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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170P_john-steinbeck-and-the-lara-soto-adobe_Monterey-CA.html
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 Pearl, a parabl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170O_casa-serrano_Monterey-CA.html
Built for an English blacksmith in 1840, and sold to Don Florencio Serrano, a schoolteacher, in 1846. The Monterey History & Art Association was founded here in 1931.
Lara-Soto Adobe * Up and to the rightCapitular Hall * Towards the BayCell Pho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170M_pluck-and-carry_Monterey-CA.html
If we think of volcanoes as mountain builders, then glaciers are mountain remodelers. This lone rock pays tribute to the rearranging forces of glaciers. Glaciers carve, grind, and excavate mountains in ways that geologists easily recognize. This h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170L_monterey-and-salinas-valley-railroad_Monterey-CA.html
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. Abbo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170K_monterey-customhouse_Monterey-CA.html
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 State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16ZC_junipero-oak_Monterey-CA.html
At Monterey, June 3rd1770the ceremony of taking possessionof California for Spain was enacted byFather Junipero Serraunder the shadeof this tree.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YN_de-anza-expedition_Monterey-CA.html
Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista De Anza, decree of Carlos II of Spain, lead an expedition to 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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YM_spanish-presidio_Monterey-CA.html
Approximate location of the West wall of the Presidio of Monterey which was established in 1770 to protect the Spanish settlers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YL_french-consulate_Monterey-CA.html
Built in the Mexican period. Home of J.A. Moerehaut, a French Consul to California.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YJ_merritt-house_Monterey-CA.html
Former home of Josiah Merritt, first judge of Monterey County.