...a leisure walk down hill. Just outside Monterey's
Colton Hall we find many answers to questions we might have had or not.
So where did Monterey get it's name?
Monterey was named after Gasper de
Zuniga y Azevego, Count de Monte Rey, Viceroy of New Spain.
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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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