submerged rocks. Keepers of the light were
supplied with victuals and fuel by sea until near-
ly 20 years later in 1874, when a road was built
from Monterey. Then, as now, things just move
more slowly in Pacific Grove.
There is one other nickname for PG: a play-
ful saying developed in the early days of the
twentieth centur y: "Carmel by the Sea,
Monterey by the Smell and Pacific Grove by
God." The Monterey name referenced the
stench produced by its seaside canneries, and
while those were mostly silenced by the late
1940s, Carmel is, of course, still by the sea. "By
God" refers to the summer camp meetings
held by the Methodist church, commencing in
1875. Meetings were held in a huge tent, locat-
(Left, top) Butterfly Town, USA: migrating
Monarch butterflies gather at Pacific Grove.
(Bottom) The Feast of Lanterns: a Pacific
Grove tradition dating to 1905. (Right, top)
The lighthouse at Point Pinos has safely
guided ships past PG's rocky shore since
1855. (Bottom) Asilomar Beach.
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