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The John Rogers Cooper family lived behind these adobe walls and witnessed Monterey's changes from its time as the capitol of Mexican California through statehood in 1850. Captain John Rogers Cooper came from New England, immigrated to California, and married into a Mexican family. As a ship captain, he traveled extensively trading in hides, tallow, general merchandise, and sea otter pelts. The property belongs to the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a National Trust Historic Site, and California State Parks restored the building in the 1980s and now operate the two and a half acre complex.
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Monterey, California · United States
