63504) WM
Edward F. Ricketts, owner-operator of Pacific Biological Laboratories, was described by a biographer as “a devoted and rational biologist who sought to uncover scientific truth.” A true renaissance man, Ricketts wrote extensively on a . . . — — Map (db m55145) HM
Named after the “Cloth of Gold” rose bush, the Sherman Rose Inn was built circa 1941 (sic) as a private home. In 1934, J.C. Anthon enlarged the structure for the owners, Spiro and Jennie Catachi, using his signature Carmel stone. The . . . — — Map (db m63479) HM
In the formative days of the Monterey fishing industry, the working boats were too small to carry both a crew and a catch. The fishermen towed a second boat called a “lighter,” which could hold 25 to 60 tons of sardines.
Since the . . . — — Map (db m55163) HM
Location of the original “Sherman Rose Adobe” prior to its relocation to Mesa Road. Robert Louis Stevenson and William Tecumseh Sherman were guests here. — — Map (db m149867) HM
Site of original flagstaff
where the American flag was first raised
by
Commodore John Drake Sloat
on
July, 7th 1846
taking possession of California in the name of
the United States of America
Later ceded to America
under the Treaty . . . — — Map (db m63063) HM
This plaza was once occupied by the restaurant of Jules Simoneau. In late 1879 young Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, the almost unknown, ate his meals hear nearly every day. He was staying in a small room at the nearby rooming house known as . . . — — Map (db m63452) HM
On this spot on July 7, 1846, U.S. Marines and Sailors landed and raised the American flag over the Custom House which stands before you. Mexico and the United States were at war. American forces landing in Monterey claimed 600,000 square miles for . . . — — Map (db m59955) HM
Approximate location of the West wall of the Presidio of Monterey which was established in 1770 to protect the Spanish settlers. — — Map (db m63229) HM
Spanish:
La Armada Argentina
A traves de los estudiantes pretenecientes al consejo Argentino de intercambio estudiantil – CADIE recuedrdan el 161 aniverdario en que el capitan de navio Dn. Hipolito Bouchard hizo flamear el . . . — — Map (db m63074) HM
Since the early 1900's the Monterey Bay has been one of the principal fishing centers along the Pacific Coast. Today, Monterey's fishermen continue to be major contributors to the nation's supply of squid (calamari).
In the early 50's Abalonetti . . . — — Map (db m30162) HM
From 1901 to 1941, much of the eastern portion of Cannery Row’s coastline was occupied by a single estate, Casa de Las Olas, which stretched 1,000 feet along Monterey Bay (top). San Francisco financier Hugh Tevis had it built in 1901 as a wedding . . . — — Map (db m55212) HM
This Monument pays tribute to the many diverse characters vital to the evolution of Cannery Row. Perched atop the rocky outcropping sits Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck, who immortalized Cannery Row with his novel of the same name. He is . . . — — Map (db m81813) HM
The Custom House is the oldest government building in California. From 1822 through 1846, Monterey was both the capital city and primary port of entry for Alta California. Cargos of “everything under the sun” were brought ashore and assessed at the . . . — — Map (db m143526) HM
The Del Mar Canning Company was established in 1927 on this site, the original location of the Bayside Fish & Flour Company, a Japanese-operated reduction plant established in 1916. The Del Mar quickly rose to prominence in the canning industry . . . — — Map (db m55164) HM
Filipinos were attracted in large numbers to California after the 1924 Immigration Act excluded Japanese, who had been the major part of the state’s agricultural labor force. By 1930, as many as 35,000 Pinoys – young, single, male Filipino . . . — — Map (db m55100) HM
The Great Seal of the State of California
designed by
Major Robert Selden Garnett,
U.S. Army,
and adopted by the Constitutional
Convention of 1849 at Monterey.
Commissioned a Brigadier General
in the Confederate States Army
He . . . — — Map (db m33659) HM
While the majority of Monterey’s commercial fishermen in the 1930s were Sicilian, about 10 percent of the fleet were Japanese nationals, some of whom has been fishing the bay since 1900. These Issei – first generation Japanese – came as . . . — — Map (db m55101) HM
This old adobe was originally built in 1847 by David Wight as a home for his family. The floor plan is reported to be based on Wight’s ancestral home in Scotland. The Wights lived in the house only a short time before leaving for the gold fields in . . . — — Map (db m63070) HM
Pictured at the right are scientists Frances Clark, W.I. Scofield, Richard Croker, M.J. Linar and J.B. Philips. Working out of Hopkins Marine Station, this group monitored the growing sardine industry by collecting samples from the canneries and . . . — — Map (db m55140) HM
During World War I and the decade that followed, much of the workforce in the developing sardine industry along Cannery Row was made up of Spanish immigrants, who had fled crushing poverty for the promise of a new life. Many single men sailed from . . . — — Map (db m55103) HM
Robert Louis Stevenson visited Monterey for three and a half months in the fall of 1879. He came to win the hand of Mrs. Fanny Osbourne. During part of his stay, it is believed he occupied the second-floor room of this house, which was then called . . . — — Map (db m68859) HM
(Two markers identify this early California Adobe.)
Built prior to 1843. Home of Underwood and Brown families from 1860-1926. This tablet dedicated to the memory of Margaret Underwood Brown, a loyal native daughter, by Junipero Parlor No. . . . — — Map (db m63352) HM
Thomas Cole, an English sawyer, built this home for his family in 1856. Used over time as a dwelling house, it became the headquarters for the local Nationalist Chinese Political Party in the early 1940’s. — — Map (db m63224) HM
The railroad
A major landmark in the history of the Monterey Peninsula was the Southern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1880, the rail line was intended to bring tourism to this scenic area. In addition to transporting tourists, however, it . . . — — Map (db m55213) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
Brigadier General John Weckerling
1896 - 1989
John Weckerling, the founder of the Defense
Language Institute, had a long and distinguished
career of service to the nation, he joined
the Army in 1917 during . . . — — Map (db m235931) HM
Prior to World War II, only women were allowed to work on cannery lines (top). In some canneries, only “white American women” were allowed to pack fish. Working the lines was considered “women’s work.” Even if there were men . . . — — Map (db m55190) HM
This tree was planted by the Red Cross May 30, 1919 in memory of Monterey’s sons who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War — — Map (db m63550) WM
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus originated as the Hotel Del Monte built in 1880. Following the loss of the first two Stick-style resort hotels in fires, the third Hotel Del Monte opened in May 1926. Designed by associated architects . . . — — Map (db m223754) HM
To Honor the Ingersoll Family and all who served aboard the two USS Ingersolls:
DD-652
1943-1946--WWII
1951-1970--Korea and Vietnam
DD-990
1980-1998—Desert Storm — — Map (db m234805) WM
In 1913 the Young Women's Christian Association founded Asilomar as its first permanent conference grounds for the western United States. Constructed during a time of progressive social and political change for women in California and the United . . . — — Map (db m92870) HM
Decades of logging, grazing, recreation, and foot traffic brought Asilomar's dune ecosystem to the brink of extinction. When the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) established the Asilomar summer camp grounds in 1913, the dunes became a . . . — — Map (db m63773) HM
This property
Centrella Hotel
Has been placed on the
National Resister
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m63665) HM
The first Chautauqua in the west. Organized at Pacific Grove in June 1879, for the presentation of “moral attractions” and “the highest grade of concerts and entertainment.” Known world wide as . . . — — Map (db m63664) HM
You are in the center of what used to be one of the largest Chinese fishing villages on the West Coast. From 1853 to 1906, this was the region's Chinese cultural capital.
The village was unique among Chinese settlements of the time, because it . . . — — Map (db m165547) HM
