City of Monterey Fisherman's Wharf and downtown rooftops, seen from Monterey Bay seen from Monterey Bay Flag of City of Monterey Flag Official seal of City of Monterey Location of Monterey, California Location of Monterey, California City of Monterey is positioned in the US City of Monterey - City of Monterey County Monterey The City of Monterey in Monterey County is positioned on the southern edge of Monterey Bay, in the Northern Portion of California's Central Coast.
Monterey was the capital of Alta California under both Spain and Mexico.
Among Monterey's notable present-day attractions are the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf and the annual Monterey Jazz Festival.
Long before the arrival of Spanish explorers, the Rumsen Ohlone tribe, one of seven linguistically distinct Ohlone groups in California, inhabited the region now known as Monterey. They subsisted by hunting, fishing and gathering food on and around the biologically rich Monterey Peninsula.
Researchers have found a number of shell middens in the region and, based on the archaeological evidence, concluded the Ohlone's major marine food consisted at various times of mussels and abalone. A number of midden sites have been positioned along about 12 miles (19 km) of rocky coast on the Monterey Peninsula from the current site of Fishermans' Wharf in Monterey to Carmel. In 1602, Spanish maritime explorer Sebastian Vizcaino recorded the name "Bahia de Monterrey", which has evolved into Monterey Bay.
Vizcaino also noted and titled the "Point of Pines" (labeled on today's maps as "Point Pinos", the northernmost point of the Monterey Peninsula).
All other uses of the name Monterey derive from Vizcaino's name for the bay.
In 1769, the first European territory exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portola expedition, traveled north from San Diego, seeking Vizcaino's "Port of Monterey" from 167 years earlier.
Portola returned by territory to Monterey the next year, having concluded that he must have been at Vizcaino's Port of Monterey after all.
Portola erected the Presidio of Monterey to defend the port and, on June 3, 1770, Serra established the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo inside the presidio enclosure.
Monterey became the capital of the "Province of Both Californias" in 1777, and the chapel was retitled the Royal Presidio Chapel.
It is the only existing presidio chapel in California and the only surviving building from the initial Monterey Presidio. All shipments into California by sea were required to go through the Custom House, the earliest governmental building in the state and California's Historic Landmark Number One. Built in three phases, the Spanish began assembly of the Custom House in 1814, the Mexican government instead of the center section in 1827, and the United States government rather than the lower end in 1846. Monterey was the site of the Battle of Monterey on July 7, 1846, amid the Mexican-American War.
Flag over the Monterey Custom House and claimed California for the United States.
In addition, many historic "firsts" occurred in Monterey.
These include California's first theater, brick home, publicly funded school, enhance building, enhance library, and printing press, which printed The Californian, California's first newspaper.
Larkin House, one of Monterey State Historic Park's National Historic Landmarks, assembled in the Mexican reconstructionby Thomas Oliver Larkin, is an early example of Monterey Colonial architecture.
The Monterey postal service opened in 1849. Monterey was incorporated in 1889. Monterey had long been famous for the abundant fishery in Monterey Bay.
In addition to painters, many noted authors have also lived in and around the Monterey area, including John Steinbeck, Robinson Jeffers, Robert A.
In November 1995, California Governor Pete Wilson proclaimed Monterey as "The Language Capital of the World". Birds along a modern sea wall near the Coast Guard Station, which borders the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary The Monterey Bay fault, which tracks three miles (4.8 km) to the north, is also active, as is the Palo Colorado fault seven miles (11.3 km) to the south.
Monterey Bay's maximum credible tsunami for a 100-year rebuildinghas been figured as a wave nine feet (2.7 m) high.
The town/city is adjoining to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a federally protected ocean region extending 276 mi (444 km) along the coast.
Sometimes this sanctuary is confused with the small-town bay which is also termed Monterey Bay.
Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area, Portuguese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area, Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area, Lovers Point State Marine Reserve, Edward F.
Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area and Asilomar State Marine Reserve are marine protected areas established by the state of California in Monterey Bay.
The California sea otter, a threatened subspecies, inhabits the small-town Monterey Bay marine surrounding, and a field station of The Marine Mammal Center is positioned in Monterey to support sea rescue operations in this section of the California coast.
Monterey is home to some endangered bird species: the California clapper rail, found in salt marshes; plus the California brown pelican and the Yuma Ridgway's rail, both of whose surroundings are dunes and rocky headlands.
Monterey Wharf and Harbor region There is a range of natural surrounding in Monterey: littoral zone and sand dunes; closed-cone pine forest; and Monterey Cypress.
