Between 19, the city became famous for growing pink beans. Īgriculture has always played a role in King City history. Shackelford, an early California settler and businessman who owned sheep pasturage next to that of Charles King. He was the first agent for the Southern Pacific Milling Company, which built an early warehouse and flour mill alongside the railroad tracks running through town. Steinbeck was certainly among the first settlers. Ernst Steinbeck, father of the novelist John Steinbeck, claimed to have been the first permanent resident of King City. King City incorporated under the name 'City of King' in 1911. The King City post office first opened in 1887. The city became known as Kings', then the City of King, and later simply King City. King wanted to name the town 'Vanderhurst', after local merchant William Vanderhurst, but was outvoted and it was named for him.

It was originally called 'Hog Town' due to the passel of semi-wild hogs roaming the stubble fields. In 1886, the Southern Pacific Railroad completed service to King City to serve the farms and ranches in the south Salinas Valley and to transport the goods to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The terminus was a station known as King's. In an effort to get his crop to market, King allowed the Southern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks across King Ranch land. King began growing 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of wheat. In 1884 Charles King acquired 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of the Mexican land grant Rancho San Lorenzo, originally given to Mariano and Feliciano Soberanes in the early 1840s during Mexican rule of California. King City was originally known as 'Kings City' for its founder, Charles King. The landmark was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1971. The Dutton Hotel was a major stagecoach stop on El Camino Real in the late 1880s. What remains are ruins of an adobe inn that was established in 1849. The Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station, was located on Jolon Road in King City. The land they camped on would later become part of King City. The first European land exploration of Alta California, Don Gaspar de Portolá's Spanish expedition, camped on the Salinas River just south of today's King City on September 26, 1769, having followed the route of today's Jolon Road from the south. King City is a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. Route 101 in the Salinas Valley of California's Central Coast. It is located on the Salinas River 51 miles (82 km) southeast of Salinas, at an elevation of 335 feet (102 m).

“We’re very happy to be doing it again and we missed it,” Casey said.Ĭasey Printing also prints catalogs, magazines, directories, brochures, tabloids, booklets, coupon books and other printed products.King City (variant: Kings City) is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. This new deal continues New SV Media as publisher of the area newspapers, but Casey Printing will take care of the printing operations. “Casey Printing is an integral part of the papers’ history, and we’re thrilled to have them back as our place of printing,” said Publisher Jeanie Johnson. Three of the papers - the Tribune, Bee and News - were combined this past April to form Salinas Valley Tribune, a unified publication for the Salinas Valley region. New SV Media acquired the four South Monterey County newspapers in July 2019. In 1995, the Caseys sold the papers to News Media Corporation, while the family continued a printing business in King City. They added the Gonzales Tribune to the group in 1973. The company stayed in the family and later, Harry Casey purchased the Greenfield News from Irwin Coffey in 1961 and the Soledad Bee from Ben and Margaret Jacobsen in 1967. The Caseys had owned the newspapers during the 1900s, starting with the Rustler’s founding in 1901 by Fred Vivian. “It’s good for subscribers and advertisers and everybody because it’s right here in town.”Ĭasey characterized the printing partnership as being similar to the Rustler “coming home.” “We’ve missed not being able to print it for quite a number of years and it’s wonderful to have them back,” said Richard Casey, one of the family owners of Casey Printing. The community newspapers are both owned by New SV Media, which recently decided to switch to the local printer for its weekly publications, beginning with today’s issue. KING CITY - Casey Printing in King City will once again print the King City Rustler and Salinas Valley Tribune.

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