The Salinas Valley, often referred to as "The Salad Bowl of the World," is a vibrant agricultural hub located in the central part of...

Our own Spreckles Farmhouse at Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum is an attraction everyone must see. Coming from a...

The town of King City has been built into a tight knit community over the past decades. From starting as a town with dirt roads and few...

Wildflower season is one of the prettiest times of the year. The array of flowers scattered about is a beautiful sight to see. Monterey...

Early Life Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo was born in Hermosillo in the northern state of Sonora, Mexico in 1829. When he was a young man,...

Wild boar were first introduced on Rancho San Carlos by George Gordon Moore. Moore imported this wild boar from a preserve in Graham...

MCARLM boasts a grand collection of antique automobiles on display. Along with our standard Ford Model-T and Model-A, we host a 1927...

Have you ever wondered why King City is called King City? It isn’t much of a city, but maybe a King once settled here, right? How about...

Recently, there has been a down pour of rain in California. For the past several years, California has been in a drought, so the state is...

As we currently know, extreme weather has hit Monterey County causing extreme flooding and leading to a drastic effect on agriculture....

For the entirety of our lives, California has been synonymous with droughts. The golden state’s moniker originates from its early gold...

The story of agriculture within our valley is one that cannot be told without acknowledging the railroads it moved across. Our fertile...

Our museum is in the small town of King City in Monterey County. Monterey county is home to abundant agriculture, ancient redwoods, and...

Although the Salinas Valley is small in size, it has had a significant impact in the agricultural industry. Salinas Valley’s effect on...

"It was not a fine river at all, but it was the only one we had and so we boasted about it–how dangerous it was in a wet winter and how...

There are a wide variety of museums all across the U.S., but to be exact there are approximately 35,000 museums around the United States...

Since its opening, the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum has strived to curate an educational and engaging experience...

Every day technology in entertainment advances and becomes more mainstream, and the media becomes more hellbent against it. Every second...

On May 21, 2022, the interns had the privilege to visit Alcatraz. Departure was at 6:30 pm from Pier 33 and this memorable trip lasted...

On the MCARLM Intern trip to San Francisco we discovered many different places. Of those, my favorite was Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The...