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The post office operated at Posts from 1889 to 1910. The residents then petitioned the United States Post Office in Washington, D.C., to change the post office name to Big Sur, and the rubber stamp using that name was returned on March 6, 1915, cementing the name in place. [7] [23]: 8 [8]: 7 [9] The ZIP Code is 93920. [2]
Gorda (Spanish for "Fat") is a hamlet in Monterey County, California. [1] It is located 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Cape San Martin, [2] at an elevation of 148 ft (45 m). [1] It is one of the three small settlements of filling stations, restaurants, and motels located along State Route 1 on the Big Sur coast.
Approximate boundaries of the Big Sur region. Big Sur is not an incorporated town but a region without formal boundaries in California's Central Coast region. [17] The region is often confused with the small community of buildings and services 26 miles (42 km) south of Carmel in the Big Sur River valley, sometimes referred to by locals as Big Sur Village, but officially known as Big Sur. [17 ...
Lucia is a hamlet located 22 miles (35 km) south of Big Sur Village and 38 miles (61 km) north of Hearst Castle. [2] [3] [4] The area is sparsely settled [3] The sole business active today is the Lucia Lodge, one of a very few along the south coast of Big Sur to offer accommodations to travelers. [2] [5] Lucia is miles away from any other ...
Anderson Canyon in the Big Sur region of California was named after pioneering homesteaders James and Peter Andersen who were the first European settlers of the area. [2] The canyon, Anderson Creek, and Anderson Peak (4,099 feet (1,249 m)) are south of McWay Falls and within the boundaries of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
Ripplewood is an American private equity firm based in New York City [1] that focuses on leveraged buyouts, late stage venture, growth capital, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and other illiquid investments. Ripplewood was founded by its current CEO, Tim Collins. Managing partners include Lawrence Lavine, Harris Williams and ...
CA 1: Big Sur: House dating to 1867 of one of the first American families to homestead the Big Sur coast, with a New England-style saltbox wing built in 1877. Now part of the Ventana Inn resort. [59] 47: Rancho Las Palmas
Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge (2013), a week-long celebration of Henry Miller based at the City Reliquary in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. [19] [20] Aller Retour Paris, a weeklong symposium (May 4–12, 2014) based at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, celebrating the city's role in shaping Henry Miller as a writer. Big Sur Sound and Story ...