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S E THANKFUL THE ^ETERNAL M O U N T A I N S " STILL EMBRACE OUR "EXPLOSIVE VALLEY/ OTHERWISE ALL ELSE HAS L O N G BEEN CHANGED. FOR NOSTALGIC OR INFORMATIVE REVIVAL, W E CAN ONLY Q U O T E HISTORY OR OLD MEMORIES.THE GENERALLY AUTHENTIC CARTOONS A N D BRIEF COMMENTS ARE FOR INQUIRING Y O U N G PEOPLE, INQUISITIVE N E W ­COMERS AND THE FEW OLD-TIMERS W H O STILL REMEMBER. IF AT TIME5 OUR SUBJECT MAY SEEM LIGHTLY TREATED, BE ASSURED THROU G H O U T THIS ATTEMPTED PRESERVATION AT LEAST W E AIMED FOR THE TRUTH.

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COPYRIGHT 1964 F. RALPH RAMBO

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PAGE 1 VALLEY DISCOVERY

. . . be low them lay —

2 VALLEY INDIANS . . . i gnob le r e d man

3 PATH OF THE PADRES . . . original p ioneers

4 MISSION SANTA CLARA . . . history in a ga rden

5 HAPPY VALLEY . . . short and sweet

6 PIONEERS COMING . . . good and b a d

7 LOOKING BACKWARD . . . t ransit ion per iod

8 1900 TRANSPORTATION . . . ox cart to Maxwell

9 THE ALAMEDA . . . as it was

1 0 1897 FASHIONS . . . odd as today ' s

11 ALMOST FORGOTTEN . . . i gnorance is bl iss

12 OLD VALLEY ADS . . . be l ieve- i t -o r -no ts

1 3 ALMADEN MINES . . . m a d e U. S. history

1 4 1906 EARTHQUAKE . . . t he morn ing after

1 9 TWO BAD MEN . . . too morbid . Skip it

2 0 MRS. WINCHESTER . . . not as you p ic tured

2 1 COUNTRY SCHOOLS . . . Education, Ltd.

2 4 VILLAGE BLACKSMITH . . . u n d e r the spreading—

2 5 1900 PARLOR . . . whatnot d igni ty

2 6 1900 COUNTRY STORE . . . n a m e it; w e got it

2 7 1900 KITCHEN . . . Grandma r emember s

2 8 1900 CHRISTMAS . . . joyfully s imple

2 9 WHY THE NAME? . . . p ioneers ' "d ic t ionary"

4 7 INDEX . . . p eop l e and p laces

Acknowledgements. . .

This is not a memory book although the producer's residence in this Valley for "three score and ten" accounts for some of the atmosphere, episodes and cartoons. Due credit and thanks Is given the following for their informative contributions or technical aid in reproduction: Frances M. Klune and her Santa Clara Public Library staff, Mrs. Arch Wilson, County Historian Clyde Arbuckle, Laurence Bulmore, Theron Fox, the Muirson Label Company division of the International Paper Company, Ellsworth Zahn, Ronald Rimkus and other kind friends.

For special written permission to consult and refer to their following specified historical material, grateful acknowledgement is given to: University of California Press, "California Place Names" (Gudde). Stanford University Press, "Historic Spots in California" (Hoover & Rensch). Mrs. Fremont Older, "California Missions and Their Romances". Rev- A. D. Spearman, S. J., "The Five Franciscan Churches of Mission Santa Clara'', and California Mission Trails Association, Ltd., "California Missions".

Historical bibliography consulted: "History of Santa Clara County" 1922 (Sawyer). "Atlas of Santa Clara County" 1876 (Thompson & West). History of San Jose" 1871 (Hall). "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World" 1888 (Foote). "Death Valley in '49" (Manly). Also collected period newspapers and brochures.

All serious cartoons of historic people or places authenticated by old photographs.

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D i s c o v e r y

^ % \ T E M U S T DEV0TE AT LEAST ONE BRIEF PAGE TO A WHITE ^ j T & f c * MAN'S f//?SrW£WO? THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY. PURELY \ Wr ACCIDENTAL,IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT INVOLVED A USELESS

j L X - MAP, A LOST BAY AND IN FINAL SCENES, A DAILY DIET OF MULE MEAT/ y WHILE FOUNDING THE FIRST MISSION IN SAN DIEGO IN ITO^FATHER

SERRA DISPATCHED A PARTY OF EXPLORERS TO REDISCOVER

MONTEREY BAY,SEEN AND MAPPED BY VIZCA(NO IGO YEARS

PREVIOUSLY. THE PARTY CONSISTED OF 64 MEN LEAD BY CAPTAIN

KJRTOIA'WITH FOLLOWERS, FRS. CRESPI AND GOMEZ,SGT. ORTEGA,

SOLDIERS, MULETEERS AND INDIAN SCOUTS. FORTUNATELY FOR US

BOTH CAPTAIN AND PRIESTS KEPT EXCELLENT DIARIESTHEY LEFT

SAN DIEGO, JULY 14,1769 AND THEIRTRIPTOTHE BAY REGION V/E NOW

COUNT IN HQURS,roN5UM6D/W>?/raAm UNTIL THEY REACHED THE RUGGED SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS THEY HUNG CLOSE TO THE COAST.

INDIANS WERE MET BUT GENERALLY FRIENDLY, OFTEN PROVIDING

LIFE SAVING FOOD. V THROUGHOUT THIS WILDERNESS,PORTOLA'AND THE PRIESTS LEFT ENDURING PLACE NAMES, BOTH 5ACRED AND POETlCj FOR INSTANCE, AN INDIAN PRESENTED PoRTOLA) CAMPED

NEAR PRESENT WATSONVILLE WITH A STUFFED BIRD!(EA0LE?) THE: CAPTAIN PROMPTLY NAMED RIVER AND VALLEY "PAJARO?

!"""" (BiRD).y BUT BACK AT THE SANTA LUCIAS THEY HAD TO TURN

, , ^ A ~- INLAND AND CROSS THE SAUNAS VALLEY. HERE WAS WHERE '**'-"^"tt THE TROUBLE STARTED. IHEY MISTOOK THE SALINAS FORTHE

2 ~ % i CARMEL RIVER AND VIZCAINO'S MAP BECAME BITTERLY CONFUSING

^ ^ J | ^ . T O THE DISGUSTED PORTOLA'. FINALLY HE GAVE UP AND PUSHED

^ ^ 5 - ^ R R * N 0 R T H W A R D PAUSING IN ADMIRATIONTO NAME SOME TALL, T»' \^-*JW.STJ?AM6ETREES PALOS COLORAPOS, OUR REDWOODS. V ILL ,

I R F ^ HALF STARVED AND SCURVY RIDDEN, THEY CAMPED NEAR HALF

^ ^ y j C 4 , MOON BAY OR PESCADERO. PORTOLA'SENT TWO SOLDIERS INTO

I

THE EASTERN HLLLS ON A DEER HUNT. NOV.2,1769 THESE TWO MEN REACHED

THE SUMMIT OF MONTARA MOUNTAIN AND ENJOYED THE WHITE MANS FIRST

VIEW OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY. EXCITEDLY THEY REPORTED THIS INLAND

PARADISE AND LAND LOCKED HARBOR. DOURPORTOU'WAS UNIMPRESSED

BUT DID SCOUT THE BAY REGION BEFORE TURNING HOMEWARD AND

ANOTHER FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR MONTEREY BAY. (AGAIN BEFORE HIS EYES

FLNALLY//\LL SMELLING FRIGHTFULLY OF MULE*THEY REACHED SAN

JAN,24,I770. FR.SERRA HAD EXPECTED RESULTS ANDTOPORTOLA' EXCUSES FOR THE LOST BAY, HE MADE THIS DRY R E ^ A R K - ^ / *

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V a l l e y I n d i a n s

OurSanta Clara Valley Indian could not be called a"noble red man" He was not noble or red Actually his color w a s " b e t w e e n a dull gray and black* due mostly to dirt. He was lozy;had no military ability and was not ferocious. The padres complained thdtthe majority were too plain stupid to learn the Catechism, Main reasons fortheir degenerate state w a s t h e temperate climate,fertile soil andabundantfbod. TheCoyote,Guadalupe and other creeKs ran year round and were alive with trout and salmon. Small^ame abounded, with antelope, deer and bear in The mountains. The Alviso marshes had ducks, clams and mussels procured from crude tule rafts. Great oaks covered all the valley

