Pacific Grove's Oldest And Least Known Landmark - California

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for the kind words. This video was my first show produced for the local public access television station in the Monterey Penninsula. I have upgraded to a Panasonic TM-900 video camera and a new computer with a Core i7 processor and an upgraded grahics card.

[@urieladen8242]

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[@jessebentlee9501]

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[@GustyMidwest]

Wonderful work. I'll Subscribe!

[@zeynelocak9557]

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[@cavmuns]

Your amazing, thank you for your time. I cannot stop learning from you.

[@drunkbuzzard3237]

I grew up in PG in the 60s and 70s about 3 blocks from there. It was still a quiet small hometown type place. Hope you stopped by the museum. Still had the swan glass bottom boats at lovers point back then.

[@izabelabhering7041]

Great video!

[@tamiz8895]

That’s a rotational ambigram “WATER”, it reads the same when turned upside down. I am curious to know about this site. Will look for it.

[@thomasbradleyrealestateage9208]

Awesome, calming video. Fun to watch. Cool treasure!

[@storiesbyalex]

Thomas, thanks for watching........................alex

[@AnotherAmateur]

Very nice. I am a local historian, too. Keeping history alive is a passion.

[@DebbyShoemaker]

It's called "Geocaching".

[@cratturyoura]

your talents for discovery have swept me out to sea

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching....alex

[@mariaserrano7047]

Yo no hablo Inglés pero veo todos tus videos

[@BobHamiltonnewradio]

Wonderful...thanks for sharing this...Where is this exactly so we can go see it..?

[@deborah5568]

Wow thank you so much for sharing!

[@storiesbyalex]

Deborah, thanks for watching - Pacific Groves is a wonderful place........alex

[@pamelaattrux336]

Well then I think that rock used as a kitchen counter for preparing should be in a museum

[@kristofthibaud8491]

Less of your Head in Bushes and more Scenery.

[@steveeidmann]

Location of stones?

[@touchnova]

Another fantastic look at the regional history Alex, well done. Sure love the upgrade on your video quality as well! Pretty neat finding that letter geocache! Thanks for taking us along and keep it up....merry adventures to you!

[@upacksawallop2300]

all your work is spectacular but this is the big leagues ALEX

[@upacksawallop2300]

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[@willwinningham5096]

Thank you so very much for producing this series. As a former, and hopefully, future resident of the area, it was nice to discover something that had eluded me all those years...while rediscovering one of my favorite places on earth through your excellent work!

[@storiesbyalex]

Will, thanks for watching and the kind words.......alex

[@coolbreeze4066]

I enjoyed the video, but with all do respect the natives of the are Esselen not Rumsen. I know this because I am Esselen. Rumsen was a language that was used by some native tribes in area. We are know as OCEN (Ohlone Coastanoan Esselen Nation). As someone stated here the property was sold and the new owners are planing on bulling a very large home on the site. We are doing all we can to work with the new owners and the city to preserve the site but they have a bigger bank roll than we do. The site is very important to us and we want nothing more than to have no construction or possible destruction of our sacred site. If you feel as strong about preserving history as we do please feel free to contact the City of Pacific Grove Planning Department and let them know how you feel. Thank you

[@2wheeledaddiction86]

Cool Breeze what is the current status of the site?

[@bohemian46]

I am what is commonly known as an old white guy.I lived in Pacific Grove for over 40 years. My mother, father and brother are buried there. One brother still lives in Pacific Grove very near your exposed site. I am against any intrusion into the lives, present or past, of the legitimate residents of the area. Which is to say, show some respect for the true peoples of this area. Specifically, what bare ground is left, leave it bare. Go somewhere else. Spend your wealth elsewhere where is does no harm. Also stop brining attention to this which will do more harm than good. You as an outsider have no right either to intrude, expose or invite others since this is not your home.

[@janjohannessmith7033]

I am impressed by your coming and support it thank

[@marlenemcgovern1045]

I became less interested during his standing on sacred stone pressing the lichen. Still Iam pleased more attention is given to Native Tribes than those who conquered them and brainwashing Natives.

