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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YH_thomas-cole-house_Monterey-CA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YF_earthquake-bell_Monterey-CA.html
This bell was salvaged from the ruins of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco and hung at the McMenamin's Mission Inn. Robert C. Littlefield acquired it in 1961 and placed it in his garden home.His widow Patricia donated it to the Sensory Gard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YD_perry-house_Monterey-CA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UP_don-caspar-de-portol_Monterey-CA.html
On June 3, 1770near this spotDon Caspar de Portol?Soldier Explorer Patriotof SpainFoundedthe Presidio and settlementofMonterey
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UN_whaling-station_Monterey-CA.html
Built in 1847 by David Wight. Headquarters of Old Monterey Whaling Company 1855 - circa 1885.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UM_the-old-whaling-station_Monterey-CA.html
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 i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UI_first-brick-house_Monterey-CA.html
First brick house in California. Built by the Dickinson family in 1847, of brick kilned in Monterey.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UG_crescent-brand-sardine-company_Monterey-CA.html
On this site stood the first sardine cannery in Monterey, the Crescent Brand Sardine Company. The Cannery was founded by F.E. Booth, who was one of the original pioneers of the Monterey Sardine Industry. The Monterey Commercial Property Owners …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UF_site-of-original-flagstaff_Monterey-CA.html
Site of original flagstaffwhere the American flag was first raisedbyCommodore John Drake SloatonJuly, 7th 1846taking possession of California in the name ofthe United States of AmericaLater ceded to Americaunder the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgoon F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UD_the-custom-house_Monterey-CA.html
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 th…
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