California, Monterey County, Monterey
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This plaza was once occupied by the restaurant of Jules Simoneau. In late 1879 young Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, the almost unknown, ate his meals hear nearly every day. He was staying in a small room at the nearby rooming house known as the French Hotel. Stevenson and Simoneau spent much time together, playing chess and talking philosophically “upon all things divine and human.”
Although Stevenson left Monterey after four months, never to return, he and Simoneau remained friends throughout Stevenson’s years of fame as the author of many literary classics, including Treasure Island, A Child’s Garden of Verses and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. While in Monterey, Stevenson wrote Pavilion on the Links, the greater part of The Amateur Immigrant and several other works. After leaving Monterey, Stevenson wrote The Old Pacific Capital, an essay about Monterey and vicinity. The rooming house where Stevenson stayed is now known as the Stevenson House and is open to the public.
“In my little restaurant at Monterey, we have sat down to table, day after day, a Frenchman, two Portuguese, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Scotsman: we had for common visitor’s an American from Illinois, a nearly pure-blood Indian woman, and a naturalised Chinese; and from time to time a Switzer and a German came down from country ranches for the night.”
From The Old Pacific Capital, 1880
“Out of all my private recollections of remembered inns and restaurants... one particular house of entertainment stands forth alone... Simoneau’s at Monterey.”
from Simoneau’s at Monterey, 1880.
“I am very sure... I shall never find another landlord like my papa Simoneau. I was the spoiled child of the house; when my appetite failed, he broke his heart to find me dainties; if there was anything delicate in Monterey, papa Simoneau was sure to have some of it laid by for his favorite boarder. And then the talks that we had... the studies that we made in chess... the long pleasant evenings by the stove!”
from Simoneau’s at Monterey, 1880
“I shall never forget the good times we had together, the many long talks, the games of chess, the flute on occasion and the excellent food.”
from Stevenson letter to Simoneau, late 1883.
Installed in the year 2000, in Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson’s birth. Through the courtesy of the Robert Louis Stevenson Club of Monterey and the City of Monterey.
(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
This plaza was once occupied by the restaurant of Jules Simoneau. In late 1879 young Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, the almost unknown, ate his meals hear nearly every day. He was staying in a small room at the nearby rooming house known as the French Hotel. Stevenson and Simoneau spent much time together, playing chess and talking philosophically “upon all things divine and human.”Although Stevenson left Monterey after four months, never to return, he and Simoneau remained friends throughout Stevenson’s years of fame as the author of many literary classics, including Treasure Island, A Child’s Garden of Verses and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. While in Monterey, Stevenson wrote Pavilion on the Links, the greater part of The Amateur Immigrant and several other works. After leaving Monterey, Stevenson wrote The Old Pacific Capital, an essay about Monterey and vicinity. The rooming house where Stevenson stayed is now known as the Stevenson House and is open to the public.
“In my little restaurant at Monterey, we have sat down to table, day after day, a Frenchman, two Portuguese, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Scotsman: we had for common visitor’s an American from Illinois, a nearly pure-blood Indian woman, and a naturalised Chinese; and from time to time a Switzer and a German came down from country ranches for the night.”
From The Old Pacific Capital, 1880
“Out of all my private recollections of remembered inns and restaurants... one particular house of entertainment stands forth alone... Simoneau’s at Monterey.”
from Simoneau’s at Monterey, 1880.
“I am very sure... I shall never find another landlord like my papa Simoneau. I was the spoiled child of the house; when my appetite failed, he broke his heart to find me dainties; if there was anything delicate in Monterey, papa Simoneau was sure to have some of it laid by for his favorite boarder. And then the talks that we had... the studies that we made in chess... the long pleasant evenings by the stove!”
from Simoneau’s at Monterey, 1880
“I shall never forget the good times we had together, the many long talks, the games of chess, the flute on occasion and the excellent food.”
from Stevenson letter to Simoneau, late 1883.
Installed in the year 2000, in Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson’s birth. Through the courtesy of the Robert Louis Stevenson Club of Monterey and the City of Monterey.
(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Behind these adobe walls, you will meet the John Rogers Cooper Family, who witnessed the changes in Monterey from its days as a capitol of Mexican California through statehood in 1850. Captain Cooper was from New England, immigrated to California and married into a Mexican family. As a ship captain Cooper traveled extensively trading in hides, tallow, general merchandise and sea otter pelts.
House where Robert Louis Stevenson lived in the latter part of 1879.
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
The people of the Second Royal Spanish Presidio supported the American Colonies through their military preparedness and financial contributions following the Royal Spanish Decree of June 21, 1779. Their support directly aided the victory and independence of the United States of America.
Señor Jose Abrego constructed this adobe structure in 1834.
Huntington Park
On this site in 1872, General David D. Colton, a railroad attorney, built one of the most elaborate residences ever seen in San Francisco. The classic white wooden mansion featured an entry flight of marble steps leading to a portico of Corinthian columns. General Colton, his wife, and his two daughters entertained in the mansion with style and splendor. General Colton died in 1878 and shortly thereafter his widow, Ellen, closed the mansion and moved to Washington, D.C.
To The Memory And Honor Of
Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the third in a series of missions founded in Alta California by Father Junípero Serra. Its picturesque setting makes it one of today's most outstanding examples of early mission life.
When Mt. Mazama collapsed about 6,800 years ago, it left behind evidences of its former self. Like X-ray photos the steep caldera walls reveal the interior of Mt. Mazama before its fall. From this point several pre-collapse volcanic features can be identified.
About 6,800 years ago, at the climax of a series of dramatic eruptions, the top of Mt. Mazama collapsed. Left behind was the huge crater, or caldera, you see today. But before the caldera filled with water, there were more eruptions.
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Williamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous “last leg” of the Oregon Trail down the treacherous Columbia River.
This marks the site
“Peaceable if you can, forcibly if you must,” ordered Indian Agent T. B. Odeneal. The U.S. Army garrison’s task was to bring the Modocs and their leader, Captain Jack, back to the reservation. His refusal started the Modoc War in the fall of 1872.
Named to memorialize the presence
