Little Sur River - Knowledge

1060: 613:, is characterized by hot, dry summers and rainy, mild winters. Annual temperatures average 50 °F (10 °C) to 65 °F (18 °C). Annual precipitation ranges from 10 to 50 inches (250 to 1,270 mm), with a pronounced summer drought. This interior is hotter than the coastal region and receives less moisture from fog in summer. Severe spring rains have caused mud slides on steep slopes above roads near the hair-pin turns, which briefly closed the road into the Pico Blanco Boy Scout camp during the spring of 1967 and 1969. 1194:

winter when it became impassable. Coast residents could receive supplies via a hazardous landing by boat from Monterey or San Francisco. The road was gradually improved, including grading of the road up Cerro Hill from the coast to the Little Sur River. By 1920, the 26 mi (42 km) trip from Carmel in a light spring wagon pulled by two horses could be completed in about 11 hours. A lumber wagon pulled by four horses could make the trip in 13 hours. A side road into Palo Colorado Canyon was in place by 1900.

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environment consists of seven distinct biotic habitats: coast redwood/mixed evergreen forest, white alder riparian woodland, herbaceous vegetation, aquatic habitat, bare alluvium, bare ground, and Sur Complex bedrock. The camp is accessed via the narrow and winding Palo Colorado Road, 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from the coast, which was closed due to the 2017

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mattresses for $ 3.00 per week. A stage ran from the Everett House and later the Pacific Ocean House in Monterey to the hotel on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays every morning beginning on August 3, 1901. Hotel rooms were $ 1.50 per day. The Idlewild and the Pfeiffer Ranch Resort were only two hotels in the Big Sur region hosting guests in 1905.

972:, where many died from disease, demoralization, poor food, and overwork. The last baptism of an Esselen native was recorded in 1808, and there is evidence that some members may have avoided control of the Spanish mission by escaping into the relatively inaccessible upper reaches of the Carmel and Arroyo Seco Rivers' watershed. 648:. Upstream tributaries include Skinners Creek, Ventana Creek, Comings Creek, and Puerto Suelo Creek. A one-armed man named Vogler built a cabin east of Devil's Peak in the 1880s, later purchased by the Comings family, for whom the location and creek are named today. (They continued to use the cabin until the early 1950s.) 917:. The holes were hollowed out by Indians who used it to grind the acorns into flour. Other mortar rocks have also been found within the Boy Scout camp at campsites 3 and 7, and slightly upstream from campsite 12, while a fourth is found on a large rock in the river, originally above the river, between campsites 3 and 4. 399:

Monterey County added the river to its Protected Waterways Management Plan and encouraged the state in its Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan to designate the Little Sur area as a "coastal resource of national significance." The mouth of the river is protected because it is surrounded by private land, preventing public access.

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Allen, 1891, Isaac N. Swetnam, 1894, Harry E. Morton, 1896, Samuel L. Trotter, 1901, Abijah C. Robbins, 1901, and Antare P. Lachance, 1904. Swetnam bought the Notley home at the mouth of Palo Colorado Canyon and also constructed a small cabin on the Little Sur River at the site of the future Pico Blanco camp.

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in 1950 from a location known as "The Hoist" to Bottcher's Gap (2,050 feet (620 m)), the site of former homesteader John Bottcher's cabin in 1885–86. The road leaving Bottcher's Gap traverses extremely steep terrain, necessitating four narrow switchbacks. The road reached the Little Sur River in

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documented the first trail from Monterey to Palo Colorado Canyon in 1853, when he filed a map of the rancho. A trail was in use from Palo Colorado Canyon to Mill Creek (present-day Bixby Canyon) by about 1855. The area was very isolated and only the sturdiest and most self-sufficient settlers stayed.

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on July 1, 1919, Charles Howland is once again named as the owner of the Idlewild. On July 25, 1919, Mignnnette Myers Gruit described the "Hitchcock camp" at Camp Idlewild, entertainment, and a large number of visitors. The 300 acres (120 ha) of land became the subject of a legal dispute between

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William T. Mitchell bought the resort in about 1909. He guaranteed guests their full limit of trout from the Little Sur River, bragging that children could catch fish with bent pin hooks. Reports included mention of guests taking advantage of a hot springs upstream from the hotel. W. T. Mitchell sold

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A one-armed man named Vogler built a cabin east of Devil's Peak in the 1880s, later purchased by the Comings family, for whom the location and creek are named today. (They continued to use the cabin until the early 1950s.) Other early homesteaders in the Palo Colorado Canyon region included Thomas W.

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the vicinity of the camp in the summer of 1951. The council turned over the road from The Hoist to Bottcher's Gap to Monterey County in 1958. In 1963, the Council Executive estimated that buying the land at that time would cost the council over $ 1 million, or nearly $ 68,670,000 in today's dollars.