.floor and hence cametheir staple diet of acorn f lour mush flavored with rabbit mea^fleld mice, and dried cjrasshoppersJhen inthe spring they

turned vegetarian, feeding like cattle on grass and herbage'4 (Remember our Indian lettuce, wild mustard and turnip today) Despite all this provender, they were so confounded lazy they preferred spoiled food to fresh/ © Historians vary in opinion as to their mysterious origin and are divided between the Aztec and Asiat ic-Aleutian Peninsula theories. Some did have an oriental appearance. © T h e race averaged 5 feet 8 inches in height with low retreating fore­heads, black eyes, wide nostrils and hair Kept short by singeing. They plucked their whiskers with split twigs or clam shells and painted or tattooed thei r bodies. The red cinnabar from caves in Almaden hills was their favorite cos­metic even i f i t did salivate them. @ Clothing amounted to little or nothing? as Fr. Crespi notes v

in his diary "most of the men were naked as Adam'

Women wore bucfeKin, rabbit or deerskin capes in winter or settledforan abbreviated tule apron insurniner.iiTheirunfiirn ished homesorwikiups could be built in two hours. When

the fleas and other t i l th became unbearable they set fire to"home"and moved on. Tlwsweathouses oxtemesca/sM relieve skin troubles and rheumatism but that afterward cold plunqe in creek often proved fatal when vhite men in ­troduced measles and smallpox. © Their language was

''copious,eleqant, abundant"wrote Fr. Cuesta,noted linguist. There were 135 dialects in California and several in this Va I ley. Like these gentl e people,thei r words were poetic and sentimental. § | what became of these

"Children of Nature"astne Padre6 called them? We could say they were swallowed by the wave of civilization. Not exactly. The Catholic Fathers gave them f ood,clothes ^ and salvation. Our early settlers gave ^ t h e m whiskey.venereal disease and smal lpox . E x i t Vd l ley Indian.

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QUADRANSLE TOUR

JfcHE YEAR 17T7 TWO RWERSJWO MEN SEPARATED BY AN UKNOWN CONTINENT AND TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE OTHERS EXISTENCE; GE0R6E WASHINGTON AND THE DELAWARE, FRXOM/&DELAPENA AND< : " GUADALUPE, HERE THE LATTER ON JAN.

l2,l7rr,CELEBRATED THE FIRST MASS IN A''PUNGENT LAURELTH1CKET"NEAR THE BANKS OFTHIS RIVER. HERE MARKED THE FIRST MISSION SITE TO BE FOLLOWED BY 4 OTHER

LOCATIONS(SEE MAP)?THE EXACT SPOT LOCATION OF THE FIRST TWO,APPROX1MATE.

AFTER THE CRO55,AN EMBLEM OFTHE MISSION MIGHT WELLBEAPHOENIX,FORALLTHE

RELOCATIONS OR REBUILDING WAS NECES:' WTED BY THE RAVAGES OF FL00D,(L779)

EARTHQUAKES(l8l l8-'fc8) AND FIRE(l926). IT HAS SURVIVED ATTACKS 0V RENEGADES, MILITARY, CIVIL AND GOVERNMENT IMPOSITION [BOTH MEXICAN ANDU.S), PLUS THE DESTRUCTIVE SECULARIZATION ORDEAL HEREWASTHE FIRST VALLEY ORCHARD THAT FURNISHED FRESH, FRUir",PEACHES,APPLES,APRIC0TS,R6S AND

' GRAPEST0THEARGONAUTS0F 9.lNI8O0HERE ONE OFTHE LARGEST INDIAN POPULATION OF ANY MlSSION,E^28. EACH WEEK 24 OXEN WERE SLAUGHTERED FOR FOOD. IN 1845 DISCOVERY OF QUICKSILVER IN THE ALMADEN MlNEHERE WAS SCIENTIFICALLY CONFIRMED HERE THE SAINTLIKE FR.MAGIN CATALA' WHO CLOSELY APPROACHED FR.JUN1PERO SERRA IN ASCETICISM, DEVOTED 35

YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN 1851 FR.NOBILI WITH 12. STUDENTS AND # 1 0 0

FORMED THE COLLEGE WHICH LATER WAS TO 8E THE UNIVERSITY OF VINTACLARA.

TOURISTS ARE MORE FREQUENT VISITORS TO THE GARDENS THAN LOCAL RESIDENTS.

FOR PEACEFUL ESCAPE FROM TODAY'S FAST PACE ^

TAKE A STROLL AROUND THE INNER QUADRANGLE.. . . . *

HERE IS MORE ORIGINAL PLANTING THAN ANY MISSION.

HERE PROBACY THE OLDEST AND LARGEST BANKSIA

ROSE AND WISTERIA IN THE W0RLD,0VER EIGHTEEN

INCHES IN DIAMETER ANCIENT OLIVES WITH

TRUNKS 10 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND TOWERING

PALMS, PLANTED FROM 1822TO 1826...EXPOSED

ADOBE CONSTRUCTION OFTHE SAME PERIOD..

AS YOU LEAVE THIS QUIET RETREAT,

% ADDED SIGNIFICANCE HAS 8EEN GIVEN THE

|: INSCRIPTION ON 1717 ENCASED WOODEN CROSS

ATTHE ENTRANCE, FATHER PENAS ORIGINAL

GUADALUPE RIVER FOUNDING CROSS , i

"HE THAT SHALL PERSEVERETO THE END,-

HE SHALL BE SAVED! 1 \ ^ = J E ' 9 * ' A ^ M

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MISSION LOCATIONS

HIS PAGE MAY APPEAR TO HAVE LEFT OUR VALLEY BUT FORTUNATELY WE EMBRACE TV/0 LINKS IN THE COASTAL CHAIN OF MISSIONS, SANTA CLARA DE A5IS AND SAN JOSE. THE LOCATION DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT IS WORTH TWO COMMENTS. FIRST,THE PRIESTS WERE BY NECESSITY, PEDESTRIANS. FBR COMMUNICATION AND SAFETY,NOTETNE MISSIONS SPACED ONE PAY'S WALK APART. SECONDLY AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, NOTE IN YOUR TRAVELS,THE KEEN EYETHESE FATHERS HAD FOR FERTILE LAND, PASTURAGE

AND WATER. ALLTHIS MEANT FOOD AND THEY MAY HAVE FIGURED ONE WAYTO AKEATHEN'S SOUL WAS VIA HIS STOMACH. THE PADRES OFFERED FOOD.CLOTHES AND SALVATION.

N RETURN THEY EXPECTED DEVOTION AND WORK. THIS LAST WAS A NEW AND REPULSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR NATIVES.T6 MANY IT WAS SO REVOLTING THEY FLED TO OLD HAUNTS AND WAYS OF LIFE. BUT TO THE MAJORITY, THI5 CHANGE WAS ATTRACTIVE, MOST RETURNED TO THE STRICT BUT KINDLY PRIESTS,BELLS, BRIGHT CLOTHESJMUSIC

AND FROM ACORN MUSH TO THAT DELIGHTFUL FIRST TASTE OF BEEF,VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.

N 1769 FATHER SERRA FOUNDED THE FIRST OFA CHAIN OF 21 LARGE MISSIONS,. WLTHTHE BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND DETERMINATION OF SUCH MEN AS SERRA,PALO'U,LASUEN,CRESPI ANDCATALA'THESE MISSIONS WERETO PROVE MIRACLES. FROM A W1LDERNE$$,-WEALTH AND PROSPERITY COULD BE CREATED? BY RAW INGENUITV MISSIONS WERE BUILT; GREAT HERDS AND MILLIONS OF CULTIVATED,BOUNTIFULACRESACCLAIMED CALITORNIATHELAND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TIDE OF HUMANITY THAT FOLLOWED. THE PADRES WELL KNEW OF THE WAITING GOLD IN THIS STATE DECADES BEFORE THE PAYS OF 49- THEY WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN CONVERTING THE INDIAN, IN FINALITY AMOUNTING TO OVER 90,000.

THIS MISSION ERA HAD AN AMA2INGLYSHORT UFE,I7G9TO 1832. BUT IN THIS HISTORICAL INTERVAL WE WERE LEFT A PRECIOUS HERITAGE. STILLAUVE AREHUNDREDSOF MUSICAL, POETIC PLACE NAMES, A TYPICAL REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND A WAY OF WESTERN LIFE THAT REFUSES TO FADE.

