| 1880 |
The hotel that would come to be named the Hotel Del Monte, one of the great American luxury hotels of the time, is opened in Monterey by the Southern Pacific Railroad. |
| 1883 |
The Carmel River Dam is completed as a service to the Hotel Del Monte. It would later serve Carmel. It was also called the “Chinese Dam,” as it was constructed using Chinese labor. |
| 1884 |
Restoration of Carmel Mission begins. |
| 1886 |
In Germany, Benz produces the first production automobile. |
| 1888 |
Santiago Duckworth files map of “Carmel City” at county seat in Salinas. Plans resort development and builds Hotel Carmel at the intersection of Junipero (then Broadway) and Ocean. Two hundred lots sold and some cottages built before the 1890s depression. |
| 1889 |
Monterey is linked to San Francisco and the Transcontinental Railroad by the Southern Pacific’s Del Monte Express, a 3 hour and twenty minute ride that takes San Franciscans within 4 miles of Carmel. |
| 1889 |
Abbie Jane Hunter opens the Hotel Carmelo. |
| 1890 |
The Del Monte Express is extended to Pacific Grove. |
| 1892 |
17-Mile Drive (AKA 18-Mile Drive) opens. |
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Abbie Jane Hunter founds the Women’s Real Estate and Investment Company in Carmel. |
| 1893 |
The first American production automobile is completed by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. |
| 1897 |
The Del Monte Golf Course is added to the features of the Hotel Del Monte. |