IMAGES OF AMERICA: MONTEREY WATERFRONT
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On Monterey's waterfront, the words sardine, salmon, mackerel, pompano, albacore, abalone, flounder, and squid were music to the ears of fisherman. With its deep underwater canyon, Monterey Bay hosted a sea-life jamboree long before native Rumsien set out in small tule boats to harvest its bounty. It has sounded a siren call to fishermen and biologists ever since. Chineses fisheren pioneered modern commercial fishing in the 1850s, clustering in villages along Monterey's rugged coast. The cry "Baleia!" sounded through town, summoning Portuguese whalers to their longboats. Japanese divers in primitive hard-hat gear brought a sea snail called abalone to national sttention, while Sicilians earned Monterey the title "sardine capital of the world." The railroad opened the way for visitors to discover this natural coastal paradise, now a tourist mecca.
Author Tim Thomas, a fourth generation Monterey native, is historian and director of public programs at the Monterey History and Art Association/Monterey Maritime and History Museum. His experience includes a decade spent working at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and 20 years researching fisheries and the cultural history of the bay. Dennis Copeland is the archivist for the Monterey Public Library. This colorful and entertaining pictoral
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
Author Tim Thomas, a fourth generation Monterey native, is historian and director of public programs at the Monterey History and Art Association/Monterey Maritime and History Museum. His experience includes a decade spent working at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and 20 years researching fisheries and the cultural history of the bay. Dennis Copeland is the archivist for the Monterey Public Library. This colorful and entertaining pictoral
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