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Alfred K. Clark built a home on the south fork of the Little Sur River around the turn of the century. He filed a land patent for 158.06 acres (63.96 ha) on June 30, 1906. Clark searched for silver unsuccessfully on his property for many years. Before he died, he told his neighbor and friend Al

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Fire is an integral part of the Little Sur River landscape. Upper elevations are typically covered by chaparral. In one of the first recorded fires in 1894, most of what is now the Monterey Ranger District, including the Little Sur River watershed, was burned by a fire that was unchecked for weeks.

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discovered shortly afterward that the Council appeared to have filled the dam in violation of these regulations, "dewatering" the river below the dam and killing at least 30 threatened steelhead trout. The council could have been subject to fines of up to $ 360,000. The council avoided paying a fine

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for $ 6,590.60 (or about $ 203,000 today). When Alfred died in an auto accident on September 2, 1913, his two siblings Abelardo and Alice assigned their interest in his estate including the Rancho to their mother, Martha. The additional land apparently included the location of the Idlewild Hotel on

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Charles Howland drove the mail stage between Monterey and Big Sur in about 1900. He built the Idlewild Hotel about .25 miles (0.40 km) east of the Old Coast Road where it crosses the Little Sur River. He and his wife offered large tents furnished with stove, cooking utensils, dishes, cots, and

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bedrock. The river has eroded the limestone and marble such that it travels underground in several locations. Tributaries on the South Fork include Rocky Creek, Turner Creek, Bixby Creek, Mill Creek, and Lachance Creek, many of them named for former homesteaders like Antare P. Lachance. Bixby Creek

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The river canyon is deep and narrow, and even in the summer sunshine only reaches the canyon bottom for a few hours. The land is mostly steep, rocky, semi-arid except for the narrow canyons, and inaccessible. The upstream river canyon is characteristic of the Ventana Wilderness region: steep-sided,

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Cooper continued to run an ad notifying the public that the Idlewild resort was closed through the end of 1918. Howland similarly ran his ad alongside hers for much of the same period of time. Cooper offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone trespassing on the

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and found "numerous" steelhead fry and fingerlings. They described the river as "probably the most productive steelhead river south of the San Francisco Bay at this time." The Little Sur River is considered by the California Department of Fish and Game to be the "most important spawning stream for

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The main river, locally known as the North Fork, is in a bowl-shaped watershed, fed by several creeks and surrounded by Launtz Ridge and Pico Blanco (3,709 feet (1,131 m)) to the west, Devil's Peak (4,158 feet (1,267 m)) to the north, Uncle Sam Mountain (4,766 feet (1,453 m)) to the

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In 1973 the California State Legislature, recognizing the river's "extraordinary scenic, fishery, wildlife, (and) outdoor recreational values" and to protect its "free-flowing and wild status," added the river to the California Protected Waterways System. Responding to the state's request, in 1981

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named Notley's Landing. Notley's Landing was used to ship the tan bark north, and a small hamlet existed at that spot from 1898 to 1907. In 1889, as much as 50,000 cords of tanbark were hauled out from the Little Sur River and Big Sur River watersheds. Redwood harvesting was limited by the rugged

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to extend the road 11 miles (18 km) inland, around Bixby Canyon and up Cerro Hill to the junction of the north and south forks of the Little Sur River, and thence south to the Post Ranch. The 30 miles (48 km) trip was over a rough and dangerous track. The single-lane road was closed in

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In 1895, a fishing journal reported that "there are plenty of large fish in the stream, and there are several fine streams running into the North Fork, all full of California trout." A 1903 state report similarly reported that "The Big and Little Sur Rivers... are noted for trout-fishing."

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is at 793 feet (242 m) elevation on the North Fork. Upstream tributaries include Jackson Creek, Pine Creek, Puerto Suelo Creek, and Comings Creek. A small creek enters the Little Sur River via a waterfall at the location of the seasonal reservoir in the camp proper. The immediate camp

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The area was first surveyed in 1905 when the region was set aside as part of the Monterey Forest Preserve. That survey noted that the redwoods achieved their maximum development along the Little Sur River. The Little Sur River watershed contains stands of some of the most impressive uncut

581:, the river meets the Palo Colorado fault and follows it northwesterly for about 1 mile (1.6 km), before turning west towards the Pacific Ocean. The lower length of the South Fork follows the Sur fault zone until it meets the North Fork. West of the Sur fault the earth is composed of 1132:... owned by Mr. Keleher, who discovered them, and Dr. S. M. Archer" of Monterey County Hospital. It states that the springs "are situated nearly fifty feet above the river channel" and reported that, "The ocean, with a beautiful sandy beach, is but two miles distant." In 1893, the 667:

was the site of a landing built to transfer tanbark via cable to ships anchored offshore. The South Fork is unrestricted by any man-made dams, but an impassable waterfall about 12 feet (3.7 m) high 11 miles (18 km) upstream prevents steelhead from migrating further.

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that the "summer resort on the Little Sur River known as 'Idlewild' is permanently closed to the public." Immediately below that notice, Charles Howland "former owner of Idlewild", ran a larger ad for Idlewild's "new camp... Same county, same streams, near same old spot."

