It Happens In Monterey
July, 1968
On an October day in 1842, the flagship of Commodore Thomas Catesby Jones, U. S. Navy, hove to outside the town of Monterey, the capital city of what was then the Mexican empire of Alta California. The commodore had sailed in all haste from Peru, where he had formed the impression from local intelligence agents that Mexico and the United States were on the verge of war. Once in sight of the drowsy little town of Monterey, and undeterred by the absence of any warlike activity ashore, he sent a de...
