First printing. Contents: Prologue; The Indians of Monterey County; Discovery and Exploration (1602-1770); Monterey County as a Spanish-American Outpost (1770-1846); Anglo-American Conquest (1846-1849); The Cattle Ranching Years (1849-1865); Revolution in Agriculture (1865-1890); Social and Economic Ferment (1865-1889); Industrial and Agricultural Expansion (1884-1900); ‘The Gilded Age’; Epilogue.