For History Buffs Only...
Your Free Passport to the Past – History Fest 2002
Experience Monterey’s heritage first-hand with family and friends on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. From Native American and Mexican California, through the heyday of the fishing industry and the World War II era, this is your passport to an exciting variety of sites, exhibits and activities for all ages – FREE of charge.
Enjoy tours and get an insiders’ look at historic homes/adobes and gardens, museums and other cultural institutions with historic materials. Speakers and re-enactors will help bring history
to life through their performances, dances and demonstrations. Passports can be picked up a few weeks before the event at any of
the following locations: Colton Hall Museum (Pacific Street between Madison and Jefferson); Cooper-Molera Adobe,
(Munras Avenue at Polk Street); Monterey Public Library, (Pacific and Madison streets); Presidio of Monterey Museum, pictured, (Corporal Ewing Boulevard); and
the Pacific House, Maritime Museum or Custom House (Custom House Plaza).
For more info call or email the Maritime Museum at
831.372.2608, ext. 17 or call the Colton Hall Museum at 831.646.5640.
Pioneer Family Documents Tell Tales
Historical papers from a Monterey-area pioneer family, including letters, deeds and assorted inventories, are now
a part of the Monterey Public Library’s collection. The Pyburn Papers, dating from 1847 to 1899, document the social, business and political life of the
community. They provide a unique view of Monterey and the region during the 19th century, including news from the gold fields and daily family and
community events.
William B. Pyburn arrived in Monterey in 1850 as a carpenter, and soon established himself as a merchant
operating gambling tables and a Carmel Valley farm. His son, William Henry Pyburn, was born in Monterey where
he opened a grocery and Western Union office, before moving to Salinas for a career in public office. The Pyburn Papers donor, Robert Johnson, recovered the papers from the Pyburn house in Salinas before its demolition in 1959.
For info call Library Archivist Dennis Copeland
at 831.646.3741.
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