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industry located in Santa Cruz, about 80 miles (130 km) to the north. Notley constructed a landing at the mouth of the Palo Colorado River like that at Bixby Landing to the south. The tanbark was harvested from the isolated trees inland,

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cut across the Little Sur River drainage: the Sur, the Palo Colorado, and the Church Creek faults. The river flows mostly west for much of its length, unlike other rivers in the region which tend to flow to the northwest or southeast. Near

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terrain and difficulty in transporting the lumber to market. Near the start of the 20th century, the tan oak trees were becoming seriously depleted, which slowly led to the demise of the industries they had created.

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During the next season, the Howlands moved the Idlewild Hotel to the north side of the North fork of the Little Sur River. In a series of competing ads beginning on May 2, 1914, Martha Cooper placed a notice in the

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In October, 1905 another fire raged for more than a month, consuming all of the Palo Colorado and Pico Blanco area. The Molera Fire in 1972 burned a considerable portion of the watershed, and in August, 1977, the

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rocks, some exposed serpentine, and overlying sandstone. Most of the Little Sur River geology is to the east of the Sur fault. This area is marked by deep canyons cut through granitic and metamorphic rocks of the

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trees. The bark, high in tannic acid, was used to cure leather. After the trees were felled, the bark was stripped from the trunks, dried, and then packed out via mule or sleds, called "go-devils", or on

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area, including specimens over 200 feet (61 m) tall. It also contains the largest and tallest stands of Douglas fir on the Central Coast, up to 150 feet (46 m) in height. A stand of the rare

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area, including specimens over 200 feet (61 m) tall. It also contains the largest and tallest stands of Douglas fir on the Central Coast, up to 150 feet (46 m) in height. A stand of the rare

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An advertisement from 1910 for the Idlewild Resort at the junction of the North and South forks of the river described the pool at the mouth of the river as "the famous '1000 Salmon trout pool.'"

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The north and south forks of the Little Sur River straddle either side of Mount Pico Blanco, Spanish for "White Peak." It is topped by a distinctive white limestone cap, visible from California's

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The Little Sur River area has always been sparsely occupied. The land is mostly steep, rocky, semi-arid except for the narrow canyons, and inaccessible, making long-term habitation a challenge.

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had acquired most of the acreage along the Little Sur River from the original owners. Interest in preserving the abundant growth of redwoods in the area prompted newspaper publisher

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In 1870, Charles Henry Bixby and his father hired men to improve the track and constructed the first wagon road including 23 bridges from the Carmel Mission to Bixby Creek.

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and tanbark oak, primarily on upper slopes in areas outside the current camp's location. A large boulder with a dozen or more deep mortar bowls worn into it, known as a

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in a presidential proclamation. Several tanning companies and some homesteaders retained ownership of land within the area which were not purchased by the government.

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led to the virtual destruction of the Indian population. Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially.

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increases with altitude at Big Sur. Higher elevations can receive over 50 inches (1,300 mm) per year, about 10 inches (250 mm) higher than lower areas.

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As of 2011, fishing is limited to the fourth Saturday each month from May through October 31 each year. Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used.

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Busby, Peggy J.; Wainwright, Gregory J., Thomas C.; Bryant, Lisa J.; Lierheimer, Robin S.; Waples, F. William Waknitz; Irma V. Lagomarsino (August 1996).

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since 1963. The North and South forks converge about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the coast where the river enters the Pacific Ocean.

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Geer that he had found a cavern decorated with "elephants with long shaggy hair and curly teeth" and "cats with long sharp teeth."

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American Indians who followed local food sources seasonally, living near the coast in winter, where they harvested rich stocks of

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was one of the most remote regions in the state, rivaling nearly any other region in the United States for its difficult access.

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sharp-crested ridges separating valleys. Upstream from the Boy Scout camp are narrow gorges, waterfalls, and a few large pools.

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once again burned through almost the entire Little Sur River watershed with the exception of areas west of the Old Coast Road.

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The river originates in the area of the Ventana Double Cone and flows to the Pacific Ocean. The upper part of the river's

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Hand-tinted photograph of local Cowboy Roy Bixby leading pack mules through the redwoods in Palo Colorado Canyon on 1932.

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The Little Sur River watershed contains stands of some of the most impressive uncut coastal redwood trees in the entire

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A U.S. fisheries service report estimates that the number of trout in the entire south-central coast area—including the

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flash board dam on the North Fork of the river in the Camp Pico Blanco. Built in 1953, it creates a small recreational

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A 1965 report said the stream contained about 30 miles (48 km) of prime habitat for the threatened steelhead.

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Skinners Creek (North Fork), Comings Creek (North Fork), Puerto Suelo Creek (North Fork), Launtz Creek (South Fork)

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The North Fork of the Little Sur River supports the largest known population found on public lands of the rare

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the Howlands and their partners, John and Anna Brown. A judge finally ruled that they should split the land.

