Hdm circa1880 1890

Building the Del Monte

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  • Construction begins

    Construction begins on Hotel Del Monte.

  • Pacific Improvement Company buys El Pescadero and Point Pinos

    Pacific Improvement Company buys El Pescadero and Point Pinos from David Jacks. Rancho El Pescadero will be renamed the Hotel Del Monte Park Reservation, and subsequently became known as Pebble Beach.

  • Monterey Express

    Southern Pacific begins Monterey- San Francisco through- service via the “Monterey Express”

  • Hotel Del Monte opens

    Hotel Del Monte opens quietly, and Charles Crocker is the first to sign the registry. The official opening is celebrated on Saturday, June 5.

  • Hotel Del Monte Official Opening

    The official opening is celebrated on Saturday, June 5.
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    The Pacific Improvement Company completed the Seventeen Mile Drive

    The Pacific Improvement Company completed the Seventeen Mile Drive, and built a swimming tank, and salt-water baths on Del Monte Beach.
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    Water is deemed Pacific Improvement Company's greatest contribution/ Arizona Garden is made

    Water is deemed Pacific Improvement Company’s greatest contribution to the arid Peninsula for its construction of a small retaining dam in Carmel Valley; laying a pipeline along the Carmel River then to a reservoir near Pacific Grove; laying 16- inch pipe from the Pacific Grove reservoir to the Hotel Del Monte.Noted botanist Rudolf Ulrich completes the Arizona Garden. A three story, 50-foot wide x 197-foot long west wing is added to Hotel Del Monte.
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    Mrs. Leland Stanford donates funds for a new roof on Carmel Mission

    Mrs. Leland Stanford donates funds for a new roof on Carmel Mission, saving the dilapidated mission from ruin.

  • Hotel Del Monte burns to the ground on March 31

    The Hotel Del Monte burns to the ground on March 31. The Pacific Improvement Company opens the El Carmelo Hotel in Pacific Grove in May as a temporary facility. Businesses quickly arise around the hotel and the religious retreat becomes a town. Part of the Hotel Del Monte reopens for business in December.

  • Hotel Del Monte reopnes

    Hotel Del Monte officially reopens on June 16