De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers .. . joyed. A short distance from the hotel groundson the beach towards the old town of Monterey, is thebathing pavilion, where the bather can enjoy a coldplunge, or a tempered bath, or a dip in the surf is to behad. The hotel itself, of magnificent proportions, con-tains over 500 rooms, is 380 feet long by 115 feet inwidth, with an east and west annex 280x40. Monterey is one mile distant, and can be reached bytrain or street-car. MONTEREY PoP^ilation 1,748 (1900). Here we seethe relics o
De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers .. . joyed. A short distance from the hotel groundson the beach towards the old town of Monterey, is thebathing pavilion, where the bather can enjoy a coldplunge, or a tempered bath, or a dip in the surf is to behad. The hotel itself, of magnificent proportions, con-tains over 500 rooms, is 380 feet long by 115 feet inwidth, with an east and west annex 280x40. Monterey is one mile distant, and can be reached bytrain or street-car. MONTEREY PoP^ilation 1,748 (1900). Here we seethe relics of the past mingled with thepresent, for it was at this quaint old town that the Span-iards settled in the year 1770. It is one of the oldestsettlements on the coast. Here it was that Don Sebas-tian Viscaino in 1602 landed, taking possession of thecountry for King Philip III of Spain, under whose ordershe had sailed. He named the place Monterey in honorof Gaspar de Zuniga, the Count of Monterey, the Span-ish Viceroy of Mexico; but it was not until 1769, whenGaspar de Portola, governor of Monterey, and party. TO MONTERElir TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 135 came overland from San Diego, that the place was againsettled. In the following year, June 3, 1770, Father JuniperoSerra arrived on the vessel San Antonio, also fromSan Diego, On a slight eminence off the road towardsPacific Grove is to be seen a monument erected by Stanford to commemorate his landing; at the baseof the hill is a wooden cross showing the exact place oflanding. Coming into town, we see near the wharf the
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