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Pico Blanco, which splits the north and south forks of the river, was sacred in the native traditions of the

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east, and Ventana Double Cone (4,853 feet (1,479 m)) to the southeast. The North Fork flows mostly over

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reported on a visitor who caught a 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg) trout in front of Keleher's home on the river.

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of land, totaling 25,000 acres (10,000 ha), were added to the Monterey National Forest by President

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bark from the canyon, a lucrative source of income at the time. The bark was used to manufacture

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and the Esselen, who revered the mountain as a sacred place from which all life originated. The

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and other sea life. In the summer and fall they move inland to harvest acorns gathered from the

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attempted to stop the Monterey Bay Area Council from using the dam. After intervention by Rep.

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Bixby Landing in 1911. Similar landings were constructed in a number of locations, including

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At the coast, the tanbark was loaded by cable onto waiting vessels anchored offshore at a

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steelhead" on the Central Coast and "one of the best steelhead streams in the county."

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The Little Sur River basin climate, protected for the most part from coastal fog by

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the hotel back to its original owners, Charles Howland and his wife, in June 1911.

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In 2002, Fish and Game staff surveyed the Little Sur River in the vicinity of the

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Way up the Little Sur River, there are water holes to hit before summer's end

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were uninhabited. Virtually all of the Esselen were baptized and relocated to

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The hotel was near John Bautista Henry Cooper's 10,000 acres (4,000 ha)

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Other at risk species found in the river's riparian corridor include the

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Corridor Intrinsic Qualities Inventory Historic Qualities Summary Report

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paid approximately $ 50,000 to buy the land from the tanning companies.

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raises this estimate to 750. A more recent calculation based on mission

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area, a thinly settled region of the Central California coast where the

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Monterey Daily Cypress. Monterey, California. June 17, 1911. page 2.

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Monterey Daily Cypress. Monterey, California. June 3, 1893. page 1.

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records and population density is that they numbered 1,185–1,285.

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settled in the Big Sur region, drawn by the promise of free

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Big Creek State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area

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Point Sur State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area

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burned the entire area. This was repeated in 2008 when the

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Location of the mouth of the Little Sur River in California

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Monterey County Illustrated: Resources, History, Biography

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to purchase the entire acreage. On November 18, 1921, the

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A travel brochure published in 1890 describes the "embryo

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Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society

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Becker, Gordon S.; Reining, Isabelle J. (October 2008).

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A major forest product of Big Sur coast was the bark of

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Harrison, Edward Sanford; Stockdale, James T. (1890).

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Historical Overview of the Los Padres National Forest

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Monterey Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest

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The exact boundaries of Big Sur are loosely defined.

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JRP Historical Consulting Services (November 2001).

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The Little Sur River watershed provides habitat for

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The Population of the California Indians, 1769-1970