4 WHYTHEN,THE PERIOD OF MELTING RUINS,DISCOURAGED PRIESTS AND BEWILDERED INDIANS WITHOUT LEADERS? THE ANSWERrA LOWWQRD-SECULARIZATfON, IN I83S,MEXIC0 PASSED A LAW TRANSFERRING TO THE INDIANS ALLTHE LANDED MIS5I0N V/EALTH. GOVERNOR FJGUEROA'S LONG RANGE PLAN OF ADMINISTRATION WAS PRACTICAL BUT HE DIED IN 1835 AND THE CONTROL FELLTO GREEDY POLITICIANS. THEY DIVIDED THE LAND INTO VP&TRANCHOS, PARCELLING ORBYTHEKlNG'SGRANTTO RELATIVES AND FAVORITES. MlSSION DAYS WERE ENDED. ^ BUT ALLTHIS 15 PAST HISTORY NOW. RESTITUTION, TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AHD STATE APPRECIATION HAS FURNISHED TIMELY RESTORATION-&THE ORIGINAL, OLIVE ,PALM

AND PEARTREES FLOURISH AGAIN,THE CASTIUAN ROSE STILL BLOOMS AND THE OLD SPANISH KING'S BELL PROUDLY PROCLAIMS THE UNDV1NG SPIRIT OF OUR MOST FAMOUS CALIFORNIA LANDMARKS.

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THEY ATE WELL

XHIS HAPPY VALLEY PERIOD OR SPANISH-CALIFORNIA ERA WAS AS SHORT IN

DURATION A5 THE DAYS OF THE MISSIONS. IT FOLLOWED SECULARIZATION AND ENDED WITH THE GOLD RUSH AND ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN SETTLERS.THIS CARE-,. FREE POPULACE CONSISTED OF CASTILIAN5,SPANISH-INDIAN AND MEXICAN-IND1AN MIXTURES PLUS THE ORIGINAL ABORIGINES FOR EVERYTWO-STORIED HACIENDA THERE WERE 40 SQUAT ADOBES. LAND OUTSIDE THE PUEB-J LOS WAS WORTH LITTLE EXCEPT FOR GRAZING PURPOSES. A 5QUATTER WAS RARELY DISTURBED UNLESS HE. TOOK MORE THAN 50 ACRES THE LAND WAS TREMENDOUSLY FERTILE,CROPS ENORMOUS AND HERDS OF CATTLE INCRE­ASED SO FAST A YEARLY SLAUGHTER WAS NECE5SARY.THERE WERE NO FENCES

AND A STEER COULD STRAY 40 MILES FROM HOME. ANNUAL ROUNDUPS AND

DIVISION BY BRANDS SOLVED THIS. JOAQULN BERNAL,6 MILES SOUTH OF SAN

JOSE ON HIS SANTA TERESA RANCHO, BRANDED SOOO HEAD YEARLY

HIDES AND TALLOW WERE THE ONLY EXPORTS AND THEN ONLY AS TRADE GOODS

WITH SAILING VES5ELS TOUCHING MONTEREY OR SAN FRANCISCQ.THE FAMOUS 'SRANISH'SILK SCARFS,FANS, SHAWLS, CARVED CHESTS AND JEWELS CAME FROM

CHINA/ FOOD WAS PLENTIFUL WITH BEANS AND MEATTHE MAIN DIET

SO EXTREMELY HIGHLY SEASONED MANY A YANKEE VISITOR ON FIRST BITE RUSHED

FOR THE WATER BUCKET. T R A V E L E R WOMEN) WAS SOLELY BYCARRETA

OR OXCARTS. MEN RODE ONLY THEIR HORSES. THEY WERETHE WORLDS GREATEST HORSE­

MEN. H0R5E AND SADDLE WERE HIS MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS. A LEAGUE/4,400 ACRES, WAS NOT TOO GREATA PRICE TO PAY FOR AN ORNAMENTED SADDLE WLTH 4OLNDIANS

FOR EVERY SPANI5H-GAUF0RNIAN THE LABOR PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. NO ONE WORKED BUT

THE INDIAN. HE WAS NOT ENSLAVED, IN FACT WELLTREATED THE FRIENDLY HOSPITALITY

OF THESE KIND PEOPLE WAS UNBOUNDED. A MAN COULD TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF CALIFORNIA WITH­

OUT SPENDING A CENT FOR FOOD OR L0DGING.T6 PROVE THISJHERE WERE NO HOTELS/..,..V^AT

ENDED THIS HAPPY HISTORICAL INTERLUDE? SEVERAL REASOHS.THEYRECOGNIZED ONLY THEIR SMALL WORLD. PREYING^RINGOS* TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR DISREGARD FOR MATERIAL POSSESIONS,

THEY-GAMBLED DAY AND NIGHT AND R

BORROWED FROM THE YANKEE AT \Z%% ^

A DAY. GRADUALLY THEIR EMPIRE OF

LEAGUES SHRANK TO SCRAWNY ACRES.

THAT "MANAN A "WHICH NEVER WAS TO

"'COME HAD ARRIVED. A N D SOFADED

«*^" THE HAPPIEST AND MOST FASCINATING

ERA IN OUR VALLEY'S HISTORY.

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1 8 3 u IN ALL SPANISH-CALIFORNIA THERE WERE ONLY A HUNDRED 'AMERICANOS*

IN SANTA CLARA VALLEY, ONLY 4 WERE RECORDED, JOHN GILROY, FIRST, 1814, ASCOT WHO

DESERTED SHIP. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY DON ANTONIO SUNOL,PHIL1P DOAK, WHALER, AND MATTHEW FELLOM.A DANE,WANDERED INABOUT i s z a . INTHE NEXT

DECADE ONLY A SCORE MORE APPEARED. OVERLAND TRAVEL DID NOT START UNTIL 1841 WITH JoSIAH BELDEN THE PILOT, MARTIN MURPHY IN 1844 AND IN 1846 MANY OF THE ILL FATED DoNNER PARTY SURVIVORS THE SPANISH-CALIFORNIAN POPULATION WERE SLOW IN REALIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE 0FTHIS ONCOMING T IDE. MEXICO WAS A DISTANT AND IRRESPONSIBLE MOTHER. EXCEPT

FOR A FULL QUOTA OF SWINDLERS,THE NEWCOMERS WERE FRIENDLY; IN FACT MANY

BEC AM E THE DONS* SONS-IN-LAW! GREAT HERDS NO LONGER ROAMED AT WILL.

REDWOOD PICKET FENCES, GRAIN FIELDS AND VINEYARDS SPREAD ACROSS THE VALLEY.

STAGE COACHES, HORSE-CARS AND BUGGIES REPLACED THE CREAKING CARRETA.

THEN CAME THE CRY OF GOLD AND A DESERTED VALLEY, EXCEPT WOMEN,

CHILDREN AND OLDSTERS LEFT I NSANJOSE FOR SAFETY. THE NEWLY PLANTED CROPS OF to WERE LEFT TO THE HOGS AND CATTLE. A FEW OF THE FORTUNE HUNTERSRETURNEP WEALTHY, THE OTHERS FIND1NGTHEIR GOLD LATER IN THE VALLEY'S OWN PRODUCTIVITY.

THE FRENCHMAN, LOUIS PELLIER HAD ARRIVED IN i84v BRINGING STARTS OF AFRUIT

THAT WOULD MAKE OUR VALLEY WORLD FAMOUS-THE PRUNE, (AND ALSO SUPPLY

EVERY U.S. BOARDING-HOUSE WITH DAILY DESSERT)...TELEGRAPH CAME IN 1853 .

INDIANS AND MEXICANS, STARTLED BY THE LONG LINES OF POLES WITH CROSS

PIECES,ASKED IFTHE*CRAZY GRINGOS* HAD SUDDENTLY ALL TURNED CATHOLIC?

FIRST WOODBURNING,DIAMOND-STACK LOCOMOTIVE PULLED INTO SANJOSE IN

1864 FROM S.F. WE WERE FINALLY LINKED TO THE NATION. THEN CIVIL WAR. SOUTHERN SENTIMENT RAN STRONG IN THE VALLEY

BUT CALIFORNIA AS A WHOLE MADE CONTRIBUTION OF NEWLY MINED GOLD

I N SUCH LARGE AMOUNTS THAT THIS COULD HAVE

BEEN A DECIDING FACTOR IN PRESERVING THE

( UN ION S K I P ANOTHER IOO YEARS. T H E

"PIONEERS" ARE ST/IL C O M I N G / T H E Y RIVAL

THE 49 'RS IN NUMBERS BUT THEIR OBJECTIVE

IS ABOUT THE S A M E T (PLUS'CLIMATE)

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LN I899,m ALL THESE UNITED STATES,THERE WERE LESS THAN 8000 AUTOS AND ONLY 134 MILES OF PAVED ROADS.THE NEWYQRKTIMES VVARNED"MAHLOVES THE HORSE AND HE IS NOT LIKELY TO EVER LOVE AN AUTOMOBILE.' HoR WILL HE GET USED, IN THIS GENERATION,™ SPEEDING ALONG THE ROAD BEHINDVV07WM?/"

(WOULD THAT THIS SCRIBE COULD HAVE ENVISIONED5TEVENSCREEKBLV0. AT 5 RM./)

CARRETAS CREAKED \ . ABOUT THE VALLEY -J FOR FIFTY YEARS, f/^j OUR LOWEST FORM \\iJj^ OF TRANSPORTATION. VN ,.

