Some native Indians scattered in temporary sites all over the peninsula tip sand dunes.
About 200 Indian tribes in the state. Some fierce like up by Mt. Shasta and some fat and happy like Yosemite Valley Ahwahneechee, trading obsidian on East side of Sierras for decoration shells from the Coast. Little is know because of settlers hostile "savages" attitude and Natives lack of any immunity to European diseases like smallpox.
In 1769, some Spanish in Mexico walked and rode up the rugged coast with a sailing oriented map, heading for deep water harbor and military tiny outpost of Monterey, under Portola. They got lost and wandered N. of Monterey to the tip of the Peninsula. Obviously, this isn't Monterey!
Their camp near 280 and Millbrae has a roadside marker.
They surveyed. Too much sand dunes for farming. Tho many sf tour guides makeup "mint farming". ;o
Lots of Grizzly Bear, elk, deer, and the
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