“Some Notable Descendants of the Sikes Adobe” by Ron Hall
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Descendants Of Pioneer Escondido Family My name is Ron Hall. I have lived in Escondido since 1978 and when I retired from work I became interest in The San Dieguito River Park and became a volunteer in 1996. In 2003, the River Park refurbished The "Sikes Adobe Farmhouse" that was built by the Zenas Sikes family in 1870 in Southwest Escondido (near Westgate Mall) I became a docent for the Farmhouse and also wrote a book on the family – "The Ancestors & Descendants of Zenas Sikes." My story is about two of the descendants of Zenas and Eliza Sikes. Augustus K Cravath (1851-1935) was the son-in-law of Zenas and Eliza Sikes. Augustus came to California in the 1870's from the state of Iowa with his sister and brother-in-law, Charles Wattson and bought a farm in the Poway Valley. In December 1877, he married Kate Sikes, the fourth child of Zenas & Eliza and the newly weds settled in Poway. The family moved to Escondido in the 1880's. AK was on the Board of Directors of the Escondido bank on the corner of grand and Broadway (now the Jim Crone building) and was the first Mayor of Escondio in 1888. Cravath became the Asst. Mgr. of Escondido Land and Town Co, which operated San Diego Capital, the company that founded Escondido. He remained in that capacity for eight years and may be said to be the "father of Escondido." He built the first home and the first business block (at the corner of Grand and 'Lime' now Broadway) in <b>…</b>
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