MONTEREY  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Monterey See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, U.S.A., on the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, about 90 M. in a straight See also:

• LINE

line S. by E. from See also:

• SAN

San Francisco, at the S.E. extremity of the Gulf of Monterey, a See also:

• GREAT

great open See also:

• BAY

bay 22 M. wide from headland to headland and facing S.W . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is protected by a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula extending N.W . Pop . (1900), 1748, largely of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish descent; (1910) 4923; It is served by the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Pacific railroad, and for See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co . It is built in an See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre. formed by gently sloping See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine-clad hills . In 1881 the Southern Pacific See also:

• COMPANY

Company erected the Del See also:

• MONTE

Monte hotel, with beautiful grounds several See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

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

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

United States See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army See also:

• POST

post, the Presidio of Monterey, with a musketry school . There are sardine canneries here and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon and other fishing; some salmon are shipped to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany to be smoked . In 1907 the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Gulf of Monterey was made by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature into a preserve for squid and other See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food for salmon . To San Francisco, See also:

• HAWAII (HAWAIIAN or SANDWICH ISLANDS)

Hawaii, See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska, and elsewhere, Monterey See also:

• SHIPS

ships annually about 6o,000 tons of crude oil, piped here into great See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel tanks from the Coalinga oil See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields 112 M. away . See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

Sand See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

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
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian Vizcaino in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1602, and was named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the then See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of New See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

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 (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Gaspar de Portola . The San See also:

• CARLOS, DON (1545-1568)
• CARLOS, DON (1788-1855)
• CARLOS, DON (CHARLES MARIA DE LOS DOLORES JUAN ISIDOR.E JOSEPH FRANCIS QUIRIN ANTONY MICHAEL GABRIEL RAPHAEL) (1848—1909)

Carlos See also:

• MISSION

mission of the See also:

• FRANCISCANS (otherwise called Friars Minor, or Minorites; also the Seraphic Order ; and in England Grey Friars, from the colour of the habit, which, however, is now brown rather than grey)

Franciscans was founded on the 3rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1770, and a presidio was completed in 1778 . Near Monterey, in See also:

• CARMEL

Carmel Valley, whither the mission was almost immediately removed, See also:

• FATHER

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 (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . In 1891 a statue, representing Junipero stepping from a See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

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 (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of both Vizcaino and Junipero . Monterey necessarily played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the jealousies that divided the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and south; the rivalry of Los Angeles for the dignity of See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital being a powerful See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in politics from 1827-1846 . In 1845 Los Angeles gained the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, but in 1847 the See also:

• AMERICAN

American authorities again made Monterey the capital . Even in these years the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and military headquarters had remained at Monterey . In 1818 it was captured and momentarily held by a Buenos Aires See also:

• PRIVATEER

privateer . Here, in 1842, See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

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 (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag of the United States for a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and here on the 7th of See also:

• JULY

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 (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention that framed the first constitution of the state met here in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

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

standing and originally built for a schoolhouse by See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter D . Colton, the first See also:

• ALCALDE (from the Arab. al-quadi, the " Cadi " or judge ")

alcalde under American See also:

• RULE

rule . Monterey was never the capital of the new state, and its importance declined after the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold near See also:

• SACRAMENTO

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
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and checked its decay, it still retains much of the See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint aspect and the drowsy contentment of spirit of Mexican days . Since 1900 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population has considerably increased .