126 entries match your criteria. Entries 101 through 126 are listed here. ⊲ Previous 100
Historical Markers and War Memorials in Monterey
Monterey, California and Vicinity
▶ Monterey County (222) ▶ Fresno County (111) ▶ Kings County (7) ▶ San Benito County (46) ▶ San Luis Obispo County (89) ▶ Santa Cruz County (107)
Touch name on list to highlight map location.
Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Corporal Ewing Road. |
| | To commemorate the taking possession of California by Commodore John Drake Sloat United States Navy July 7 1846 — — Map (db m72042) 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 |
| On Church Streeet east of Abrega Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Houston Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | House where Robert Louis Stevenson lived in the latter part of 1879. — — Map (db m143525) HM |
| On Hartnell Street just south of Polk Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built by James Stokes in the early 1840’s. Scene of many dramatic incidents in the late Mexican and early American periods — — Map (db m63447) HM |
| Near Corporal Ewing Road. |
| |
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 |
| On Cannery Row, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near Monterey Peninsula Recreational Trail. |
| | 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 . . . — — 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 |
| On Tyler Street just south of Bonifacio Place, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Mexican era home of Jose Mariano Estrada family
Later became early inn of Monterey
Wooden third story added 1881 — Map (db m63516) HM |
| Near Bruce Ariss Way near Recreation Trail. |
| | 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 |
| On Pacific Street near Jefferson Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near Bruce Ariss Way at Recreation Trail. |
| | 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 |
| Near Cannery Row at Bruce Aris Way (Irving Avenue). |
| | 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 |
| On Houston Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Madison Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (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 |
| On Dutra Street at King Street, on the left when traveling north on Dutra Street. |
| | Former family home of Tuburcio Vasquez, colorful bandit .
Originally a one-story adobe. — — Map (db m143527) HM |
| | Built in 1847 by David Wight. Headquarters of Old Monterey Whaling Company 1855 – circa 1885. — — Map (db m63071) HM |
| On Cannery Row at Prescott Avenue on Cannery Row. |
| | 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 |
| Near Pacific Street near Madison Street. |
| | 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 |
126 entries matched your criteria. Entries 101 through 126 are listed above. ⊲ Previous 100
RSS Feed