There are no dairy farms in the town/city of Monterey; the semi-hard cheese known as Monterey Jack originated in close-by Carmel Valley, California, and is titled after businessman and territory speculator David Jack.
The closed-cone pine surrounding is dominated by Monterey pine, Knobcone pine and Bishop pine, and contains the rare Monterey manzanita.
In the early 20th century the botanist Willis Linn Jepson characterized Monterey Peninsula's forests as the "most meaningful silva ever", and encouraged Samuel F.B.
Other rare plants in Monterey include Hutchinson's delphinium, Tidestrom lupine, Gardner's yampah and Monterey Knotweed, the latter perhaps already extinct.
Monterey's noise pollution has been mapped to define the principal sources of noise and to ascertain the areas of the populace exposed to momentous levels.
Principal sources are the Monterey Regional Airport, State Route 1 and primary arterial streets such as Munras Avenue, Fremont Street, Del Monte Boulevard, and Camino Aguajito.
While most of Monterey is a quiet residentiary city, a moderate number of citizens in the northern part of the town/city are exposed to airplane noise at levels in excess of 60 d - B on the Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) scale.
Monterey is positioned in Central Coast, surrounded by a several cities and regions: Pacific Grove Monterey Bay Sand City, Seaside The climate of Monterey is regulated by its adjacency to the Pacific Ocean resulting in a cool-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification: Csb).
Monterey's average high temperatures range from around 14 C (57 F) in winter to 21 C (70 F) amid the summer months.
The extreme moderation is further underlined by the fact that Monterey is on a similar latitude in California as Death Valley the hottest region in the world.
During winter, snow occasionally falls in the higher elevations of the Santa Lucia Mountains and Gabilan Mountains that overlook Monterey, but snow in Monterey itself is extremely rare.
In March 2006, a total of 3.2 inches (81 mm) fell in Monterey, including 2.2 inches (56 mm) on March 10, 2006.
Monterey is the home of the Monterey Museum of Art, its annex exhibition La Mirada and the Salvador Dali Museum.
There are a several commercial arcades positioned in the historic precinct of Cannery Row, New Monterey and Customs House Plaza. Monterey is also the site of various waterfront arts and crafts celebrations held in the Custom House Plaza at the top of Fisherman's Wharf.
Artists who have made the region their home have encompassed John Steinbeck, who interval up in Salinas and lived many years in close-by Pacific Grove, as well as very briefly in the town/city of Monterey.
Steinbeck immortalized Monterey in his novels Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat, and East of Eden.
While visiting with the group, San Francisco disc jockey Jimmy Lyons suggested holding a jazz celebration in Monterey, which eventually became the Monterey Jazz Festival. In 1879 Robert Louis Stevenson spent a short time in Monterey at the French Hotel while writing The Amateur Emigrant, "The Old Pacific Capital," and "Vendetta of the West." The Monterey Jazz Festival began in 1958, presenting such artists as Louie Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Billie Holiday, and now claims to be "the longest running jazz festival in the world" (since the Newport Jazz Festival moved locations). In June 1967 the town/city was the venue of the Monterey Pop Festival.
Formally known as the Monterey International Pop Music Festival the three-day concert event was held June 16 to June 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds.
The Monterey Pop Festival embodied the themes of San Francisco as a focal point for the counterculture and is generally regarded as one of the beginnings of the "Summer of Love" in 1967. It also became the template for future music festivals, prominently the Woodstock Festival two years later.
In 1986, the Monterey Blues Festival was created and has run continuously for over two decades. The building in which the first paid enhance dramatic entertainment in California is positioned in Monterey and is called, appropriately, "California's First Theater".
Between 1847 and 1848 a several detachments of soldiers were stationed in Monterey and some of the sailors approached Swan with a proposition to lease a section of his building for use as a theater and cash making venture a proposal that Swan accepted.
In 1896, Swan died and the building was abandoned until 1906 when it was purchased by the California Historic Landmarks League, who deeded it to the State of California.
It re-opened in 1960 in a new locale on Alvarado Street (formerly "The Monterey Theater") and in 1963 was retitled "The Old Monterey Opera House".
Designed by Ariss, the new Wharf Theater opened its doors on December 3, 1976, with a improve theater manufacturing of Guys and Dolls, directed by Monterey Peninsula College Drama Department chairman, Morgan Stock.
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula 1,000 to 4,999 Monterey Bay Aquarium 250 to 499 City of Monterey 250 to 499 Other private zone employers based in Monterey include Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, and Mapleton Communications.
Additional military facilities in Monterey include the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, and the United States Naval Research Laboratory - Monterey.