;SPEED?3 MILES PER HR...'=

NEARBY COUNTIES AND v (THE GQOD 5HlpALVlS0,y-7 A STERN WHEELER, A l

VMADE DAILY FREIGHTANQ "_ , (PASSENGER TRIPS - ^ O ^ f r \-TQ 5AN FRANCISCO.A ^ '-~j?-

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"B IKES 'HA^ENV^- - ^^ ) :HANGED MUCH IN 70 YEARS -~*V

BUT THE RIDERS HAVE.

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(FROM AN OLD PHOTO)

f PRAIRIE SCHOONERS -0 k ^ BROUGHT US MANY J t"

EARLY SETTLERS,9vJv^ AS EARLY AS 1846. *\ SURVIVORS OF THE gg ' DONNER PARTY _Tl SETTLEOHERE.// ^

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ONCE UPON A TIME,5$ STREET CAR SERYICE WAS AVAILABLE ON ALL SAH JOSE STREETS AND INTHE EARLY 1900s, BIG, FAST, LOW FARE INTER-

URBANS RAN TO CAMPBELL OSGATOS ARATOGAJCUPERTINOANDSTANFORD. WE HAD REACHED THE PER CAPITA PEAK OF GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION .

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Bi ETWEEN MISSION SANTA CLARA AND THE PUEBLO OF SAN JOSE TRAVEL WAS DIFFICULT, EVEN DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS LITTLE BROOKS,MARSHES AND SMALL LAKES HINDERED THE PEOESTRIAN OR HORSEMANAND BOGGED DOWN THE HEAVY CARRETA WHEELS. ADDED HAZARDS WERE THE BANDS OF WILD CATTLE THATROAMED THIS UNFENCED TERRITORY, AT TIMES A FOREST OF YELLOW

MUSTARD IOTO 12 FEET HIGH. IN WINTER A DETOUR OF 6 MILES TO THE WEST WAS NECESSARY. $0 WW BORN THE PLAN OF FATHER MAGWCATALA'/'HOLY MAN OF THE SANTAG-ARA MISSION? FROM THE BANKS OF THE GUADALUPE HE TOOK BLACK WILLOW CUTTINGS

AND STARTED A NURSERY OF THOUSANDS. FOR TWO

. YEARS HE TENDED THEIR GROWTH. THEN, IGYEARSAFTER

1 / MISSION FOUNDING, IN 1795, WITH TWO HUNDRED INDIAN

R NEOPHYTE HELPERS, HE STAKED OUT AND PLANTED

THE ENTIRE 3 MILES OF OUR ALAMEDA.(MEANING:

A GROVE OF SHADE TREES.) IRRIGATED BY DITCH DUG

FROM THE GUADALUPE,THEY FLOURISHEDJHEIRTOP

BOUGHS EVENTUALLY MEETING TO FORMANATURALCAN-OPY. FOR 75 YEARS THEY REMAINEO UNOESPOILED.

*MANY PASSED,THE NAKED RED MAN,THEDARK,SLOW

MOVING DON AND THE BLUE EYED GRINGO" BENEATH

THEIR SHELTER PASSED THE SAINTLY FATHERSERRA

AND THE BANDIT SINNER, VASQUEZ; BEAUTIFUL

SENORITAS, CABALLEROS, PIONEERS, GOLD HUNTERS, WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, PARADES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FROM THE PRANCING, VICTORIOUS JUAN PR ADO WITH THE HEAD OF THE RENEGADE INDIANYOSCOLO ON APOLE,DOWN TO OUR ALMOST FORGOTTEN BUT LOVELY FlESTA de l as ROSAS SPECTACLES.... ASTRAFFIC INCREASED,RAIN

MADE TRAVEL ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IN I856,CRANDALL BROS, STARTED AN OMNIBUS LINE. FROM i8fe8T01878

THE SAN JOSE& SANTA CURA HORSE RAILWAV CO. MADE

ITS SLOW BUT SURE WAY AND IN 1870 WAS GRANTED RIGHT

TO USE STEAM,P0NY,0R PNEUMATIC POWER1.' AH ATTEMPTED UNDERGROUND TROLLEY SYSTEM HAD BEEN SOON FLOODED

OUT IN 1886 . WITH ADVENTOF ELECTRIC STREETCARS

IN 1887 CAME DESTRUCTION OF THE CENTER ROW OF

TREES. (DUE TO PUBLIC INDIGNATION, DONE DURING NIGHT")

GRADUALLY THESE AGED SENTINELS MARKING OUR

MOST HISTORIC AND ROMANTIC HIGHWAY HAVE FALLEN

BEFORE THE MARCH OF T IME OR PROGRESS. TOD AY,

1964, I SEE ONLY ONE BRAVE ANO HEALTHY SPROUT

STILL SPARED FRONTING THE SANJOSEINN.

THE PEN AND INK DRAWING ABOVE WAS SKETCHED FROM

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ij^His WAS AN EASY PAGE. AN OLD 1897 DELINEATOR MAGAZINE FURNISHED INSPIRATION FOR AaTHESE AUTHENTIC ILLUSTRATIONS. ONLY THESHOESCAME FROM BOYHOOD MEMORYFILES. SwiLE IF YOU MUSTATTHIS OLDVALLEY FINERY OFTHEJJAY NINETIES* BUTREMEMBERJ-A LATER GENERATION WILL LAUGH AT STYLES OFTHE SILLYSIXTIES!

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WHY WERE THEY CALLED "SADIRONS"?

FROM THE SCOTTISH WORDSAED'MEAHIHG HEAVY. "SAD"?iT5. THEY WERE HEAVY. SOME WEIGHED 25-LBS.'

FOR BLUE MONDAY.ABOVE WASTHEMOST POPULAR APPLIANCE INTHEVAU.EY.THIS MODEL REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM 1891 TO 192.9/ M5TRUCTI0HS CLAIMED 0HLY3HR&fDRWA5H.'

ABOVE WASTHE INSPIRATION FOR THAT HOARY OLD JQKE"LQQKOUT,MAMA,DONT GET CAUGHT INTHE CLOTHES WRINGER*

RJR THE GAY NINETIES COFFEE DRINKER ^ WITH THE FASHI0NABLE*HANDLE-6AR"0R SUPER-DROOPERJHERE WASTHEMOUSTACHECUR

JRANOMA REIGNED AS QUEEN OF TNE PIE MAKERS WITH ROLLING PIN AS SCEPTRE (AND WEAPON.) DONT MOURN. MODERN BAKERY AND

COFFEE BEANS WERE ROASTED AND GROUND IN THE KITCHEN.THE FAVORITE BRAND WAS ARBUCKLE'S

FROZEN PIES CAH BE MIGHTY GQOD,TOO. MAYBE

OUT IN THE COUNTRY V/E CRANKED OUT OUR ICE CREAM.

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Five Facts on the New AI ma den Quicksilver Mine* SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

1. The New Almaden was the first workable quicksilver mine in North America.

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2. It was the first mine of any kind in California. Discovered in November 1845, it preceded the Coloma gold discovery of January 1848 by 27 months.

3. It was the richest mine in California. State Mineralogist Walter W. Bradley, speaking at the New Almaden Centennial Observance Dinner on November 17th, 1945, said "New Almaden had produced upward of $70,000,000 in quicksilver. Any California mine that seems to have exceeded this production figure has done so not as an individual mine, but as a combination of MINES."

4. New Almaden broke an international monopoly. Before the discovery of the cyanide process in 1887, quicksilver was the world's chief reduction agent of gold and silver. Whoever controlled the world's quicksilver supply likewise controlled its gold and silver production. Until discovery of the New Almaden mine this monopoly was enjoyed by the English banking house of Rothschild, which operated the fabulously rich mercury mine of Almaden, Spain, with convict labor. Therefore New Almaden's timely discovery saved California's Mother Lode, Nevada's Corn-stock Lode and every other gold and silver mine in the West from domination by foreign capital.

