Presidio of Monterey

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A organizational summary by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Overview

History in the Central Coast of California

Hispanic Era

The Monterey Bay was colonized by a small Spanish expedition that reach Monterey Bay in 1770. Captain Don Gaspar de Portola commanded the military component of the expedition and established a presidio (fort) and mission at the southern end of Monterey Bay on June 3, 1770. [1] The Monterey presidio was one of four presidios and 21 missions established in California.

U.S. - Mexico War

Commodore John Drake Sloat seized Monterey in July 1846 during the Mexican War. He claimed the Monterey territory and the Presidio for the United States. He left a small garrison of Marines to improve defenses which were renamed Fort Mervine. The original Presidio went through many name changes including Fort Halleck, Fort Savannah, and the Monterey Redoubt. In 1852 it was renamed again as the Monterey Ordnance Depot and used as a military storehouse until 1856. The fort, once again renamed Ord Barracks, was abandoned from 1856 to the end of the Civil War. The government had the fort on "reserve" for possible future use of its 140-acre military reservation. [2]

References

  1. Author unknown. No date. History of the Presidio of Monterey. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. [Cited March 2021]
  2. Author unknown. No date. History of the Presidio of Monterey. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. [Cited March 2021]

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