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Out of the area 300-6397 CORRECTIONS The Salinas Californian strives to maintain accuracy and fairness in all stories, graphics, photographs and other materials that appear in the newspaper. If you have a correction or clarification request, please call the newsroom at 754-4260. was typical of a lot of men from that time period who came to this said Mary Randall, a retired Salinas City School District administrator who is in- volved with the Historic Harvey House, also known as the First House. were restless and they believed there was a future in the West. And they uprooted their families and came to California.

were she said. the time they came to Salinas a lot of them had had a lot of experience. They knew how to put together a town and make it Randall said. of it was good leadership. Part of it was a great location and part of it was good path to Salinas was not a straight path.

It would take a number of years as he traveled all over the country. His wife would give birth to 10 children, six of whom died on the trek. On July 18, 1868, the Harvey family moved to Salinas City. At that time Salinas was a small un- incorporated village. There were 12 buildings, including a hotel, three sa- loons, a feed stable and a grocery and dry goods store.

Harvey opened a mercantile store on Main Street called Harvey Company. The family lived in quarters behind it. They built their home, now the First House. Sarah was 50-years-old and she wanted a proper house. At that point in time, Randall said, it was before the Victorian era and at the end of the Greco revival period.

Greco revival homes had balance and symme- try. The two-story house was built with matching bow windows. It had bed- rooms: two large ones downstairs and three upstairs. When indoor plumbing became available, one upstairs bed- room was converted to a bathroom. Next to the house was a cookhouse or cottage, where meals were prepared and washing done.

That was the style when Sarah grew up in what is now West Virginia. It was built on the northern corner of East Gabilan and Monterey streets, and the city grew up around the house. It would be moved to Romie Lane in 1939 before being moved to its present loca- tion, at 20 Train Station Place, in 1999. three blocks from where it was built, Randall pointed out. The house was in the Harvey-Baker family for more than 100 years before being restored to the 1870s.

The city owns the land upon which it sits and the house is owned and oper- ated as a museum and educational facil- ity by The First House. a and will soon change its name to The Historical Harvey House. By April 1868, the lots in the town had been subdivided. Other families like the Harveys were moving away from the gold Fences were being built where cattle roamed and barley and wheat were grown. And the railroad was coming.

Other towns were springing up as well: Castroville and New Republic among them. Two events helped Sali- nas become an economic hub, and Har- vey played a role in both of them. The was wrestling the county seat from Monterey in 1872. Then, in 1873 Harvey secured the incorporation of the of Harvey was elected to the member board of trustees and elected president. The board began building plank sidewalks, grading streets and founding a public school system.

In March of 1874, the town was incor- porated by the California Legislature and Harvey was appointed the mayor. He also held the positions of cor- oner and public administrator of Mon- terey County. He and his oldest son Benton started a general mercantile store. oldest daughter Sophronia became the school teacher and her sister also would become a teacher. Both helped establish the Union Sunday School.

In 1872, the Southern Railroad came to Salinas. It extended its line from Gilroy to Watsonville and then to Salinas. Harvey is believed to have played a role in the move through his friendship with Leland Stanford, who along with Collis B. Huntington spear- headed completion of the transconti- nental railroad. When high rail rates came into play there was an economic downturn.

As a result, the narrow gauge Monterey Sa- linas Valley Railroad was built. But cult economic times caused Harvey Company to declare bankruptcy. Harvey made a trip back east in 1875 to bring his 80-year-old mother out West, traveling by rail. The following year, with his son Benton, but without his wife, he moved to Ward, a silver mining town. He hoped to redeem his business losses.

However, the venture did not add to his wealth. A severe drought hit Monterey Coun- ty in 1876-1877. Lands changed hands. The Southern bought the Mon- terey Salinas Railroad and set up the Improvement Company. The company built the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey in 1880.

It also bought land from David Jacks and founded the town of Grove. Harvey sold real estate with Jacks. goal was to reach the next centu- Randall said. quite make Harvey died in 1899. For more information on Harvey, read the House written by David Baker, great- great-grandson.

Another book, Me, by Mary Randall is about the early days of Salinas, told from the viewpoint of Har- granddaughter Florence Baker. Mayor Continued from Page 1A The First House is pictured. PHOTOS BY JOE SALINAS CALIFORNIAN Isaac Julian Harvey was a pioneer, a businessman, a judge and much more. mee Tara, over Facebook whether family could stay with Tara at her home in Shingletown, a small town east of Redding, said Salinas Po- lice Sgt. Stephen Craig.