5. New Almaden kept California in the Union. The struggle for possession of the New Almaden mine continued through the courts for years. During the Civil War a group of New York financiers took advantage of President Lincoln's preoccupa­tion with government affairs and tried to use him as a catspaw to gain possession of the mine. But fortunately an 11th hour telegram from Collector of the Port, F. F. Low, of San Francisco, informed the president of the true nature of things. If Lincoln had used military force to seize the mine for these financiers, as they tried to trick him into doing, he would have upset every mining title in California and Nevada, and these states would certainly have deserted the Union and joined the Confederacy.

ABOVE LITTLE KHOWN BUT VITAL FACTS, 6RATERJL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO LE.BULMORE AND CLYDE ARBUCKLE,HISTORIANS.

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UNDREDS OF SANTACLARAVALLEY CLOCKS STOPPED AT EXACTLYI3£MIN­UTES PAST 5 OH MORNING QF APRIL l8,tP06,ST0PPED BY A DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE UNEQUALLED IN RECORDED AMERICAN HISTORY. Y/lTH INDESCRIB­ABLE GRINDING ROAR.THE EARTH ROCKED FOR 45 SECONDS,PAUSED FOR 10, FOLLOWED BY AN AFTER WAVE 0F2S SECONDS. MlNOR TREMORS CONTINUED FORWEEKS. AOAIN THE SANANDREAS FAULT HAD BEEN AROUSED. (SEE MAP AT RIGHT). ORIGINATING SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC OFF CAPE MEND­OCINO IT CREPT LIKE A SERPENT OF DESTRUCTION 600 MILES SOUTHWARD.

THIS WEAKNESS IN EARTHS CRUST HAS CAUSED OUR COASTAL QUAKES FOR CENTURIES. SPANIARDS CALLED THE BIG ONES WVIAMOTOS AND THE MINOR SHUDDERS,-R£AFA9Z^I5^^^MERCIFULLY,THIS CALAMITY OCC­

URRED AT AN EARLY HOUR,SPARING THOUSANDS, GREAT CREVICES AND LANDSLIDES DEVELOPED ALL ALONGTHIS FAULT LINE. REDWOODS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD IN THE SANTACRUZ MOUNTAINS WERE SHIFTED ACROSS CANYONS OR WHIPPED TO SPLINTERS, 16 WERE KILLED IN SAN UOSE WITH 8ooQ LEFT HOMELESS. THE AGNEWS INSANE ASYLUM'S MAIN BUILDING COLLAPSED KILLING OVER loo, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, ONIY IS YEARS OLD,SUFFERED 5 MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE IN FALLEN STONE AND MOSAIC. HARDLY ABRICK CHIMNEY 1NTHE VALLEY SURVIVED AND MANY PUBLIC BUILDINGS DAMAQEDOR OESTROYEO. ARTESIAN WELLS STARTED FLOWING. THE LOMA PRlETA LUMBER MILL WAS ENGULFED,BURYING NINE MEN. LlTERALLY IN

FEARANDTREMBLING,HUNDREDS OF VALLEY INHABITANTS *V ' U, _ COOKED AND SLEPT OUTDOORS FOR WEEKS AFTER.

IN OUR ORCHARD HOME ON THE WEST SIDE.OUR SMALLFAMILY NEEDED NO ALARM CLOCK T_HAJ MORNING.' I WAS AT THE IMPRESSIONABLE AGE OF IZ.THETHREE OF US,SCANTILY CLAD, SHIVERINGLY EMERGED TO VIEW OUR NEW WINDMILL ANDTANK.AMASS OF TWISTED RUIN. DAD AND \ WHIPPED UP HORSE AND BUGGY TOWNWARD.URGED BY MORBID CURIOSITY AND MOTHER'S FRANTIC ORDER FOR SACKS OF SUGAR AND FLOUR. EVERYONE HOARDED FOOD. (WILL HISTORY REPEAT ?)

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VALLEY EARTHQUAKES THAT RUINED MISSIONS AND ONCE'DESTROYED EVERY IADOBE) HOUSE INTHEVALLEYJ OCCURRED IN 1800,1818,1865 &

1668. OUR DAVID STARRJORDAN OF STANFORD 5UGGESTED ACYCLE -40 YEARS BUT IN FINALITY SA1D,"WE CAN EXPECT MINOR SHAKES AT 1NTERVALSANDA TERRAMOTO

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S A N F R A i N C I S C O R E P O R T E D D E S T R O Y E D San Francisco destroyed and un­

told thousands killed; her populous suburbs laid low; the beautiful Santa Oar Valley a mass of ruins. San Jose prostrate with her quota of dead; one hundred and fifty helpless insane crushed at Agnews; Stanford University wrecked; everything within a radius of fifty miles at least from this city ruined; this only par­tially tells the tale of the most dread dreadful disaster of modern times.

A mighty earthquake avalanche under the earth-s crust shook the entire Central California coast at 5:14 this morning. Buildings rocked and cwayed and then collapsed, so

,,^?arwas, the force oMhe'migfhy temblror, California's fair metropo­lis wat converted into a charnal house. Her mighty buildings top­pled over like so many card houses, burying their deeping inmates in the ruins. Flames broke out in hun­dreds of places at once, and soon fiery tongues were eating up those parts of the business section of the city that remained standing. Soon, from reports that seemed to be true, fire raged Unchecked in a region two miles in diameter, with the Em­porium as a center.

All communicatiOT with the me­tropolis has been int rrupted, but the flames and smok from the great con­flagration could be plainly seen at Palo Alio, thirty miles distant. A Mercury representative was able to reach Palo Alto about 10 o'clock in an automobile. The roads were re ported impassable further north. Not a soul had been abl** to make his way out of San Francisco. A freight 'rain crew, with an engine

PROCLAMATION I .

In view of the great alamity that has befallen us and for ths, better police and fire protection of the city, and for the better security "f Inland property, I hereby lecomniend *at all the people remain at their homes during the .com­ing uij>ht, from and after the hour of 7 p. BV.

And I do hereby command that all persons, save and accept only those who have a special business to transact there­in, and permirsion so to do, remain away from that part <u~ the business sec­tion of the city now wing specially pa­trolled. All lawlessness will be repressed v&ith a heavy hand.

The co-operation tf all good citizens is invoked in aid of tue enforcement of this order, _.J»iJ* * ' A * G*. -U. WORSWICK, Mayor.

San Jose, Cal,, A'pHl 18, 1906.

and a few empty cars, had escaped from San Francisco, which they re­ported complttt lo demolished. The trainmen told of thq horrors in San Francisco, now completely isolated, The flaming sky to the' north corro-' borated the story. ' •i: • "

In San Jose evidences of ruin are only too apparent. • The business section is naerly destroyed. What structures remain standing have fracr tured walls and must be torn down. The dead in the city number sixteen. -At Agnews, where the buildings were completely destroyed, the dead, patienls and attendants, num­ber about 125. The work of res­cuing the living and their silent companions from the ruins has con tinued unceasing all day, but many are still buried in masses of brick and broken lumber. Hundreds of deputies, hurriedly sworn in, by Sheriff Ross and taken to the scene,

guard the uninjured insane, who are clam ring r>n the lawns in an ectasy of fright and fear.

In San Jose the hospitals that re­main standing are, caring for great numbers of injured, many of which are hurt mortally. Immediately af­ter the fearful concussion of the 'quake fires broke out in several quarters ol the city. The El Monte lodging house on Locust street took fire immediately after the collapse. Seven people, two entire families, were roasted to death. Twenty per­sons were imprisoned in the ruins of the Vendome "hotel annex, but all were reported living with the except rifin of o\ia.. Two-person "ww*. kUl_*. ed in a collapsed building on Market street, just north of Santa Clara. One fireman was killed while at his wort of rescue One woman was killed near Santa Clara by ihe collapse of a water tank on her house. Another woman was found dead in a house on Devine street. Two patienls at the county hospital were killed.

In Palo Alto two university stud­ents were killed by the collapse of a dormitory at the college.-The mag­nificent memorial church- is com­pletely destroyed. The new college structures *ne in ruins. The loss to the university alone is probably five million dollars. Many buildings are down in the towns of Santa Clara, Palo Alto. Mounlain View, Sunny­vale, Mayfield, Gilroy and HolHster, where five were killed. Every local­ity in Santa Clara County has its fin­est buildings destroyed, and at least half the structures are irreparably damaged. Fvery farm house, every residence, inside and out of the

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cities and towns, wherever located, suffered more or less by the earth­quake.

