1850 Baldwin & Co. Ten Dollars

On May 1, 1850, a notice appeared in the Pacific News of San Francisco: :BALDWIN & CO.
Successors to F. D. KOHLER &- CO.

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Assayers, refiners, and coiners
Manufacturers of jewelry, etc. George C. Baldwin and Thos. S. Holman.
All kinds of engraving. Our coins redeemable on presentations

From: Coin Facts

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Abalone shell necklace, Costanoan, 1806

Abalone shell necklace, Costanoan, 1806. This is one of several ceremonial items collected and illustrated by Georg von Langsdorff while visiting San Francisco on Russia's first voyage to California. Abalone pendants, clam disc beads, and fiber. Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/426153183462145577/

The Crown of Spain 1770: King Charles III

 Charles III (20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788.
As king of Spain Charles III tried to rescue his empire from decay through far-reaching reforms such as weakening the Church and its monasteries, promoting science and university research, facilitating trade and commerce, modernizing agriculture and avoiding wars.

Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo was founded in 1770.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III_of_Spain

The Holman Ranch

Under the Crown of Spain, what is now called the Holman Ranch was part of the lands bestowed to the Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo.
When the Mexican government secularized the mission lands, one of the first ranchers in Carmel Valley, Don Jose Manuel Boronda, was granted the Los Laureles Rancho—6,625 acres that included what is now .
Their ranch passed through many hands until the Pacific Improvements Company acquired it in 1882.
From: http://www.holmanranch.com/our_story/our_story.html
Picture from: http://carmelvalleyhistoricalsociety.org/

25-acre fire in a remote area in Carmel Valley

Fire crews are battling a 25-acre fire in a remote area in Carmel Valley. The vegetation fire started at 12:52 p.m. Wednesday burning about 5 acres of dry grass near the intersection of Robinson Canyon Road and San Clemente Trail. The fire spread fast as the wind blew the flames uphill past a ridge line

Picture from: @VFisher45
From:  http://www.montereyherald.com/localnews/ci_26330752/crews-battle-5-acre-fire-carmel-valley

San Clemente Creek

San Clemente Creek provides over 25 miles of essential spawning and rearing habitat for the threatened South-Central California Coast Steelhead.

From: http://www.sanclementedamremoval.org/?page_id=43

Blasting the Reroute Channel

Blasting the reroute channel for San Clemente Creek to bypass the San Clemente Dam on August 5, 2014.
From: San Clemente Rancho

Carmel River August 4, 2014

Carmel River rocks covered with dried algae.

From: Passion For Place

Black Rock Creek Dam

The fourth dam on the Carmel River, Black Rock Creek Dam, constructed in 1925 on Black Rock Creek, a tributary to the Carmel River, is used for recreational purposes.

The Waterfall is found in upper Black Rock Creek, which joins San Clemente Creek (the largest tributary to the Carmel River).

From: Carmel River Basin Biogeographic Population Group

From: San Clemente Rancho

The Basin Complex Fire of 2008

"In Big Sur the Basin Complex Fire of 2008 continued to burn for another month, scorching 162,818 acres. After firefighters directed the fire into the still-burning area of an earlier blaze, the combined Basin-Indians Fire burned 240,000 acres, making it a contender for the state’s second-largest wildfire on record. Over 90 percent of the burn was within Los Padres National Forest’s unsettled and wild Ventana Wilderness."
From: Bay Nature

Northern California Lightning Siege of 2008

"Northern California Lightning Siege: Beginning June 20, 2008 and continuing into the early hours of June 21, severe thunderstorms swept across northern and central California. More than 6000 lightning strikes sparked over 2000 wildfires in 26 counties and eventually burned 1.2 million acres."

From: http://www.mrc.com/history_project/stories/MLC.htm
Picture from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/california-lightning-storm_n_5628881.html

Big Sur Fire 1916

"Frantic efforts are being made to stem the huge forest fire which is spreading raidly toward the headwaters of the Carmel River and imperiling the Carmel watershed..." Monterey Daily Cypress September 5, 1916.
From: River in Ruin by Ray March, 2012.

The Cottonwood-Sycamore stands

Garland Ranch is home to a variety of landscapes that occur at elevations from 200 to 2,000 feet. From the willow covered banks of the Carmel River through the cottonwood-sycamore stands of the old floodplain, the trails ascend steeply. Atop the northern crest of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the trails encounter open oak savannas and spectacular vistas. Along the way, you will travel through maple-filled canyons, dense oak woodlands, and thick stands of chaparral.

From Inge's Blog: http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/my-country-blog-hop/

California Idiomality Areas ca. 1800

California Idiomality Areas ca. 1800

43. Ohlone (San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Jose) dialects.
53. Rumsen dialects.
54. Mutsun (Humontwash) dialects.
55. Esselen language.
56. Chalon dialects
57. Teopthalap (Ennesen, Slinan) dialects.

From:Native Americans of California and Nevada by Jack Forbes, 1969.

Olivella beads

  "The rancho provided another means whereby Indian labor was integrated into the Hispano economy. Beginning in the 1780's soldiers and settlers were allowed to graze stock in the countryside, using Indian labor entirely. Title to the land always was retained by the Crown, and the ranch owner almost always lived in town, leaving his stock and crops in the hands of Indians working on a share-crop basis. Gradually the Indians became serfs similar to the economy of the Deep South."
From: Native Americans of California and Nevada, by Forbes, 1969.

Olivella beads abundant during the Protohistoric and Historic Periods in central California.
From: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~tljones/CA-MNT-1748H,%20Cultural%20Chronology.htm