by Mabel Plaskett | Aug 1, 1960 | Plaskett
By Mabel Plaskett Listen to Post Among the earliest settlers along the Coast of Monterey County was Manuel Lopez, who with his wife, came straight from Mexico in about 1870, filed on a homestead and built a house close to the sea just south of Point Lopez....
by Mabel Plaskett | Jun 1, 1960 | Plaskett
By Mabel Plaskett Listen to Post Plaskett Ridge is a broad, open ridge running up from the south end of Pacific Valley toward the summit of the coast range where the Nacimiento road crosses it on the way to the coast road. It lies between Plaskett Creek on...
by Mabel Plaskett | May 1, 1960 | Plaskett
By Mabel Plaskett Listen to Post In a beautiful green valley in Wales, Jonathan Evans lived with his wife and large family in the early 1800’s. As time went on and the family grew he found it...
by Mabel Plaskett | Apr 1, 1960 | Plaskett
By Mabel Plaskett Listen to Post As long ago as 1592 the harbor of San Simeon was called “The Bay of Sardines” by Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo as he made port there on his historic voyage up the west coast....
by Mabel Plaskett | Mar 1, 1960 | Plaskett
By Mabel Plaskett Listen to Post Many tales are told of the early mining days in Los Burros. The fever of excitement was at its peak when Henry F. Melville came in to locate the Melville came in to...
by Mabel Plaskett | Feb 1, 1960 | Plaskett
By Mabel Plaskett Listen to Post When Monterey was only a village a young man named Pete Artellan sailed from his native France to settle in the new land. Among his children was a dark-eyed beauty called Josephine. This young lady grew up and married...
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