Tt would be foolish to attempt to estimate looses of life or property in this great holocaust until communi­cation is opened and the range of the disaster known. The destruc­tion of San Francisco, which is al­most a certasnty, of Course over­shadows all. The disaster here will not be known in'its full extent until tonight, when it is probable that au­tomobiles, at leist, will be able to make their way to and from the metropolis. Railroad communica­tion may not be resumed for some days, as bridges everywhere are re­ported down. Wires hang from the poles in every part of the county. Linemen are at rfork repairing them.

NOTICE TO MILLMEN. To the e nployees of the Pacific

Manufacturing Company of Santa Clara: " A"L a- aperk1.- meeting this morning of the employees of the above fac­tory in conjunction with Millmen's Union No. 262 it was unanimously decided that every employee report for duty at 8 o'clock a. m. to-mor­row, Thursday, April 19, and vol­unteer his service until the factory is again in running order. All em­ployees are expected to report.

By order of ths president, Th im-as Graham.

AT HOLLISTER. Word was received bv train from Hoi

ister that that town was a great sufferer from the earthquake. Five fatalities are said to have resulted and the loss to property is enormous. Gilroyissaid to have beee more fortunate.

The works of the California Com­pounding Co on Taylor street were de-111 ilislted, but business was resumed dur­ing the forenoon.

. * • HALE'S STORE.

The First-street annex of the Hale store is a total wreck. The roof in its entirety fell through and buried the goods on the shelves and counters. Th*1

San Jose Basket Company's establish­ment, housed in a small brick building on San Fernando street, was buried un­der iiB walls and roof.

D E A D In San Jos*—Incomplete.

MR. and MRS. BERT HALEY and two childreu, r Oakland.

MR. and MRS." KERRIGHN and baby, also of Oakland.

MRS. CHARLES COSTA, n9 Norlh _ Market.

MRS. CLAUDE EVERETT, a4i Di­vine stseet.

PAEL FARRAR, 206 South Fiast. DR. DE CROW, Phelan Building. MRS. HELEN BRANDON, 21 South

First street, MRS. WARDEN, South Second

street. BABY HIGUERRA, 135 South Third. Unidentified man,ri35 South Third. Unidentified girl, . THOMAS O'TOOLE, Hotel Vehdome, At Agnew, approximately 100 dead

and 400 injured. Among dead are: Dr. E. A. Kelley. John Lynch.

Walker, waitress. Gustavus Braden. John Toler.

INJURED. Mrs. Stone, dangerously. Mrs. De Crow, dangerou ly. Miss Bessie Pickering, dangerously.

COUNTY HOSPITAL. DEAD.

— Springer. — Hencelot. Miss Sanders, Meridian District.

INJURED. Seven.

COLLEGE PARK. A number of residences at College

Park were demolished The residences of H. E Dorr, Dr. Eli McClish, Mr. Simpson and Dr. R. D. Hunt are com­pletely wrecked.

East Hall at the University suffered mnch damage. It may have to be com­pletely rebuilt. All the gables at the north and south ends of the building fell in and seams were opened in almost every part of the structure.

Two students, Clarence Pearson and James Trevorrow, were severely injured by falling bricks. They were buried un­der the debris. No damage was done to the other Wldings on the campus.

. • • Considerable loss of li fe is reported"!)!

Chinatown. Nearly all the buildings are of brick, but as they vere not of solid construction nearly all were destrojed. No fires have yet started.

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The lodging house on the southeast corner of Locust and Santa Clara streets, a rather flimsily consrructed affair, col­lapsed and the fifty inmates fled for their lives. Seven were unable to escape the falling timbers and were pinioned with­in. Almost immediately flames burst out and the victims were caught like rats in a trap.

From the proprietor, F. Barlow, it was learned that the names of the vic­tims were Mr. and Mrs. Beri Haley and two very young children of Oakland, and Mr. and Mrs. Kerrigan and baby, also of Oakland. Mr. Haley is a lumberman and Mr. Kerrigan is a printer.

Would-be rescuers heard the cries for help issuing from the heap of wreckage but were beaten back by the names. Mr. Haley died the death of a true hero; al­though he might have saved himself, he chose to die in the effort to save his wife and babies, and to the last he directed the efforts of those who had escaped in their rescue work. Up to a late hour the budies had not been reictfed from th» ruins.

MENLO PARK. J, W. Britton, assistant agent at Menlo

Park, tells a sad story of the devastation at Menlo. Redwood City and Palo Alto. The trainmen, he says, informed him that when the shock came the cars swaped from one side to the qther until it seemed that the entire train must be thrown from the track. But it finally became steady and they proceeded to Menlo. In that town many of the promi­nent duildings, including the leading churches, have been destroyed, while at Millbrae the power house was laid flat. At San Mateo also the Convent and schools were destroyed.

EMPIRE SCHOOL. Reports from Berryessa show that the

e irthquake was as severe in that vicinity as elsewhere. All of the county watering tanks were overthrown. Many bridges across the Coyote are ruined. The Lar-irinn residence on the King road is a total loss. Tile Empire School is ruined.

Severe shocks were felt at 2:30 p. 1111 today, lasting a mi n rite.

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C O U N T Y H O S P I T A L Two killed-1—seven injured. Part of the County Hospital collapsed

at the first shock, burying a score in the ruins. The dead: '-—- Springer. H ncelot. Injured number seven.

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FIRE" ON SECOND STREET. The Dougherty building on Second,

street, was all but demolr-hed by the first shock. Before the occupants of the buildiug could leave the structure the larger part of the front wall fell in.

In a short time fire broke out and com­pleted the destruction wrought hy the temblor. The buildiug with all its con­tents is a complete loss. Not a thing was removed, and the amount of the dam *ge cannot be estimated. The build­ing was practically full of tenants Hills' Studio oceupiek the fifth floor. On top of the structure was the United States Weather Bureau Station.

Several doctors had their offices in the building, and it was t he-locution of the Worcester School of Music, which sul-fered about $2000 damage.

KINDLED BY FIRE: , The idjoinfng bvilding to theJMrtrt

took fire from the Dougherty building and was not under control until nearly noon. At 7:30 a portion of the front wall fell across the street, barely missing one of the fire engines. The' building was completely gutted, The'Iowea floor was occupied by Denne'sart andGupny's book store. The'stock is a complete loss by fire and water.

The buiMing north of tha Dougherty duildi'ig", occupied by The Fair, was completely destroyed by earthquake and fire.

The adjoining structure, occupied by the Dellwig bakery and a lodging houst-, was aompletely destroyed with its con-eents.

The adjacent building to the north was partially destroyed, the roof cav­ing in.

The Nevada building, on South Second near Santa Clara street, stiff-red by the throwing dnwn i>f a portion of the front wall.

The upper story of the George 1!. Me-Kee building, at the corner of Second and San . Fernando streets, collapsed. But little damage was done to the first floor. CHRtSTAIN CHURCH DAMAGED.

The Central Christian Church on

South Second street >uilered consider­able damage. 1 ne rear end collapsed. Portions tf the side walls fell out and lh« root settled.. _

MRS BRANDON KILLED The two upoer sturbyoi the building

at 2i South First street fell in. Mrs. Helen Brandon, mother of Frank Bran, don, was killed, Her si n assisted by Wai, Cosgrove had tl|e s.id fsk of re­moving her crushed body from the debris. Mrs. Brandon was more than 80 years old and was one of the first set­tlers in this villey. A man occupying an adjoining room escaped with si arcely a scratch. .Windows in pradcallv every store on

the eyst side of South First street were broken into fragments, a number of cornices fell but the .damage was less than on Second s'leet. On the west side of the street the buildings nearly all were without da mag's with the exception of the Phelan building, the John St-ck b lildin'i and the Conkling Grocery Co,

On Third Street south the re.ir wa-I of the Odd Fellows' building fell out, crushing in the wall of.an adjoining resi­dence,

NORTH SECOND STREET. Second street is as bad north of Santa

Clara a* it is betwe£n£an Fernando and Santa. Clara. The First Methodist Church is cracked from end to end, but is standing. The steeple of the First Presbjterian Church fell across the breadth of the street between two houses occupied as offices for physicians, and all of the frame dwell ngs were com­pletely wrecked. P.irt of the brick Pres­byterian Church fell against the side of the Y. M. C. A. Building, and in turn veered against the dwellings next door.