1299:. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration. 932:suggests a 1770 population for the Esselen of 500. 705:about 2 acres (0.81 ha) in size. In 2002, the 601:atop the mountain and went on to create the world. 307: 297: 289: 284: 268: 260: 248: 238: 199: 187: 173: 134: 124: 115: 105: 95: 85: 75: 70: 21: 2835: 2815: 2795: 2775: 2755: 2735: 2715: 2471:. Salinas, California: Monterey Bay Area Council. 2200: 1972:"Forest Conditions in the Monterey Forest Reserve" 2297:Blakley, E.R. "Jim"; Karen Barnette (July 1985). 2272:Blakley, E.R. "Jim"; Karen Barnette (July 1985). 1566:Harvey and Stanley Associates (August 10, 1983). 489:. Mixed in with the redwood and Douglas fir is a 2053:"History of the Monterey Ranger District Part I" 1914:"2011–2012 Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations" 1619:(1st ed.). Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. 1312: 1310: 1237:In October, 1905 the land that now makes up the 334:is a 14.3-mile (23.0 km) long river on the 3330:Big Sur Local Coastal Program Defense Committee 2680:Jeffers Country Revisited: Beauty Without Price 1872:"Ventana Wild Rivers Campaign Little Sur River" 1802:"Political pull helped fix Scouts' dam problem" 1507:"Ventana Wild Rivers Campaign Little Sur River" 1450:"Camp Pico Blanco Fish Ladder and Dam Retrofit" 2856:"Diseño map of Rancho San Jose Y Sur Chiquito" 1896: 1894: 1892: 1233:Bixby Canyon Bridge under construction in 1932 697:There is a seasonal 11 feet (3.4 m) high 3923:Ventana Wilderness Alliance: Little Sur River 3027: 2613:. Salinas, California: Pacific Press Pub. Co. 2436:"Santa Cruz County History – Making a Living" 1608: 1606: 1048:parcels. They filed United States government 1040:and became a U.S. state, a few hardy pioneer 8: 2207:. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2047: 2045: 998:in 1821. On July 30, 1834, Mexican governor 863:involved the entire watershed. In 2016, the 3918:The Trust for Public Land: Little Sur River 2883: 2881: 2879: 2877: 2194: 2192: 385:, and virgin stands of old-growth redwood. 3109: 3034: 3020: 3012: 2678:Hughey, Richard Kohlman, and Boon Hughey, 2636: 2634: 2549:"Al Kings Silver King Mine and Lost World" 1685:Double Cone Quarterly, Volume IV, Number 3 1649:A History of Pico Blanco Scout Reservation 1052:as early as 1891. These settlers included 2967:A Wild Coast and Lonely: Big Sur Pioneers 2837:""Idlewild" Partition for March Calendar" 2317:"Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Station History" 1970:Plummer, Fred G.; Gowsell, M. G. (1905). 1373: 1371: 1369: 1367: 1365: 790:(California Species of Concern), and the 2323:from the original on September 28, 2011. 1363: 1361: 1359: 1357: 1355: 1353: 1351: 1349: 1347: 1345: 1290: 1288: 1286: 1284: 1282: 1280: 1197:Prior to the completion of the two-lane 707:California Department of Fish & Game 505:. The upper slopes are usually a mix of 54: 3335:South Coast Land Use Advisory Committee 2691:Idlewild is Favorite Resort for Outings 2310: 2308: 1674: 1672: 1670: 1541:NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center 1276: 1266:Hearst Sunical Land and Packing Company 1201:in 1937, the California coast south of 651:The South Fork of the river flows over 541:, and tanbark oak favored by the early 3166:Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve 3135:Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2980:"John Bottcher, Patent #CACAAA-090676" 2906:from the original on September 5, 2008 2744:. Newspapers.com: 2. January 19, 1914. 2459: 2457: 2253:from the original on November 22, 2011 2055:. Double Cone Quarterly. Summer 2002. 2000:. Friends of the River. Archived from 1775:"Pico Blanco Road to Little Sur River" 1412: 1410: 1408: 1216:began building a road from the end of 966:Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo 18: 3938:Rivers of Monterey County, California 3325:Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council 2982:. The Land Patent. September 25, 1888 2862:from the original on October 12, 2016 2737:"Appraisement Filed in Cooper Estate" 2478:from the original on December 1, 2010 2249:. Montery County Historical Society. 2231:Handbook of the Indians of California 1998:"California Rivers: Little Sur River" 1800:Rosenfield, Seth (February 1, 2009). 1781:from the original on 11 November 2014 1691:from the original on January 24, 2010 1214:United States Army Corps of Engineers 1032:at the mouth of Palo Colorado Canyon. 