Wanderers Club
See Organizations—W

Wagon Cave
See Caves

Wagons
See Agricultural Equipment and Transportation

War on Poverty
See Monterey County—Antipoverty Agency

Wars
See Wars—Afghan; Wars—European War 1949-1918, Wars—Korean, Wars—Gulf Wars, Wars—United States Civil War, Wars—United States Civil War, Wars—Vietnamese Conflict, and Wars—World War II
See also California National Guard
Related Heading: Battle of Salinas. Additional material may be found in the Biography iles under individual names, i.e., Everett Alvarez; Ovila Cayer; Thomas Hicks; Antonio Hernandez; Theodore Thomas Tidbal; and George J. Wilson)

WARS—EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1918
See also Biography—H—Hopps, Martin

WARS—KOREAN

WARS—GULF WARS

Wars, Iraq
See Wars—Gulf Wars

WARS—UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR
See also Confederate Corners

WARS—VIETNAMESE CONFLICT
Related Headings: Business Enterprises—Restaurants (GI Coffeehouse); Organizations—M—Monterey County Peace Center; and Organizations—M for Monterey Peninsula Mothers for Peace

WARS—WORLD WAR II
For internment of Japanese Americans in Monterey County,
See Authors (D) Violet Kazue De Cristoforo; and Ethnic Groups—Japanese Americans in the Local History files
For relocation of Italian Americans, See Ethnic Groups—Italian
Related Headings: Aviation; California National Guard; Organizations—S (Salinas Community Canteen); Organizations—U—USO; and Salinas Army Air Base

WATER COMPANIES (Acacia Park Water and Improvement Association; Adcock Family Water Companies; Alco Water Co.; Alisal Water Company; Ambler Park Water Co.; Boronda County Water District; Cal Water, California Water Service Company; Cal Am Water Chualar Water Works; California Utilities; Clay Street Water Tower; Elkhorn Water Association; Gonzales Water Tower; Marina Coast Water District; Mission Hills Water Co.; Oak Creek Water System; Salinas Hills Water Co.; Salinas Utility Services Co.; Toro Water Service). For problems with the San Jerardo Cooperative water,
See Agricultural Laborers—Housing—San Jerrardo

Water Management and Water Management—Dams
See the Water Issues in Monterey County binders, LHR553.7 WAT in the Local History Collection
Related headings: Irrigation; Lakes—San Antonio; Lakes—Nacimiento; and Pollution--Water

Water Pollution
See Pollution—Water

Water Supply
See the Water Issues in Monterey County binders, LHR553.7 WAT in the Local History Collection

Water Towers
See Water Companies

Water Wells
See the Water Issues in Monterey County binders, LHR553.7 WAT in the Local History Collection
See also Business Enterprises—Well Drilling; and Water Companies.

WATSONVILLE

WEATHER

Western Ranch and Home
the one-time name of the weekend section of the Salinas Californian

Wetlands
See Lakes; and Parks and Recreation—Elkhorn Slough

Whaling industry
See Business Enterprises—Whaling; Moss Landing; and Ethnic Groups—Portuguese
See also the book Portuguese Shore Whalers in the Nineteenth Century, LHR 979.400469 DIC in the Local History Collection

WILDLIFE
(Articles cover habitats, and animals and plants in the wild.
Related Headings: Agriculture; Animals; Business Enterprises—Fishing; Business Enterprises—Whaling; Parks and Recreation--Elkhorn Slough; Lakes; Medicine and Health; Organizations—Gun Clubs; Salinas River; and Trees)

WINDMILLS

Wine Industry,
See Agriculture—Grapes

Wineries,
See Agriculture—Grapes

WOMEN
See also under individual names in the Biography section, i.e. (Inez Garcia; (Mary) Anne Hadden, Carol Hallett, June Handley, etc.
Related Headings: Crime and Criminals—Gangs; Organizations—S; and Shelters for the Homeless.

World War I, II
See Wars—European War 1914-1918; and Wars—World War II, respectively.

YOUTH
Related Headings: Automobiles; Juvenile Corrections; Crime and Criminals—Gangs; Monterey County—Youth Corps; Monterey County—Youth Programs; and listings under Organizations