Description: Prunetucky" is the nickname given to the hill country in North Monterey County, California east and west of Highway 101. Turn off Hwy 101 at San Miguel Canyon Road which runs North/South through the heart of Prunetucky. Most of the hollers branch off San Miguel Canyon Road. email larry at labrams9@gmail.com for free st
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This unincorporated area of Monterey County is officially known as Prunedale because plum trees were planted by the area's early settlers around 1900. However, trees died soon after due to poor irrigation and fertilizer, but the name Prunedale stuck. The name "Prunetucky" refers to a populist down home lifestyle that is at odds with the elitist lifestyle of nearby areas of Carmel / Monterey / Santa Cruz/ Silicon Valley.
Prunetuckians are populists. We are environmentalists, but favor goats and gardens, not so-called "clean tech" of lithium ion battery plants in nearby Moss Landing. We are small business trades people, vets, techies that keep our nose to the grindstone. Our kids go affordable Cabrillo and MPC Junior Colleges , not elitist UCSC. We like the new country music of Tyler Childers and Molly Tuttle, not tired dad rock of Haight Ashbury '60s and Marin/Mendocino 70s.