In 1875, David Jacks (of Monterey Jack cheese fame), whose substantial landholdings included a grove adjoining his Monterey property, made a legal agreement with San Francisco’s Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The Pacific Grove Retreat Association was formed, and 30’ X 60’ “tenting lots” were sold, at $50 per site. This paradise in the Grove inspired the saying, “Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey-by-the-Smell (from the fish caneries), and Pacific Grove-by-God.”