Below: Chinese fishermen with boats at Cabrillo Point—now the site of Hopkins Marine Station—circa 1875. Opposite: Jung San Choy’s family (above) and two Chinese fishing village girls (below), circa 1895. Courtesy of the Monterey County Free Libraries, Marina, CA 1870s 1874 Southern Pacific Railroad next expands down the Salinas Valley, South County communities pop up from Soledad (1874) to San Miguel (1885) 1872 Southern Pacific Railroad reaches Salinas, access to new agricultural markets grows 1873 Colton Hall closes as official building, lives on as a continuously run public building (becoming a public school, hospital, courthouse and museum) 1877 Salinas Valley farmers conduct first experiments with irrigation
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