Monterey, California
Monterey County · Population 30,218 · Card no. 6960
The capital of Spanish and Mexican California, with an adobe-lined old town and a cannery row made famous by Steinbeck.
- California's constitution was written at Colton Hall in 1849.
- The sardine canneries collapsed in the 1950s and the aquarium now occupies one.
- The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 introduced Hendrix and Joplin to America.
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