S.S. Los Angeles Shipwreck at Point Sur

In 1873 the S.S. Los Angeles was wrecked on the rocks off Point Sur. Dr. John Roberts rode from Monterey in three-and-a-half hours to find 150 victims - some alive and clinging to the rocks, others dead and washed up on the beach. This disaster so horrified the people of the area that the idea of building a lighthouse took root in their minds.