Tag: John Pfeiffer

The Innocente Homestead

Immanuel (Manuel) Innocente was of the Chumash tribe and head cattle wrangler at El Sur Rancho in San Buenaventura. In 1868, Manuel moved with his wife, Francisca – who was likely Yokut –  and two children to Big Sur and purchased a homestead in what would later become Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. This homestead included dry, scrub covered hillsides, as well as a…

The Pfeiffer Homesteads

The Pfeiffer name is scattered across Big Sur, California.  Be it Pfeiffer Falls, Pfeiffer Ridge, Pfeiffer Road, Pfeiffer Gulch, or Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek all these landmarks are homage to a family that settled and thrived in Big Sur since 1869. Michael and Barbara Pfeiffer were European immigrants who settled in Sycamore Canyon, Big Sur in 1869 [visit Michael’s owner page] with their four children Charles, John,…