The discovery of gold in the foothills near Sacramento stopped Monterey's growth
in 1848.
Without the peoples' run to the gold fields
Monterey would never have been able to escape the fast paced city growth. Most
likely Monterey would have become just another Los Angeles or San Francisco...
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important landmarks in Monterey's historic past :
The Great Seal Of The State of California | Ancient
times | Ohlones
| 1542 Cabrillo |
1602 Port named | 1770
Portola | 1775
Spanish Capital | 1776
De Anza | 1793-94
El Castillo | 1794
Royal Presidio Chapel | 1804
Alta California | 1818
De Bouchard | 1822
Mexican Independence | 1822
California Banknotes | 1827
Custom House | 1828
Port of Entry | 1842
Jones | 1846 J.D.
Sloat | Americans
| 1846 The Californian
| 1848 Gold | 1849
Colton Hall | 1849
Library | 1849
Constitution | 1850
Statehood | Mexicans
| Wildflowers |
Land Mammals | Mollusks
| Fishing | 1999
Sesquicentennial |
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