They arrived that Saturday, Tara said. Huntsman told Tara that she was looking for a new start in the North State. It seemed abrupt to Aimee Tara, but Huntsman wanted to get her oldest son, Daniel, out of Salinas, where he was locked up at juvenile hall, Aimee Tara told the court Thursday. She replied on Facebook that Hunts- man she could stay there but may need to bring an air mattress and blankets, Craig said. But Tara also asked how many people would be coming, he said.

said four of Craig said. That referred to Huntsman, Curiel and twin children, identi- in court only as and prosecutors said. But when they arrived in Shingle- town, Jane Doe was with them, Tara told the courtroom. even bring it up. Just another she said.

biggie to When Tara asked about Jane siblings, Huntsman said they staying with a friend in Salinas, Tara said. She also said she wanted to give Shaun, Delylah and Jane Doe up for adoption because she handle so many kids, Aimee Tara said. Hunts- man had taken them in around March 2014 when their father went to prison, prosecutors have said. But Shaun and bodies were allegedly concealed in the plastic con- tainer in the back of Toyota 4Runner, parked about 20-25 feet away from Aimee home. Jane Doe was easily startled and not talkative during their week-long stay, Aimee Tara said.

Huntsman told her Jane father had physically abused her and she was seeing a counselor, Aimee Tara said. She Thursday that she never saw either Curiel or Huntsman get an- gry with Jane Doe. Her husband, Caleb Tara, said he see either of them get angry or hurt Jane Doe, whom he described as But after Jane Doe wet the bed, Huntsman made her go outside to the laundry shed and watch the wash- ing machine clean the soiled clothes and sheets, he said. He told Jane Doe to come inside. seemed kind of he said of the punishment.

When he asked Huntsman about it, she told him to it he said. But while they were in Shingletown, Huntsman asked for help a stor- age place and whether Aimee husband, Caleb Tara, would rent a car for her in his name, she said. because we want something to happen and us be to Aimee Tara said. But Caleb Tara did give them a few suggestions for a storage locker, he said. Huntsman, accompanied by Curiel and the children, went into Redding Dec.

4, 2015, Salinas police Sgt. Craig said. She paid $35 to rent a 10-foot-by-5- foot storage unit from Enterprise Store All Dec. 4, the assistant man- ager said. Huntsman and Curiel then placed the container in the storage unit and locked it, prosecutors have said.

The day before, Huntsman and Curiel went to the 99 Cents Only Store on Hill- top Drive in Redding, where she pur- chased bleach, an all-purpose cleaner and fabric softener pods with cash and $6 from an EBT card, Craig said. The cleaner was poured on top of their bodies in the container and the fabric softener pellets were on top of them and strewn about the unit as well, he said. After staying with the for a week, Huntsman, Curiel and the chil- dren, including Jane Doe, headed back to Salinas, Caleb Tara said. left behind one half-complet- ed rental application for a home in Redding, Aimee Tara said. They return to Redding, in- stead ending up in Quincy the following week, where Huntsman sought assis- tance with housing, prosecutors say.

In Plumas County, Huntsman ap- plied for rental aid from the Plumas Cri- sis Intervention and Resource Center, said Nayeli Macias, with that organiza- tion. Huntsman told Macias she was ing a domestic violence situation in Sa- linas, was disabled and made only $704 per month, Macias said. She asked for help with housing and paying a Gas Electric bill, which raised red for Macias. Those domestic violence usu- ally have time to gather things like bills, Macias said. made me) suspicious that she knows the Macias said.

Nonetheless, they paid her bill, gave Huntsman three mattresses and other furniture, and supplied Curiel and the twins with clothes, Macias said. She never saw Jane Doe, she said. The center also paid de- posit for her apartment in Quincy, where Plumas County deputies would Jane Doe starving and beaten in Toyota 4Runner Dec. 11, 2015. Huntsman, Curiel and the twins were inside her apartment, prosecutors have said.

Both Huntsman and Curiel were ar- rested on child abuse charges. Authori- ties later learned of Shaun and Delylah, whose bodies were found in the storage locker in Redding. Huntsman in February pleaded guilty to murder and torture charges in exchange for avoiding the death penal- ty. Trial Continued from Page 1A Tami Huntsman appears with defense lawyer Scott Erdbacher at Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas. JAY SALINAS CALIFORNIAN Redding police were looking for more information on the activities and whereabouts of Tami Huntsman and Gonzalo Curiel who were traveling through various towns between Nov.

27 and Dec. 11. REDDING POLICE.