Trinity Episcopal and Unitarian Churches are a total loss, though bo:h are for the most part wood. Portions are falling constantly a*id the streets are being p.uroled by members of the local National Guard. Houses along St. James and St. John streets have fallen.

On South Sixth street a dwelling v as wrecked and Mrs. Warden fatally in­jured.

Paul Farrar was killed by falling brick on North Market street, as was also the foreman of Hose No. 1.

NATIVE SONS-HALL. The upper story of Nativ Sons build­

ing, Third and San Fernando, was tle-mulished. The lower floor, occupied by Santa iflara Valley Wine Co. suffered but little damage.

The R. S. Huukins Machine shop, on San Fernando, was completely wrecked.

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The Carnegie Library building suffer­ed slight damage. The exterior was not injured

The residence of Dr.McNary on South Fifth street is a wreck.

THE HIGH SCHOOL. The High School building is a com­

plete wreck. Upper roof fell in. Roof over almost entire building either caving in or sliding off The br.ck walls ,-H around, down to the second floor and in places almost to the ground. The front wall fell out and lies in a tangle ofdebiis in front of the structure. Great seams and cracks were opened in the portions of the wall that did not fa 1. The build­ing will 03 an entire loss.

FREDERICKSBURG BREWERY. The damage to the Fredericksburg

Brewery, on the Alameda, will reach probably at least fifteen thousand dol­lars.

The Golden West Hotel, on the Ala­meda, is l>adly damaged, almost the en­tire front being out, and, although do one was injured, Mrs. Russ is seriously pros­trated dythe shock.

Many of the large frame houses on the Alameda were badly damaged, and com­ing from the Alameda into town every brick building is partially and some com­pletely ruined. ' • OTHER BUILDINGS.

The four or five large brick build­ings on First street south, of San Carlos woe demolished, including the Smith auto garage, the National Bakery, the Franklin engine house and many others. The two-story frame residence of Mis. Schwier on Pirce avenue was shaken to pieces, but no one was hurt.

Centrell M. E. Church, Second streets was slightly injured, and St. Mary's Church with the school was wrecked, both being brick. St, Patrick's Church was wrecked com-p eeely.

—— . •* . BANKS CLOSED.

'Will Not Reopen Until Condi­tions Become Normal.

The bankers of this city met this morning atiri mutually agreed not to open until loral conditions heroine nor­mal again. Under the conditions that *xist today it is impossible to do busi­ness, and it will be se\era! days before the public will l>e able to resume their ac­customed 'rend. In the meant me it would be useiess to open the banks.

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At 6 o'clock a wild rumor was c rcu-lated that all of the 10H0 imates fo the Agnew Insane Asylum had perished. The terrible report was later minimized to TOO and then verified when a reporter arrived at the scene. The sight was one to make strong men weep. The great buildings were ra«d to the ground and terror-stricken unfortunates were huddled in little gronps beneath the palm trees. Hundreds of unfortunates fell beneath four stori-s of brick and stone and frum the wreck arose the cries of the mor­tally injured.

The .fatalities will assume a frigliful magnitude. It is impossible at the pres­ent timi to give a list of the persons who perished at the asylumr Death wreaked greatest vengeance in the main brick building, which is several blocks in length and four stories high, snrmounted by bree jtowers. The first tremblor at a few minutes past 5 ojlock threw the low­ers to the ground and awakened the in-mites. A scene of confusion followed.

It .fftimlants purlbinied many acts of heroism, but all who were in the center 01 the building went down when the final crash came in a few seconds or less after the first rumble was heard.

The outer walls w II stand, but the lloors arc in a mass in the basement and the demented men and womeu hurled to their death. Dr. Stocking escaped down the lire ladder with his wife. The esc >pe of a few other atiendents and offihials Wits made by me.ins of rop:s of knotted .sheets.

The outbuildings, cottages and store hliuses were thrown to the ground, but the. water tanks remained standing, In the graj light of the dawn the scene was terrible. < if the few hundred persons who es;aped injury, many were raving maniacs and help that was needed badly to rescue the buried was taken to rest a n the insane from escaping. Word was s 'nt by horseback, as the telephone wires were down to Santa Clara for aid, and corns after corps of students from the college hurried to the asylum. Physi­cians «ere needed the most and not enough could be secured to attend tne injured.

'J'nose who eicaped slouil daneil at the catastrophe ami did not know what to d'>. The attendants that were not buried worked TL> shelter the miserable men

and women whoitooil on the grounds, clad only in thTir night garments. When the repofter visited the wreck this morning at 7 o'clock the n. • -work had only been begun, .md it is progressing slower, as the debris to be cleared away before the many dead and injured can be reached.

The massive walls of the asylum are tottering in thei base, but crowds of people from Santa Clara and nearly farms are at work, unmindful of their own danger. Four floors, containing about twelve wards, are heaped in a tangled mass in the basement. From the windows of the cellars the mangled bodies are being taken forth. The cries of the living auiouf the dead were heart­rending, and add'-il to the confusion.

The first of the.dead to be exhumed was Dr. E. A. Kelley. one of the head physicians. The next was John Lynch, head attendant, whose home is in Bos­ton, Mass. Walker, waitress in the dming-room. Near her body was that of Gustavus Bradeu, supervisor of the hospital, and John Toler, a head attend, ant. These are on}y a few of thel mauy who were killed by the wrecking of the building, or who will die in the ruins ere they can be released.

Tbe'e i* V^Jj't report 10S0 in­mates in the State Hospital for the u. SBiie at Agnew. They were cared fnr by over 100 attendants and'other ptr-soiis employed oa the premises. The greatest number were living in the wards of the main building and arc now buried beneath hundreds of tons of brick One end of the main -building was split in two pieces, one-half crashing to the the ground and the other still 011 its foundations, but threatening to fall at any moment

The dead, as they are taken from be­neath the timbers, are laid in rows on the lawns to one side, and after being estammed in hope some breath of life might yet remain, are taken in wagons away from the place td Santa Clara. Little can be said of the terrible loss of life and property. The s*d story has only been disclosed in Its preface, all re­mains to be said when the total number of casualties is known. The financial loss to the Asylum will undoubtedly be total. No building could stand the ter­rible tremblorsof the earth this morning. The gre»*ess ioss is confined to the main bulking, whirh is of brick.

Coffee was being innde this morning and given to the injured patients, who stand stricken dwn.b with terror. The various htiiliii'ins on the reservation

from the store house to the female ward numbering ten or twelve, are all in a « reck*'! condition, but not ipiite as bad as the great wAtd, liiutvaj one is in such shape that none can be sheltered. Many inmates are being cared for by ranchmen at their homes, but the great majority of the survivors are on the lawns, covered with what bed clothing it has been possible to obtain.

Fortunately no fire has yet broken out in the ruins and as long as such is the case there are strong hopes of rescuing many. Keliei has been obtain, d from Simta Clara and the Alviso road between the town and the Asylum is crowded with hundreds of people hurrjing to aid in the work at the hospital.

SANTA CLARA. Every building of stone or brick that

was more than one story in height at Santa Clara is now a ruin, but .so far only one person has been reported killed. The biildings of the Pacihc Manufactur­ing Company are down. One tank in falling from the roof crashed through an humble home nearby and crushed .out the life of a woman who was yet in her l-ed. The machinery is ruined and the financial loss will amount toJmndre.ds of thousands of dollars in Santa Clara and to several millions ivhetf the Agnew As\lutn is included. The same consternation that prevails at the Asylum is everywhere at Santa Clam. No tires have broken forth and a close watch is being kept by the department to prevent a contlavration.

Santa Clara College has suffered con­siderably, but the dor nitory wai not in­jured as bad as a number of academic buildings. No one has been killed, but a number are badly I,tin. Most of the College studenis -ire now at the Asylum.

The g ound H as cracked near the San­ta Clara woter works plant and tlie im­mense tanks thruwti to the ground, pait-ly in the ritt in the earth. Nearby places are flooded by the deluge o water.

No less than twelve large residences on the Alameda between l.eu/.en avenue and Santa Clara have been totally des­troyed and ,;the residents have esnu>"rf by a miracle. The Hester School is in a bad condition

All store fron's and many dwellings were -wrecked in K.ist S;m lose. The brick luuJii'in- near the bridge o'i bmi Rock avenue was practically demolished and Ea*t San Jose hall and the school house badly injured.

