What a great card from Peggy! She took this photo of all these birds on a beach. Peggy goes on to say how much of a gift it is to live in Monterey, Previously she spent 30 years as a school librarian in Abilene, Texas - in the middle of the desert. Monterey has a long history of human habitation starting with the Ohlone peoples. There is evidence of gathering mussels and abalones. The Spanish arrived and set up Monterey on 3 June 1770. It became the capital city of Alta California under the Spanish (1804-1821) and under the Mexicans (1821-1836). Monterey was even occupied by Argentina for six days in 1818. Argentine soldiers stole cattle and burned down the fort, artillery headquarters, the governor's residence, and Spanish houses. No Monterey citizens were harmed. Monterey was the site of the Battle of Monterey between American and Mexican forces. The Americans took Monterey on 7 July 1846. Commodore John D Sloat of the United States Navy raised the American flag over the c...