1002:conveyed the 8,949-acre (36 km) 33:View of Little Sur River outlet from 7: 2415:from the original on January 4, 2010 2362:"Five Great Winter Hikes in Big Sur" 2315:Glockner, Joseph A. (June 1, 2008). 2245:Breschini, Gary S.; Trudy Haversat. 2140:InciWeb Incident Information Systems 2030:from the original on 13 October 2016 1456:from the original on 6 December 2013 1256:and the Eberhard Tanning Company of 1252:By 1916 the Kron Tanning Company of 1019:Rancho Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo 2579:. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 133. 2084:from the original on 11 August 2016 1978:from the original on 31 August 2011 1903:October 1978 Big Sur Gazette Page 9 1832:"Fishing Waters Near Monterey, CAL" 1812:from the original on April 15, 2009 1430:from the original on 3 January 2015 889:The area was first occupied by the 373:The river's steep canyons and high 2523:"Patent Details - BLM GLO Records" 2442:from the original on 31 March 2012 2389:from the original on June 11, 2010 2301:. privately published. p. 54. 2146:from the original on 9 August 2016 1655:from the original on July 11, 2011 1156:the south bank of the north fork. 326:and the mouth of Little Sur River. 16:River in California, United States 14: 3156:John Little State Natural Reserve 2890:"Big Sur Highway Management Plan" 2717:"County Records Recorders Office" 2383:"A Guide to California's Big Sur" 2360:Fischer, Meade (2 January 2007). 2171:. Wilderness Press. p. 323. 1945:. August 10, 2005. Archived from 1755:from the original on June 6, 2011 1580:from the original on June 6, 2011 1513:from the original on June 5, 2009 994:when it gained independence from 794:(California Species of Concern). 786:(California Species of Concern), 725:by building a $ 1 million custom 722:National Marine Fisheries Service 3573:Community Association of Big Sur 2319:. The Navy CT / SECGRU History. 2185:from the original on 2017-02-14. 2165:Elliot, Analise (January 2005). 2109:. August 8, 2016. Archived from 1830:Harris, William Charles (1885). 1633:from the original on 2016-11-30. 1303:from the original on 2011-07-21. 1046:160 acre (0.6 km) 465:The watershed is populated with 53: 46: 27: 3521:Big Sur Condor Discovery Center 3211:Southern Redwood Botanical Area 3161:Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 2703:Warning to Tourist and Traveler 2059:from the original on 2009-09-16 1878:from the original on 2009-06-05 1842:: 235 – via Google books. 1724:from the original on 2010-12-01 1488:from the original on 2014-02-21 1418:"Pico Blanco Scout Reservation" 3786:Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito 3771:Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito 3542:Big Sur International Marathon 3258:Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve 2409:"Lucia in Big Sur, California" 1381:The Natural History of Big Sur 733:Habitat for endangered species 201: • coordinates 136: • coordinates 1: 3953:Rivers of Northern California 3516:Henry Miller Memorial Library 3315:California Coastal Commission 3171:Point Sur State Historic Park 2335:"Mill Creek Redwood Preserve" 2279:. ForestWatch. Archived from 1743:"Combined Development Permit" 1717:. Monterey Bay Area Council. 1318:"Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan" 1038:revolted against Mexican rule 812:Regional Parks Botanic Garden 116:Physical characteristics 2438:. Santa Cruz Count Library. 2024:"Soberanes Fire: Week Three" 1681:"The Story of Comings Cabin" 1169:Cooper land. In a report in 954:Mission San Antonio de Padua 798:Rare vegetation and wildlife 240: • elevation 179:4,853 ft (1,479 m) 175: • elevation 3568:Ventana Wilderness Alliance 3242:Mill Creek Redwood Preserve 3201:Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 3005:. June 12, 1994. p. 4. 2817:"Camping on the Little Sur" 2464:Young, Alfred (July 1963). 2199:Cook, Sherburne F. (1976). 1710:Young, Alfred (July 1963). 1645:"Slide Takes Out Camp Road" 1189:Bixby later partnered with 1080:, necessary to the growing 788:foothill yellow-legged frog 572:Several northwest-trending 432:distinct population segment 336:Central Coast of California 270: • location 252:14.3 mi (23.0 km) 3974: 3863:California coastal redwood 3796:Los Burros Mining District 3120:Los Padres National Forest 2080:. KSBW.com. Jul 31, 2016. 