The Weekly is publishing a series of historic writings by people who spent time in Monterey County long ago. Look for stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and William Brewer in multiple parts; additional installments will be added here as they appear in print.
“Go where you will, you have but to pause and listen to hear the voice of the Pacific… ”
Nothing is stranger in that strange state than the rapidity with which the soil has changed hands…
“On passing the Santa Lucia the entire aspect of the country changed. It was as if we had passed into another land and another clime…”
Camp 31, Guadalupe Ranch. May 12, 1861 ~
Monterey~ May 17.
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