Jules Simoneau, seen here in this c. 1899 photo, was a restauranteur and saloonkeeper who befriended Robert Louis Stevenson when the young writer visited Monterey in 1879. The two remained lifelong friends. Monterey's present-day transit center is named "Simoneau Plaza" in his honor.

(J.K. Oliver, photographer; Monterey Public Library's Historic Photo No. 4647.)