EL CERRITO’S El Cerrito Round-Up June ROAD 2017 TO CITYHOOD 22 MARKETPLACECONTRACOSTA.COM JUNE 2017 By Matt Larson 1888: German immigrant William Rust opens a blacksmith shop in Contra Costa, near the county line. 1905: The Eastshore & Suburban Railway begins from the county line through Stege to Richmond. March 1909: William Rust is appointed postmaster of the district between Stege and Ocean View, thus the no-name new post office was designated “Rust.” 1911: Reps from Pullman, Rust and Stege discuss joining together as a sixth class city, to which Richmond responds with a failed effort to annex all unincorporated area south of it’s border, and “saloon interest” are blamed for the rejection. SAVE THE DATE Monday, January 15, 2018 El Cerrito 29th Annual Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Celebration 8:30am: Gather For Parade “I HAVE A DREAM” Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. 10:00am: Parade Begins – El Cerrito DMV Parking Lot (6400 Manila Avenue) 11:00am: Rally and Program El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Theater (540 Ashbury Avenue, El Cerrito) For more information: Patricia Durham (510) 234-2518 January 1912: Richmond attempts the annex again, now also including San Pablo, eventually acquiring Pullman and Stege communities only. May 1917: As county line residents draft an incorporation petition, real estate interests meet in San Francisco to strategize opposition. June 1917: County supervisors approve placing incorporation of the county-line area on the ballot, despite real estate investors’ opposition, which excluded Richmond Annex and the Berkeley Park (today’s Kensington). August 1917: On August 8th incorporation is approved by a 158 to 131 vote. Population of the new sixth class city estimated at between 1,500 to 2,000 people.
Contra Costa Marketplace - June 2017
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