[@coolbreeze4066]

We won the court battle and the owners of the property sold and moved. As of now there’s no one occupying the land ✊🏽

[@therake1046]

I miss PG - my old town

[@thesoultransferprotocol721]

Me too.....I miss it dearly. The whole area has changed so much. Its sad.

[@drunkbuzzard3237]

Mine too.

[@capitalletters13]

I go to pacific grove and Monterey every year!! I just love it there!

[@jcee2259]

Beg to differ. I found a shipwreck in 12 feet of seawater. Using a photograph I found hung within a Pacific Grove tavern. Which thousands of citizens had also seen from bar stools and on lavatory visits. A steamship on the harbor bottom. With 2 cargo's aboard. Furniture from the Mission of Santa Cruz being returned and wood cases filled with bottled beer. The latter was salvaged by off-duty Fort Ord soldiers and whoever else in Pacific Grove who wanted free bottled beer. After word got out of my discovery within 2 weeks the only thing not hauled away by scuba divers was the steam engine boiler and fitted pipes.

[@pianorama]

Beautiful and interesting place.

[@davidfromcolorado5295]

Great vid love it

[@doctorofart]

Alex, very cool find. It must be amazing to get to go to work. When I was a boy in school and started learning about the explorers it sounded so exciting. I remember the teacher telling me that everything had already been explored/discovered. Oh how wrong they were, but they fooled me for a long time. You are an explorer of the past. My Dream is to be able to continue to explore these lost civilizations around the world too, especially the ones at my own doorstep. At 20 min in you discuss the Mesa, mortar, and the pestle that you found. It looks absolutely right on. I wonder if microscopic particles in the table bespeaks of what they ground up and poured off/ grapes? Olives? What mostly caught my attention and gave me a great aha, was when you held up the pestle and discussed how it was broken and worn. That is something I see completely missing from modern geology. They do not take the discussion of broken rocks anywhere other than to say that ALL rocks break off mountains and tumble, rock against rock and roll in water to get their current shapes and position. And yet you pick up a rock and say it is broken and worn with ease and authority. It started as a normal rock and was worked into a tool by man. And then it was used and worn and broken even more by usage, time and maybe an accident or a catastrophe. But the burning question is, how did you know it was broken and worn if all rocks are broken and worn. Because rocks are not broken and worn by erosion and when one is broken and worn it is obviously broken because the rock will be chipped, scratched, scraped etc. Sharp broken edges, whitish marks of scratched glass (of which rock is basically glass, silicas) worm off surface crust or encapsulation are the dead giveaways. But that belies all accepted geological conclusions regarding rock formation. They are wrong. Every single rock is an individual rock with its own igneous impact related airborne formation process, like tektites and volcanic bombs. I have so much evidence it hurts no one sees it or believes it. But I found a pattern in every rock. They all twist. A rock will not sit flat but always tip. Many factors like placement, shape, location, mineral content, hardness, show off rocks incredibly organized manner. I also discovered a pattern in every rock, despite size, shape, color, content , or locale. Of course true sedimentary rocks do exist, but far less than suspected. Thank you for the truth spoken from a true man of science. I hope to utilize this in my research if you have no objections.

[@storiesbyalex]

Hello John, thanks for watching the video and your comments. I have encountered hundreds of pestles and manos under many diverse circumstance and so it is sometimes very easy to describe and identity these man made utilitarian stone objects shaped by man. The fun ones are when you find two broken pestle pieces that fit together. My regards...........................alex

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for the kind words. Monterey has a similiar landmark which is documented in my KZbin video titled, "Mysteries of Monterey".

[@trevorlindsey580]

So sad that the Oak grove that was there at one time has been replaced by iceplant. I am glad you respect the cultural remains, and like to educate, but please do your best to keep locales safe. I would love to share some amazing sites with you if you ever are in So Cal.

