Rust has been called the founder of this city and was well liked by the people and praised as an honest, trustworthy citizen and businessman. The people did not care for the name of Rust so they changed it to El Cerrito, which means Little Hill in Spanish. People started to refer to the town as Rust and the name stuck until the town of 1500 people was incorporated as a city on 1917. In one corner of his hardware store the first Post Office was opened in 1909 and Rust was named the first Postmaster on March 1, 1909. He later purchased and erected a hardware store. He leased property, built a blacksmith shop and his business grew. Rust born in Hanover, Germany on Novemcame to California in 1883. After the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco the village of Rust started to grow as refugees from San Francisco moved to this side of the Bay to live.
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