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MONTEREY , a See also:city of Monterey See also:county, See also:California, U.S.A., on the Pacific See also:coast, about 90 M. in a straight See also:line S. by E. from See also:San Francisco, at the S.E. extremity of the Gulf of Monterey, a See also:great open See also:bay 22 M. wide from headland to headland and facing S.W. The See also:harbour is protected by a See also:peninsula extending N.W. Pop. (1900), 1748, largely of See also:Spanish descent; (1910) 4923; It is served by the See also:Southern Pacific railroad, and for See also:freight by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. It is built in an See also:amphitheatre. formed by gently sloping See also:pine-clad hills. In 1881 the Southern Pacific See also:Company erected the Del See also:Monte hotel, with beautiful grounds several See also:miles in extent, and since then the city has come to be one of the favourite resorts of the Pacific coast. The difference between the mean temperatures of the coldest and warmest months of the See also:year (rarely below 470 or above 66° F. respectively) is from 1o° to 20°; while the thermometer rarely registers below freezing or above 8o° F. Within the city limits there is a See also:United States See also:Army See also:post, the Presidio of Monterey, with a musketry school. There are sardine canneries here and See also:good See also:salmon and other fishing; some salmon are shipped to See also:Germany to be smoked. In 1907 the See also:south See also:side of the Gulf of Monterey was made by the See also:state legislature into a preserve for squid and other See also:food for salmon. To San Francisco, See also:Hawaii, See also:Alaska, and elsewhere, Monterey See also:ships annually about 6o,000 tons of crude oil, piped here into great See also:steel tanks from the Coalinga oil See also:fields 112 M. away. See also:Sand See also:lime See also:brick is manufactured here,
Before the coming of the Americans, Monterey was the gayest and most ambitious city of California. It was discovered by See also:Sebastian Vizcaino in See also:December 1602, and was named in See also:honour of the then See also:viceroy of New See also:Spain. For a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time all trace was lost of Monterey, but in May 1770 the bay was found again by Junipero Serra and See also:Captain Gaspar de Portola. The San See also:Carlos See also:mission of the See also:Franciscans was founded on the 3rd of See also:June 1770, and a presidio was completed in 1778. Near Monterey, in See also:Carmel Valley, whither the mission was almost immediately removed, See also:Father Junipero built a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, in which his remains now See also:rest. In 1891 a statue, representing Junipero stepping from a See also:boat, was erected on the site of the old Mexican fort, on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill near the landing-See also:place of both Vizcaino and Junipero. Monterey necessarily played a prominent See also:part in the jealousies that divided the See also:north and south; the rivalry of Los Angeles for the dignity of See also:capital being a powerful See also:influence in politics from 1827-1846. In 1845 Los Angeles gained the See also:prize, but in 1847 the See also:American authorities again made Monterey the capital. Even in these years the See also:treasury, See also:custom-See also:house and military headquarters had remained at Monterey. In 1818 it was captured and momentarily held by a Buenos Aires See also:privateer. Here, in 1842, See also:Commodore T. ap C. See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones raised the See also:flag of the United States for a See also:day, and here on the 7th of See also:July 1846, Commodore J. D. Sloat again raised the same flag, which this time was not to come down again. The first American newspaper on the Pacific coast was published at Monterey; and the See also:convention that framed the first constitution of the state met here in See also:September 1849 in Colton See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, still See also:standing and originally built for a schoolhouse by See also:Walter D. Colton, the first See also:alcalde under American See also:rule. Monterey was never the capital of the new state, and its importance declined after the See also:discovery of See also:gold near See also:Sacramento, San Francisco becoming the leading city. In 1872 the county-seat was removed from Monterey to Salinas. For many years Monterey remained one of the most Spanish towns of California, and though tourists have somewhat disturbed its See also:peace and checked its decay, it still retains much of the See also:quaint aspect and the drowsy contentment of spirit of Mexican days. Since 1900 the See also:population has considerably increased.
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