Monterey, California FLAG OF MONTEREY

Facts The city of Monterey is located on the southern edge in California The 2010 census recorded population of The city had California's first theater, public building, library, publicly funded school, printing press and newspaper The city have attracted artists since the late 19th century and many celebrated painters and writers have lived there

Culture  The building in which the first paid public dramatic entertainment in California is located in Monterey and is called "California's First Theater"  Between 1847 and 1848 several detachments of soldiers were stationed in Monterey and some of the sailors to lease a section of building for use as a theather  The enterprise collected $500 for the first performance and it was considerable sum at the time