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 . . . — — Map (db m26646) HM
On September 26, 1836, Teodoro Gonzalez received a grant to the 15,218.62 acre Rancho Rincon de la Puente de Monte (“nook of the point of the woods”). Teodoro’s sons, Alfredo and Mariano, laid out a town on the Rancho and assured its . . . — — Map (db m64256) HM
Welcome to the Casa del Oro Garden
The name of this garden means "House of Gold" and reflects the history of Old Monterey. The Joseph Boston Store, which anchors the garden, served as a storehouse for gold brought back by miners during the . . . — — Map (db m296410) HM
When the land expedition of Alta California led by Captain Gaspar de Portola passed through this valley in 1769, they reached the Pájaro River, which they named for a large straw-stuffed bird (pájaro in Spanish) with a wing span of six feet . . . — — Map (db m54863) HM
After the California gold discovery in 1848, the rush was on from all parts of the nation to the mining regions of the West Coast. In early 1849, a young man named John Howard Watson arrived in California to seek his fortune. Stories have been . . . — — Map (db m21201) HM
This Healing Totem is a gift of peace and hope to the people of New York City from the youths of the One Voice Arts & Leadership Program of Monterey County, California, in commemoration of the attack on the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. . . . — — Map (db m193255) HM WM
Operated by Hiram Cory, this was one of the first ferries to cross the Salinas River. The Monterey County Board of Supervisors regulated the toll, which was, in 1877:
Buggy and horse, 25 cents:
Buggy and horses, 37˝ cents:
Four horses and . . . — — Map (db m224487) HM
The Castro/Breen adobe is associated with the early development and settlement of Mexican California. The adobe is an excellent example of blended eastern and western building methods first produced in Monterey to form the Monterey Colonial . . . — — Map (db m82243) HM
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, 381st Infantry, 96th Infantry Division, was born at Eagle, WI. on July 6th, 1922. He entered the service at Soldiers Grove, WI. in October, 1942. While serving his country in Okinawa, . . . — — Map (db m32769) HM
On November 19, 1868, the newly-formed San Justo Homestead Association initiated the formation of Hollister through the purchase of 21,000 acres of the former Rancho San Justo from
William Welles Hollister. The association assured the prosperity of . . . — — Map (db m203278) 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
Constructed in 1827 by the Mexican government to collect custom duties from foreign shipping, a principal revenue source when Monterey was the capital of Alta California, Mexico's northernmost province. Thomas O. Larkin, US consul to Alta . . . — — Map (db m82186) HM
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With the Santa Lucia, Gabilan mountain ranges and Pinnacles National Monument as the backdrop, Soledad has a rich history rooted in the original Spanish Mission land grants of early California. Soledad's original agricultural base was . . . — — Map (db m41124) HM
This rancho was a grant from the Mexican goverment to Jose, Maria, Mejia and Juan Perez Pacheco made November 4, 1843 and signed by Manuel Micheltorena, Mexican governor of the Californias.
The grant contained eleven square . . . — — Map (db m247293) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m27098) HM
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