1543:. Table 21. Archived from 1239:Los Padres National Forest 979: 962:Los Padres National Forest 882: 780:California red-legged frog 674: 631:Los Padres National Forest 558:Pico Blanco Boy Scout camp 313:Ventana Creek (North Fork) 3901: 3609:Nacimiento-Fergusson Road 3237:Palo Corona Regional Park 3003:Monterey Peninsula Herald 1199:Carmel-San Simeon Highway 990:, Big Sur became part of 956:near the current town of 948:On June 14, 1771, Father 415:, deer, fox, coyotes and 280: 256: 183: 120: 41: 26: 3563:Ventana Wildlife Society 3501:Naval Facility Point Sur 3206:Andrew Molera State Park 2899:. CalTrans. p. 38. 2654:"The History of Big Sur" 1613:Elliot, Analise (2005). 1452:. WaterWays Consulting. 1225:National forest creation 309: • right 100:California Central Coast 3766:Rancho San Francisquito 3670:William Randolph Hearst 3001:"Alta Vista Magazine". 2965:Wall, Rosalind Sharpe. 2842:The Salinas Daily Index 2625:A Great Place for Sport 2228:Kroeber, A. L. (1925). 1806:San Francisco Chronicle 1679:Wood, Lea (Fall 2001). 1262:William Randolph Hearst 986:Along with the rest of 835:. There are also a few 346:rise abruptly from the 299: • left 3645:Juan Bautista Alvarado 3400:Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek 3130:Silver Peak Wilderness 2802:Monterey Daily Cypress 2782:Monterey Daily Cypress 2762:Monterey Daily Cypress 1234: 1178:Early trails and roads 1162:Monterey Daily Express 1120: 1069: 1033: 1011:Juan Bautista Alvarado 926:Spanish mission system 815: 814:, Berkeley, California 753: 327: 223:36.33472°N 121.88944°W 158:36.29694°N 121.71361°W 3883:North American cougar 3878:California bay laurel 3685:Carolyn Mary Kleefeld 3614:Big Sur Coast Highway 3578:Pacific Valley School 3547:Big Sur Jade Festival 3537:Big Sur Folk Festival 3491:Deetjen's Big Sur Inn 3348:Geographical features 3097:Tassajara Hot Springs 2925:Walton, John (2007). 1378:Henson, Paul (1993). 1232: 1118: 1062: 1027: 839:in the lower canyon. 805: 749: 583:Franciscan Assemblage 344:Santa Lucia Mountains 322: 3496:Point Sur Lighthouse 3460:San Carpóforo Canyon 3395:Palo Colorado Canyon 3294:Santa Lucia Preserve 3191:Garrapata State Park 3176:Point Sur Lighthouse 3087:Palo Colorado Canyon 2573:Curran, Bob (2009). 2547:Reinstadt, Randall. 2341:on February 10, 2007 1072:He began harvesting 823:trees in the entire 360:Granite Rock Company 244:0 ft (0 m) 228:36.33472; -121.88944 163:36.29694; -121.71361 3858:Yadon's rein orchid 3628:Notable individuals 3430:Junipero Serra Peak 3425:Ventana Double Cone 3284:Mitteldorf Preserve 3196:Limekiln State Park 3186:Ishxenta State Park 2940:(1). Archived from 2742:Salinas Daily Index 2502:www.ventanawild.org 2466:"The Making of Men" 1836:The American Angler 1712:"Men in the Making" 976:European settlement 784:western pond turtle 658:, with portions of 434:which is listed as 285:Basin features 219: / 154: / 129:Ventana Double Cone 3822:Basin Complex Fire 3720:Hunter S. Thompson 3619:Palo Colorado Road 3450:Bixby Creek Bridge 3320:Big Sur Land Trust 3125:Ventana Wilderness 3062:Slates Hot Springs 2947:on August 22, 2016 2934:California History 2527:glorecords.blm.gov 1920:on 4 November 2011 1247:Theodore Roosevelt 1235: 1218:Palo Colorado Road 1121: 1070: 1034: 1017:, in exchange for 970:Carmel, California 861:Basin Complex fire 844:Dudley's lousewort 816: 792:Coastal Range newt 754: 751:Coastal Range newt 627:Ventana Wilderness 421:Ventana Wilderness 383:Dudley's lousewort 352:Ventana Wilderness 328: 3943:Santa Lucia Range 3908: 3907: 3893:California condor 3776:Rancho Tularcitos 3660:John B. R. Cooper 3655:Richard Brautigan 3410:Sand Dollar Beach 3355:Santa Lucia Range 3343: 3342: 3289:Palo Corona Ranch 2722:Monterey American 2660:. 31 January 2011 2658:The Heinrich Team 2586:978-1-4429-6759-5 2116:on 12 August 2016 2026:. 5 August 2016. 1854:"Monterey County" 1626:978-0-89997-326-5 1054:William F. Notley 1036:After California 934:Sherburne F. Cook 930:Alfred L. Kroeber 317: 316: 3965: 3817:Marble Cone Fire 3705:Nathaniel Owings 3675:Robinson Jeffers 3599:Coast Ridge Road 3594:Pine Ridge Trail 3587:Trails and roads 3511:Esalen Institute 3476:Camp Pico Blanco 3445:Big Creek Bridge 3440:Notley's Landing 3375:Little Sur River 3310:Big Sur land use 3274:Glen Deven Ranch 3110: 3050:Populated places 3036: 3029: 3022: 3013: 3007: 3006: 2998: 2992: 2991: 2989: 2987: 2976: 2970: 2963: 2957: 2956: 2954: 2952: 2946: 2931: 2922: 2916: 2915: 2913: 2911: 2905: 2894: 2885: 2872: 2871: 2869: 2867: 2852: 2846: 2845: 2839: 2832: 2826: 2825: 2819: 2812: 2806: 2805: 2799: 2792: 2786: 2785: 2779: 2772: 2766: 2765: 2759: 2752: 2746: 2745: 2739: 2732: 2726: 2725: 2719: 2712: 2706: 2700: 2694: 2688: 2682: 2676: 2670: 2669: 2667: 2665: 2650: 2644: 2641:Idlewild Murmurs 2638: 2629: 2621: 2615: 2614: 2604: 2598: 2597: 2595: 2593: 2570: 2564: 2563: 2561: 2559: 2544: 2538: 2537: 2535: 2533: 2519: 2513: 2512: 2510: 2508: 2494: 2488: 2487: 2485: 2483: 2477: 2470: 2461: 2452: 2451: 2449: 2447: 2434:Lehmann, Susan. 