[@2phyllie]

Thank you Alex. Like the Rumsen Indians who lived here you are “friendly and generous” with your knoeledge

[@2phyllie]

Knowledge

[@storiesbyalex]

Phyllis, thanks for watching and your kind words...........................alex

[@acewild9689]

First video I’ve watched after I stumbled upon your channel thru watching a huell howsner eps... you have such a great channel, I can’t believe this one is from 2012. Keep up the great and hard work.

[@storiesbyalex]

Ace, thanks for watching and your kind words........................alex

[@calisdad3]

That's A-MAY-zing.

[@edwardberwick5109]

Thank you. It was serendipity for me to find and watch your video. I wasn't searching for it. My great grandfather was the first mayor of PG back in the days. I have never heard of this artifact. Your video was most enlightening.

[@storiesbyalex]

Edward, thanks for watching and your comments......alex

[@troy19100]

Really enjoyed this

[@storiesbyalex]

troy, this was one of my first shows that was aired on Monterey's public access television station. It was a fun project..........alex

[@andriesscheper2022]

I've seen such 'landmarks' in fast streaming brooks in South Norway, complete with the round boulders that made the marks in time, so they could be natural.

[@Kalithrasis]

Absolutely and completely wrong. There is no stream anywhere near Pacific Grove that could create anything like that and our granite doesn't erode with pits at all.

[@thetawaves48]

The late great Huell Howser would approve! Thanks so much for this great video! I hope you don't mind if I share it with MBPAPA.

[@storiesbyalex]

+marte thompson Marte, thanks for watching and feel free to share any of my treks........alex

[@Kahweekah2o2f]

California gold

[@aarontollman]

Love when locals do these kind of things, I hope it brings many visitors to our beautiful bay. Thank you for doing these Alex.

[@tylershilstone345]

Where in Pacific Grove is this?

[@jvkemps]

Very well done and informative.

[@storiesbyalex]

+joel kemps Thanks for the kind words.......alex

[@redtailhawkoz]

What has happened to this story, anyone know ?

[@TheSynthZone]

Geocaching is a game where people hide objects and players locate them using GPS, the ancients left the grinding stone for others to use and leave behind! Trust is an amazing thing and valuable to possess.

[@daieast6305]

dude broke tradition and did not write a message in the book before replacing it...besides that somebody should inform him that people from other places were in north america way before those he knows as 'native american' tribes

[@willwinningham5096]

Alex, Could you please give me specific directions to the location in question, as I am returning to the Monterey Peninsula in the coming months and would love to visit the site you so artfully featured in your video? Thank you in advance. Will

[@storiesbyalex]

Will, the site is located in a vacant lot adjacent to the NOAA at this link ( swfsc.noaa.gov/PG-Mural.aspx ). Also, try to visit the sites identified in this video of Monterey ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipOceJJ8g9dsnM0 ).......alex

[@willwinningham5096]

storiesbyalex Alex, I am a 4-time honor grad from DLI, so I an quite familiar with the boulders just below the Presidio. BTW, thanks for the info...and keep these terrific videos coming!!!

[@willwinningham5096]

AWESOME...the boulder can actually be seen on google maps!

[@storiesbyalex]

Will Winningham I have not been there for some time and I hope that people have valued the historical nature of that site. If you go out to the the end of the street towards the ocean and take a left onto Ocean View Blvd and then park your car near the Gazebo along the ocean, and take a path which leads you directly under the Gazebo, you will face an ancient shell midden site. Last time I was there there were numerous abalone shells sticking out from the slope. FYI, this is a protected archaeological site, but well worth seeing when the erosion conditions are right....alex

[@susanfriesen4053]

@@storiesbyalex I greatly enjoyed your video. Such sites should be preserved

[@storiesbyalex]

Bette, Pacific Grove is located along the California coast at Monterey Bay and is approximately 120 miles south of the city of San Francisco.......alex

[@tumanuvaomeaole9458]

14:10 the natives were playing international treasure hunt

[@Magnolia111]

You found a “letter boxing” box.... fun activity for kids where they follow clues to find the box and add their own stamp. 😊

[@storiesbyalex]

Elizabeth, thanks for watching and your comment..............alex

[@kouh-weihliao679]

we are going to play this course in April 18.