Monterey is governed by a mayor and 4 town/city council members, all propel by the public. The City of Monterey provides base maintenance support services for the Presidio of Monterey and the Naval Postgraduate School, including streets, parks, and building maintenance.
Additional support services include traffic engineering, inspections, assembly engineering and universal management. This innovative partnership has turn into known as the "Monterey Model" and is now being adopted by communities athwart the country.
Monterey is represented on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Mary Adams. In the California State Legislature, Monterey is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning, and the 29th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mark Stone. In the United States House of Representatives, Monterey is part of California's 20th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta. See also: Media in Monterey County Local newspapers include the Monterey County Herald and the Monterey County Weekly.
There are a several establishments of college studies in the area: the Defense Language Institute, positioned on the Presidio of Monterey, California; the Naval Postgraduate School, on the site of a former resort hotel; the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (a graduate school of Middlebury College); and Monterey Peninsula College, part of the California Community Colleges system.
California State University, Monterey Bay and the Monterey College of Law are positioned at the site of the former Fort Ord in neighboring Seaside.
CSU Monterey Bay has advanced several programs in marine and watershed sciences.
The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District operates a high school, a middle school and three elementary schools. Private schools include Santa Catalina School (girls, co-ed elementary and middle school) and Trinity Christian High School (co-ed).
The town/city is serviced by California State Route 1, also known as the Cabrillo Highway, as it runs along the coastline of the rest of Monterey Bay to the north and Big Sur to the south.
Monterey Regional Airport joins the town/city to the large urbane areas in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
The command posts of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California is in Monterey, and one of the mostly several Oratorian communities in the USA is positioned in the city.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Monterey had a populace of 27,810.
The ethnic makeup of Monterey was 21,788 (78.3%) White, 777 (2.8%) African American, 149 (0.5%) Native American, 2,204 (7.9%) Asian, 91 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 1,382 (5.0%) from other competitions, and 1,419 (5.1%) from two or more competitions.
The town/city is served by Monterey Regional Airport, and small-town bus Service is provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit.
The town/city government's Recreation and Community Services department runs the Monterey Sports Center. Main article: Monterey County attractions View of the Monterey Aquarium from the Pacific Ocean Monterey is well known for the abundance and range of its marine life, which includes sea lions, sea otters, harbor seals, bat rays, kelp forests, pelicans and dolphins and a several species of whales.
Only a several miles offshore is the Monterey Canyon, the biggest and deepest (3.2 km) underwater canyon off the Pacific coast of North America, which grants scientists access to the deep sea inside hours. The cornucopia of marine life makes Monterey a prominent destination for scuba divers of all abilities ranging from novice to expert.
Monterey is home to one of the biggest aquariums in North America, namely the Monterey Bay Aquarium, as well as a several marine science laboratories, including Hopkins Marine Station.
Monterey's historic Fisherman's Wharf was constructed in 1845,reconstructed in 1870 and is now a commercial shopping and restaurant precinct with a several whale watching entities operating at the end of its pier.
Monterey is home to a several exhibitions and more than thirty carefully preserved historic buildings.
Most of these buildings are adobes assembled in the mid-1800s, many are exhibitions, but only open amid Monterey's adobe tour.
Adobes and historic structures that are open regularly are the Cooper Molera Adobe, Robert Louis Stevenson House, Casa Serrano, The Perry House, The Customs House, Colton Hall, Mayo Hayes O'Donnell Library and The First Brick House. Monterey boasts a very active art exhibition, the Monterey Museum of Art and its annex exhibition La - Mirada, which specializes in Early California Impressionist painting, photography, as well as, Contemporary art.
Cannery Row is the historic industrialized precinct positioned on the ocean just west of downtown Monterey.
It remained largely empty from the 1950s until the late 1980s when the Monterey Bay Aquarium took in part of the Hovden Cannery.
The Aquarium revitalized this neighborhood and it is now the number one tourist destination on the Monterey Peninsula.
A no-charge shuttle, The Wave, runs visitors between downtown Monterey and the Aquarium with stops in-between year round.
Lake El Estero is a prominent Monterey park.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a motorsport track near Monterey that has been used by formula, sports car and motorcycle series such as Champ Car, IMSA GT Championship, American Le Mans Series, Moto - GP and Superbike World Championship.
Other attractions inside easy reach of Monterey include: Josh Billings, pen name for Henry Wheeler Shaw, second most famous humorist (after Mark Twain) of the mid-to-late 19th century, died at Monterey Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author and poet, famous for writing The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, lived in Monterey amid the 1870s Monterey State Historic Park a b "Monterey - Language Capital of the World".
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