2431: 2425: 2424: 2422: 2420: 2405: 2399: 2398: 2396: 2394: 2379: 2373: 2372: 2370: 2368: 2357: 2351: 2350: 2348: 2346: 2331: 2325: 2324: 2312: 2303: 2302: 2294: 2288: 2287: 2285: 2278: 2269: 2263: 2262: 2260: 2258: 2242: 2236: 2235: 2225: 2219: 2218: 2206: 2196: 2187: 2186: 2162: 2156: 2155: 2153: 2151: 2136:"Soberanes Fire" 2132: 2126: 2125: 2123: 2121: 2115: 2108: 2104:"Soberanes Fire" 2100: 2094: 2093: 2091: 2089: 2074: 2068: 2067: 2065: 2064: 2049: 2040: 2039: 2037: 2035: 2020: 2014: 2013: 2011: 2009: 1994: 1988: 1987: 1985: 1983: 1967: 1961: 1960: 1958: 1957: 1951: 1944: 1936: 1930: 1929: 1927: 1925: 1910: 1904: 1898: 1887: 1886: 1884: 1883: 1868: 1862: 1861: 1850: 1844: 1843: 1827: 1821: 1820: 1818: 1817: 1797: 1791: 1790: 1788: 1786: 1771: 1765: 1764: 1762: 1760: 1754: 1747: 1739: 1733: 1732: 1730: 1729: 1723: 1716: 1707: 1701: 1700: 1698: 1696: 1676: 1665: 1664: 1662: 1660: 1641: 1635: 1634: 1610: 1601: 1596: 1590: 1589: 1587: 1585: 1579: 1572: 1563: 1557: 1556: 1554: 1552: 1532: 1523: 1522: 1520: 1518: 1503: 1497: 1496: 1494: 1493: 1487: 1480: 1472: 1466: 1465: 1463: 1461: 1446: 1440: 1439: 1437: 1435: 1429: 1422: 1414: 1403: 1402: 1397:. Archived from 1386: 1375: 1340: 1339: 1337: 1335: 1329: 1322: 1314: 1305: 1304: 1292: 1134:Monterey Cypress 1130:Saratoga Springs 1047: 1030:Notley's Landing 1015:John B.R. Cooper 944:European contact 915:Camp Pico Blanco 857:Marble-Cone Fire 833:Camp Pico Blanco 764:Camp Pico Blanco 682:Camp Pico Blanco 677:Camp Pico Blanco 579:Camp Pico Blanco 491:riparian habitat 475:western sycamore 332:Little Sur River 310: 300: 271: 234: 233: 231: 230: 229: 224: 220: 217: 216: 215: 212: 176: 169: 168: 166: 165: 164: 159: 155: 152: 151: 150: 147: 137: 57: 56: 50: 31: 22:Little Sur River 19: 3973: 3972: 3968: 3967: 3966: 3964: 3963: 3962: 3928: 3927: 3914: 3912:Further reading 3909: 3904: 3897: 3853:Santa Lucia fir 3841:Flora and fauna 3836: 3781:Rancho Milpitas 3734: 3730:Vilmos Zsigmond 3715:Elmer S. Rigdon 3623: 3604:Old Coast Road 3582: 3551: 3525: 3464: 3390:Anderson Canyon 3339: 3298: 3262: 3246: 3225: 3144: 3101: 3057:Big Sur Village 3045: 3040: 3010: 3000: 2999: 2995: 2985: 2983: 2978: 2977: 2973: 2964: 2960: 2950: 2948: 2944: 2929: 2924: 2923: 2919: 2909: 2907: 2903: 2892: 2887: 2886: 2875: 2865: 2863: 2854: 2853: 2849: 2834: 2833: 2829: 2822:The Californian 2814: 2813: 2809: 2794: 2793: 2789: 2774: 2773: 2769: 2754: 2753: 2749: 2734: 2733: 2729: 2714: 2713: 2709: 2701: 2697: 2689: 2685: 2677: 2673: 2663: 2661: 2652: 2651: 2647: 2639: 2632: 2622: 2618: 2606: 2605: 2601: 2591: 2589: 2587: 2572: 2571: 2567: 2557: 2555: 2546: 2545: 2541: 2531: 2529: 2521: 2520: 2516: 2506: 2504: 2496: 2495: 2491: 2481: 2479: 2475: 2468: 2463: 2462: 2455: 2445: 2443: 2433: 2432: 2428: 2418: 2416: 2407: 2406: 2402: 2392: 2390: 2381: 2380: 2376: 2366: 2364: 2359: 2358: 2354: 2344: 2342: 2333: 2332: 2328: 2314: 2313: 2306: 2296: 2295: 2291: 2283: 2276: 2271: 2270: 2266: 2256: 2254: 2244: 2243: 2239: 2227: 2226: 2222: 2215: 2198: 2197: 2190: 2179: 2164: 2163: 2159: 2149: 2147: 2134: 2133: 2129: 2119: 2117: 2113: 2106: 2102: 2101: 2097: 2087: 2085: 2076: 2075: 2071: 2062: 2060: 2051: 2050: 2043: 2033: 2031: 2022: 2021: 2017: 2007: 2005: 2004:on 1 April 2012 1996: 1995: 1991: 1981: 1979: 1969: 1968: 1964: 1955: 1953: 1952:on June 6, 2011 1949: 1942: 1938: 1937: 1933: 1923: 1921: 1912: 1911: 1907: 1899: 1890: 1881: 1879: 1870: 1869: 1865: 1852: 1851: 1847: 1829: 1828: 1824: 1815: 1813: 1799: 1798: 1794: 1784: 1782: 1773: 1772: 1768: 1758: 1756: 1752: 1745: 1741: 1740: 1736: 1727: 1725: 1721: 1714: 1709: 1708: 1704: 1694: 1692: 1678: 1677: 1668: 1658: 1656: 1643: 1642: 1638: 1627: 1612: 1611: 1604: 1597: 1593: 1583: 1581: 1577: 1570: 1565: 1564: 1560: 1550: 1548: 1534: 1533: 1526: 1516: 1514: 1505: 1504: 1500: 1491: 1489: 1485: 1478: 1474: 1473: 1469: 1459: 1457: 1448: 1447: 1443: 1433: 1431: 1427: 1420: 1416: 1415: 1406: 1395: 1384: 1377: 1376: 1343: 1333: 1331: 1330:on June 6, 2011 1327: 1320: 1316: 1315: 1308: 1294: 1293: 1278: 1274: 1227: 1191:William B. 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