[@cwb0051]

Why didnt You put Your name in the little notebook? With the date?

[@storiesbyalex]

cwboo51, thanks for watching. I just did not think of it at the time..............................alex

[@ilenecashman7905]

Would like a site/pg, I could "like" to get updates! Live on the Mtry Peninsula, plus love history! How do I get updates on the areas you go too w/o going to KZbin? Thanks for the beautiful work you do ♥

[@storiesbyalex]

Hello Ilene, thanks for watching. I have a web page at storiesbyalex.com/ where I post my videos. However, they are all linked to KZbin. Regards, Alex.........

[@ilenecashman7905]

storiesbyalex Thank you! Hope you change that soon so we that love history of different areas can enjoy your post ♥

[@sheriwhispers]

Ya I lived in Temecula in a place called Indian oaks that has a natural creek . Theres huge boulders that they used for bathing they are flat an smooth an the water pools between the flat rocks. I might add the cougars an mountain lions bring their cubs during the summer months to drink from the water. My only thing about Cali at this point is look what they have done to it.....................

[@storiesbyalex]

Sheriwhispers, Thankf for watching and your comments......alex

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks.....I became hungry watching your beef stew video......alex

[@lou_dabs]

Dope video bro

[@thetawaves48]

I hope that you do a video on the PG Carnegie Library - circa 1908!

[@bethbartlett5692]

Truly fun modern game with ancient sites. ❤

[@denysefrischmuth2805]

This is a fantastic story that I would have enjoyed more if the music was not so loud. There are portions of your presentation that are hardly audible, all drowned out in music. I suggest that the music be made only as background music.

[@storiesbyalex]

Denyse, thanks for watching and the comments.....alex

[@alicebjorgtryggvason6833]

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[@HAPPYHAPPY2435]

Where In PG is this???

[@bettelittle5958]

QUESTION WHERE IS PACIFIC GROVE?????

[@StarFlower99654]

Looks like you found a geocache.

[@LaughingblueSu]

9:00 ancient cooking table or human sacrifice tabe? Yikes!

[@storiesbyalex]

Hello Loretta, I would enjoy seeing them and will send an email to set-up a meeting.......alex

[@bohemian46]

As a 5 decade plus resident of Pacific Grove I would have preferred that you not have made this location public. Did you ask Rudy Rozales for permission to invade his family's past and property?Vis(z)cano did not encounter "Indians".... They were indigenous peoples. There is a T in the word Monterey. FYI my mother wrote 5 books on the history of Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel and Big Sur. RE: Edward Berwick.. There is a Park in Pacific Grove called Berwick Park. This was a former indigenous peoples village. Also were you aware that the Spaniards, specifically the religious zealots of the Catholic church, imprisoned and wiped out roughly 40, 000 indigenous inhabitants in a 50 year period between Carmel Valley and Monterey/Pacific Grove.

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching and your comments........................alex

[@metalmonkey6262]

In fact they burnt everything outside the mission walls. Can't even imagine how these "holy men" could be filled with such cruel intentions and people today still revere these psychopath murdering perverts

[@gregmucha1402]

Relax, peeps. I spent my first 35 years in the area and hated to have to leave it behind because of capitalist economic reality. Once the Thwaites Glacier slides into the Antarctic Sea, it will all be underwater. Along with John Denver's missing body parts.

[@steveearnshaw2216]

Saint Junipero Serra?

[@babawawasrk]

opinions not facts al

[@cavmuns]

Boo on the treasurer hunt.

[@nakoawarrior3186]

And you can add many time's we are like minded about your discoveries. Except your cluelessness about museums who have the agenda to hide the truth. Because all people would all ready know about the things that you find if museums were doing their job's.