Home of Firsts
Monterey is home to many of California’s firsts including California’s first theater, brick house, publicly funded school, public building, public library, and printing press, which printed The Californian, California’s first newspaper.
Tee Time Anyone?
The Monterey Peninsula is a world-renown golf destination with 26 public and private courses. Three courses located in Pebble Beach—Spyglass, Poppy Hills and Pebble Beach itself—are consistently ranked among the top ten courses in the nation.
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Sardine Capitol of the World
Not only known as the sardine Capitol of the world, Monterey provided this plentiful and inexpensive high protein food to troops during World War II.
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Seafood Watch Stickers
Next time you’re at Whole Foods in the seafood section, look for Seafood Watch stickers. The Monterey Bay Aquarium created the Seafood Watch program in 1999. It is now recognized as the leader in creating science-based recommendations that help consumers, chefs, and businesses choose seafood that is caught or farmed in ways that don’t harm the environment.
Home Sweet Home
Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, producer, and former mayor of nearby Carmel, calls Monterey home.
Still Standing Today
The oldest standing public building in California is Monterey’s Custom House built during California’s Mexican era in 1827. It was here that Commodore John Drake Sloat of the U.S. Navy raised an American flag in 1846 claiming California for the United States.
Source: https://www.seemonterey.com/media/fact-sheet/monterey.com/explore-monterey/fun-facts.html
