1770-1870 A City of Women Monterey's Women of all nationalities gathered and while doing wash provided a medium for information through the "Wash Tub Mail" at Washer Woman's Gulch. It...
1849 FIRST POST OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHED AT MONTEREY The Pacific mail steamer, "California" arrived in Monterey on February 24, 1849. This exciting event brought the first mail to the...
FEW MEMORIAL HALL OF RECORDS THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF MONTEREY BY CHARLES R. FEW AND AGATHA M. FEW 1934
100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TIME CAPSULE PLACED 01 JULY 1994 TO BE OPENED ON 12 APRIL 2033 PRESENTED BY R. ADM. A. FARENHOLT (M.C.) U.S.N NOV. 21, 1933
JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968 "CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN CALIFORNIA IS A POEM, A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE, A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE GATHERED...
Harbormaster L. BROOKS BOWHAY MONTEREY'S FIRST HARBOR MASTER
THIS REDWOOD TREE PLANTED JULY 4, 1966, BY MONTEREY HISTORY & ART ASSOCIATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT AT MONTEREY ON JULY 7, 1846, AND RAIDING THE AMERICAN...
1804 CALIFORNIA DIVIDED Alta California is divided from Baja California and Monterey is named capital of Alta California; it remains under Spanish jurisdiction.
1822 THE HIDE AND TALLOW TRADE Ships from Boston began arriving to purchase hides, often called "California banknotes", and tallow from the mission and ranchos. Two Years Before...
1846 FIRST NEWSPAPER IN CALIFORNIA IS ESTABLISHED IN MONTEREY Robert Semple, participant in the Bear Flag Revolt and later President of the California Constitutional Conventions, and...