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'''Samuel David Gharky''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8716410/samuel-david-gharky 1806-1877]) came originally from Ohio (according to Clark) during the Gold Rush. He led the effort in 1857 to build a second wharf. His wharf began from about the intersection of today’s Main and 1st streets on Beach Hill, and was sold to the California Powder Co. in 1865. He’s remembered on the signs of Gharkey [sic] Street (parallel to the lower end of Bay Street), in the middle of land he owned and subdivided. [Note: There were several different spellings of the name in local sources. I did a little genealogy research on the Ohio family, and found that the original spelling may have been the German Gherke.] | '''Samuel David Gharky''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8716410/samuel-david-gharky 1806-1877]) came originally from Ohio (according to Clark) during the Gold Rush. He led the effort in 1857 to build a second wharf. His wharf began from about the intersection of today’s Main and 1st streets on Beach Hill, and was sold to the California Powder Co. in 1865. He’s remembered on the signs of Gharkey [sic] Street (parallel to the lower end of Bay Street), in the middle of land he owned and subdivided. [Note: There were several different spellings of the name in local sources. I did a little genealogy research on the Ohio family, and found that the original spelling may have been the German Gherke.] | ||
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| + | In 1876, Gharky subdivided his large tract, laying out streets from Lighthouse Street to Columbia Street (and beyond to the section of Continental Street that runs parallel to Columbia); and from Bay Street to Nevada Street. West of Nevada Street, the edge of the Gharky tract can be drawn through the direction changes of Liberty, Centennial, National, and Columbia streets, adjoining the land of [[Rountree, Almus L.|Almus Rountree]] [''see also'' [[Pelton, Julius]]]. | ||
| + | *[[History Pages: 33 - When Santa Cruz Had Four Wharfs]] | ||
| + | *[[History Pages: 39 - What's in a Name? – Adventures in Spelling]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:34, 29 May 2024
Samuel David Gharky (1806-1877) came originally from Ohio (according to Clark) during the Gold Rush. He led the effort in 1857 to build a second wharf. His wharf began from about the intersection of today’s Main and 1st streets on Beach Hill, and was sold to the California Powder Co. in 1865. He’s remembered on the signs of Gharkey [sic] Street (parallel to the lower end of Bay Street), in the middle of land he owned and subdivided. [Note: There were several different spellings of the name in local sources. I did a little genealogy research on the Ohio family, and found that the original spelling may have been the German Gherke.]
In 1876, Gharky subdivided his large tract, laying out streets from Lighthouse Street to Columbia Street (and beyond to the section of Continental Street that runs parallel to Columbia); and from Bay Street to Nevada Street. West of Nevada Street, the edge of the Gharky tract can be drawn through the direction changes of Liberty, Centennial, National, and Columbia streets, adjoining the land of Almus Rountree [see also Pelton, Julius].
