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19-549: Malpaso may refer to: Malpaso Creek , Monterey County, California, USA Malpaso Dam , Mexico, officially known as the Nezahualcóyotl Dam Malpaso Productions , Clint Eastwood's production company Pico de Malpaso , the highest point on El Hierro, Canary Islands The song "Malpaso Man" by the British band Visage Topics referred to by

38-455: A high density of sori can appear rough or mottled. Female plants contain dark-colored sori on both sides of branches. Females typically contain less sori than males. Tetrasporic individuals are distinguished from females by the arrangement, increased size, and decreased abundance of sori. The genus name Dictyota comes from the Greek word diktyōtē , which means "net-like". D. binghamiae

57-590: A natural northern boundary of the Big Sur region. In 1874, a seam of low grade bituminous coal was found in upper Malpaso Canyon. On September 6, 1888, shortly after ownership of the Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito was resolved by a court, almost all of the claimants banded together to form the Carmelo Land and Coal Company. A mine was dug into the mountain on the north bank of Malpaso Creek and

76-418: Is a species of brown algae found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from British Columbia to Baja California . This species was named in honor of phycologist Caroline Bingham . D. binghamiae is a brown algae species that can reach up to 40 cm in length, with each branch between 1 and 1.5 cm in width. Blades are dichotomously branched with rounded tips and small marginal teeth. The color of

95-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Malpaso Creek The creek and its canyon also defines the northern border of Garrapata State Park . The mouth of the creek is located at Little Malpaso Beach where there is a small white sandy beach, tide pools, and a narrow cave. The creek was named by the United States Coast Survey from

114-400: Is one of the largest members of its genus, which contains over 200 species. This species was described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1984 and was named after phycologist Caroline Bingham , who often shared materials and collaborated with Agardh. D. binghamiae can be found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from British Columbia to Baja California. This species is common on small rocks and coral in

133-974: The Carmel River on California State Route 1 . Along with six other Monterey County bridges on Highway 1, Malpaso Creek Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places . As a group, the bridges are referred to as the Big Sur Arches and may be the best works example of the California Division of Highways' bridge department. While serving in the US Army at nearby Fort Ord , actor Clint Eastwood developed an interest in Carmel area real estate. With income from his growing acting career, on December 24, 1967 he bought five parcels totaling 283 acres (115 ha) of land on

152-401: The intertidal and subtidal zones to a depth of up to 30 m. Male and female reproductive systems are found on separate individuals. This species is also capable of asexual reproduction through stolons . Studies suggest that tetrasporic individuals are more common than separately sexed individuals. Individuals can also contain no sexual structures at all. Like other members of

171-483: The Malpaso Creek Bridge was built in 1935 as part of Highway 1. Malpaso Creek Bridge (No. 44-17) was built at a cost of $ 24,000 in 1935 using a reinforced concrete open- spandrel arch design, similar to the famous Bixby Creek Bridge , located 8 miles (13 km) to the south. It is 210 feet (64 m) long and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide. The bridge is situated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of

190-466: The blade is darker at the base and lighter at the tips. Branches do not contain midribs . This species attaches to the substrate using a flattened, irregularly shaped holdfast . New branches can sprout off directly from the holdfast. D. binghamiae can commonly be found with boreholes, which are caused by a copepods . Organisms can be male, female, tetrasporic , or possess no reproductive structures. Males possess white oval-shaped sori . Males with

209-462: The coal was transported on ore carts via a tramway to Coal Chute Point, opposite the Chinese settlement at Whaler's Cove on Point Lobos . The deep water allowed the workers to use the chute to deliver the coal directly to coastal steamers. But by 1896, the coal mine was unprofitable. In 1897, Alexander MacMillan Allan, a successful race track architect and real estate developer from Pennsylvania,

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228-566: The creek's south shore. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, a foot trail along the coast was used by Native Americans. Rancho San José y Sur Chiquito was a 8,876-acre (35.92 km ) Mexican land grant in present-day Big Sur , in Monterey County, California , given in 1835 to Teodoro Gonzalez and re-granted by Governor Juan Alvarado the same year to Marcelino Escobar. A hand-drawn map created c.  1853 accompanying

247-413: The creek, Gloiopeltis furcata and Callophyllis crenulata occur near the creek, Dictyota binghamiae occurs at the 1 foot (0.30 m) tide level near the creek, and Fucus distichus subspecies edentatus f. abbreviatus occurs in the creek's exposed areas. Cucumaria curata has been found in tidepools on exposed rock areas near the creek. Anglers fish for surfperch and rockfish along

266-506: The eastern side of Highway 1 to the coastal ridge. In 1995, Monterey County bought the land from him for $ 3.08 million, despite the fact that in July 1994 the county assessor showed the land's assessed value as only $ 308,682. The county put a permanent conservation easement on the Malpaso property. Dictyota binghamiae Dictyota binghamiae , commonly known as mermaid's glove ,

285-516: The grant indicated a road or trail was already present along the coast. In 1870, Henry Bixby and his father hired men to improve the track and constructed the first wagon road including 23 bridges from the Carmel Mission to Bixby Creek. Near the coast, a trail and later a road ran from Carmel to Big Sur during the 1800s. The creek has very steep side slopes and there was only one crossing (a ford only 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level) until

304-549: The hand-drawn diseño of Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito . The translation of the creek's name, "bad step", or "bad crossing", was based on how difficult it was to cross the abrupt canyon before a bridge was built across it in 1935. Beds of coarse sand and conglomerate containing coal occur in Malpaso Creek. Malpaso creek is located in the Carmel Highlands , immediately south of Yankee Point. The creek forms

323-449: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Malpaso . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malpaso&oldid=764371654 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

342-578: The south side of Malpaso Creek from Charles Sawyer along Highway 1 near Malpaso Creek, south of the Carmel Highlands. He named his production company The Malpaso Company after the location. The company was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High , using profits from the Dollars Trilogy . He later bought more land until he owned 650 acres (260 ha). The land stretched from

361-514: Was hired to improve the coal mine operation. When he found the coal mine could not produce a profit, he purchased 640 acres (260 ha) of Point Lobos from the Carmelo Land and Coal Company in 1898. The creek was formerly the southern limit of fast-growing Monterey pine before the species was planted widely. Local distribution of Pelvetiopsis arborescens occurs in the rocks near the creek, as does Rhodophysema elegans var. polystromatica . Callophyllis linearis occurs on rocks north of

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