Honoré Escolle

Honoré Escolle (December 24, 1832 – December 18, 1895), was as a French-American businessman from Monterey, California. In 1878, he purchased 1,400 unsettled acres (570 ha) acres of the Sanchez's ranch near Gonzales, California. In the late 1880s, he sold 324 barren acres (131 ha) to Santiago J. Duckworth to build a Catholic Summer resort. This land later became Carmel-by-the-Sea, California