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King City, CaliforniaKing City straddles the Salinas River in southern Monterey County in Central California. Its official name is "The City of King,"for it's founder, Charles H. King (1842-1910) in 1886 Samuel Hamilton (1830-1904), John Steinbecks grandfather settled in the King City in the early 1870's John Ernst Steinbecks (1863-1935) father of novelist John Steinbeck (1902-1968), settled here in 1890, as the first agent for Southern Pacific Milling Company that had constructed a grain warehouse Steinbeck, met his wife, Olive Hamilton (1867-1934) John Steinbeck used his mothers famile the Hamilton in his book East of Eden  View Looking down Broadway King City, Cal. from the railroad station, Railroad Exchange Hotel on the left and the Hotel Camino Real King City Meddaugh Photo No. 9 Circa 1908 91-011-048 |
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