Lower Presidio Historic Park Walking Tour: Focus on Indigenous Tribes

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On the third Saturday of every month at 10am, Monterey Bay historian and author Tim Thomas offers a two-hour Lower Presidio Historic Park Walking Tour. Today's tour will focus indigenous tribes. Tours meet in front of the Presidio of Monterey Museum.

Tim Thomas will discuss the indigenous tribes who lived on the Central Coast of California and particularly Lower Presidio Historic Park. For over 5000 years, this area was inhabited by the Rumsien/Ohlone.

Advance reservations are required by calling Tim Thomas at 831-521-3304. The tour is for ages 10 through adult only and the cost is $20 for adults and $15 for ages 10-15. Group rates are also available.

Tim Thomas, a fourth-generation native of the Monterey area, is a popular speaker and lively tour guide. For 16 years, he was historian and curator for the Monterey Maritime & History Museum and has worked with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, California State Parks, and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. He is author of The Abalone King of Monterey: 'Pop' Ernest Doelter, The Japanese on the Monterey Peninsula, and co-author of Monterey's Waterfront.

Cost: 
$20/$15

More Info

831-521-3304

Event Details

Jan
18
2020
Starts at:
10:00am
Ends at:
12:00pm
Corporal Ewing Rd, Bldg 113
Monterey, CA 93940
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