Hill Town Ferry

Hill Town Ferry is a California Historical Landmark in Hill Town, Monterey County.

Monterey County · Corner Spreckels Boulevard and Old Highway 68, Hill Town · location approximate

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This was one of the first ferries to cross the Salinas River and was operated by Hiram Cory. Monterey County Board of Supervisors regulated the toll. In 1877 the toll was as follows: buggy and horse, 25 cents; buggy and horses, 37½ cents; 4 horses and wagon, 75 cents; 6 horses and wagon, $1; horse and saddle, 25 cents; and man on foot, 12½ cents. Ferry was in operation until bridge was built in 1889.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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