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LH1S IS AN UGLY, PERHAPS UNNECESSARY "BLOOD ANDTHUNDER" PA6E. I SUGGESTTHE GENTLE READER SKIP IT ENTIRELY. SuTTHESE TWO BAD MEN CREATED SUCH VALLEY EXCITEMENT AND MYSTERY THAT CONTROVERSY LASTED FOR YEARS....J|6URCI0VASQUEZ, BORN IN 1035, AT A6E 16,WAS INVOLVED IN A FANDANGO MURDER AND STARTED A LIFE OF CRIME RIVALLING MURIETTA 5ERVED-5 YEARS FOR HIGH­WAY ROBBERY AND 4 YEARS FOR CATTLE STEALING. HlS GANG OPER­ATED MAINLY FROM DIABLOS" CANTAU CANYON. FRIENDS WERE SCARCE;

FEW MEXICANS BEFRIENDED HIM. TlBURCIOWAS SHQRT,WIRY, DRESSED WELL,AMOROUS,COURTEOUS,FRIENDLYTOWARD SOME AMERICANS AND HAD A SWEETHEART IN EVERY CANTINA FROM SAN JOSE TO LOS ANGELES. H E ELUDED ALL POSSES, ONCE RIDING 60 MILES WITH BULLET IN HIS CHEST. HLS PEAK WASATRIPLE MURDER INTRESPINOS, SOUTH OFHOLLISTER.TNESTATE LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATED %,OOO INAN EFFORTTO SPEED HIS CAPTURE. FINALLY WITH 8 BULLET WOUNDS, HE WAS CAPTURED NEAR LOS AN6ELES.

t_^ WOMEN PROVED HISDOWNFALL.HE HAD STOLEN TWO OF HIS LIEUTENANTS' r I; WIVES AT VARIOUS TIMES. ONE, LEIVA.WASTD GIVE FATAL,THOUGH CIRCUMSTANT­

IAL EVIDENCE ATTHE MOST FAMOUS TRIAL IN SANTA CLARAVALLEY HISTORY. VASQUEZ WAS EXECUTED IN THE COUNTY COURTYARD, 1875. HlS GRAVE IS PROMINENTLY MARKED IN A SANTA CLARA CEMETERY.

JAMES DUNHAM WOULD FIT ONE OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TV THRILLERS; MYSTERIOUS MAN, MYSTERIOUS MOTIVES,MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. THE SCENE WAS A LONELY FARMHOUSE NEAR CAMPBELL;(696. DuNHAM.32,WAS RECENTLY MARRIED AND SEPARATED FROM THE DAUGHTER OF COL.McGn NCY, THE FARM OWNER. ONE MIDNIGHT, DUNHAM RETURNED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. HECAREFULLY DE5TR0YED EVERY PICTURE OF HIMSELF EXCEPT AN OVERLOOKEDTlNTYPE.(SEESKETCH*t )THENjWITH NEVER CLEARLY ESTABLISHED MOTIVE, HE BRUTALLY MURDERED HIS WIFE,MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND MAID SERVANT. Ht SPARED HIS BABY SON, PERHAPS IN HOPES HE MIGHT BECOME THE COLONEL'S ONLY HEIR? HEAV1LYAKMED,HE LAY IN WAIT FOR McGUNCY, STEPSON AND HIRED MAN ATTENDING A MEETING IN CAMPBELL. RETURNIN6,HE SHOT THEM DOWN ONE BY

I . ONE. WITH EXTREMELY CRUDE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AT

DISPOSAL OF THE LAW IN THOSE DAYS, DUNHAM ESCAPED ON HORSEBACK INTO THE NIGHT AND THE UNINHABITED

"EASTERN MOUNTAINS. NEVER WAS HE SEEN OR HEARD OF —-•»• AGAIN...IN OAKHILLCEMETERY,YOUMAY READ THIS

INSCRIPTION ON HIS VICTIMS' MARBLE SLABS "VENGEANCE IS MINE,) WILL REPAY, ,J1

SAITH THE LORD'/

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XHIS WILL NOT BE A TOUR OF THE WINCHESTER HOUSE ,

A"MUSFFOR EVERY TOURIST AND ONLY A FEW MINUTES

DRIVE FROM ANY POINT IN OUR VALLEY. A WELL

CONDUCTED TOUR AWAITS YOUR CURI05.TY. PUBLIC

APPETITE FOR SENSATIONALISM FEEDS ON RUMOR,

TOLERANTLYJSOME OFTHELEGENDS COULD BE LEFT

TO .SUPPOSITION. NEVERTHELESS,THIS ARCHITECTURAL

NIGHTMARE, IN COMPARISON, RIVALS ANY PRIVATE

RESIDENCE IN THE WORLD- 160 ROOMS, 6 KITCHENS, 13

BATHROOMS,3ELEVAT0RS;40 5TAIRWAYS,I3 SAFES,

NONE EVER "CRACKED! (WHAT BURGLAR COULD FIND HIS

WAY OUT?) VISITORS RIPLEY AND HOUDINI MARVELLED.

DUT WHO WAS THE REAL MRS.WINCHESTER? WE LIVED

CLOSE BY AND SAWHER OFTEN (FROM A DISTANCE) MY UNCLE NED R. WAS FIRST WESTCOASTAGENTFORHER

COMPANY. MY FATHER'S FIRST WORK IN CALIFORNIA IN

THE TO WAS TREE PLANTING ON HER NEW ESTATE.

SHE WAS A TINY LADY UNDER 5 FEET AND LESSTHAN IOO

POUNDS. 5HE WAS THIN AND PALE WITH BEAUTIFUL DARK

EYES. SARAH L . WAS HIGHLY EDUCATED,TALENTED AND

SPOKE FOUR LANGUAGES. AFTER HER HUSBAND AND

HER SIGNATURE REPIICA(I9I9)

BABY GIRL'S TRAGIC DEATHS SHE CAME WEST WITH TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS AND A #1000 PERDAY INCOME. SHE GAVE GENEROUSLY TO ALL CHURCHES AND CHARITIES. HER AFFECTION FOR CHILDREN WAS DEEP COLD? AUSTERE? RECLUSE? SEANCES?TOLLING BELLS AND PLACATED SPIRITS? So WHAT? WE THOUGHT HIGHLY OF H ER. FOR OVER 3 0 YEARS THAT#IOOO A DAY WAS

DISTRIBUTED AMONGST VALLEY CARPENTERS,LUMBERMEN

AND TRADES PEOPLE. G\SH WASSCARCE IN 1900 ERA.

SARAH WAS A GRAND SPENDER... HER MULTITUDES OF

^GJJIET, KINDLY ACTS WILL FOREVER REMAIN UNKNOWN.

" N O f ALTHOUGH EXPRESSING DESIRE, PRES.THEODORE

ROOSEVELT ON HIS WAY TO THE CAMPBELLREDWOQDTREE

PLANTING,WAS DENIED ADMITTANCE/ AND YET ONE DAY,

SARAH HEARD A SMALL NEIGHBOR GIRL PRACTISING

PIANO. SHE INVITED HER OVER. AFTER YOUR TOUR,

PICTURE THJS SCENE-THAT STATELY BALLROOMWITH

THETLFFANY CHANDELIER, A TINY OLD VICTORIAN

LADY AND A DELIGHTED LITTLE GIRL, FEET DANG LI N&

HIGH ABOVE PEDALS OF THAT ROSEWOOD GRAND PIANO.'

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GOOD EXAMPLE OF OLD VALLEY COUNTRY SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE IS THE ONE SKETCHED ABOVE,

„ OOYLE...I ATTENDED,STARTING 1900. TAKING THE FULL COURSE, FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH

GRADES. TOR COMPARISON WITH TODAYS "EXTRA SESSIONS* I WAS ONLY PUPIL IN THE

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH SUCH SCHOOLS WERE SPACED THREE OR FOUR MILES APART

ON SOME CROSS ROADS ACRE.,PUPLLS AVERAGED FROM 20 TO 40 IN NUMBER WITH ALL

AGES,6T0 I8...S0ME OFTHESE'BIG BOYS"WERE OLD ENOUGH TO 5HAVE,CHEW TOBACCO,

ROLL A BULL DURHAM AND PLOW. SUCH CHORES AS LAST, LIMITED THEIR ATTENDANCE

AND THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS TERMINATED AT ABOUT THE FIFTH GRADE. (WHICH DID NOT

PREVENT THEM LATER FROM BECOMING SUCCESSFUL,URGE ACREAGE ORCHARDISTS. ONE

OF THESE NOW WAVES TO ME FROM HIS YEARLY NEW CONTINENTALOR CADILLAC.')....

SCHOOLS SUCH AS DOYLE HAD ONE ROOM WJTH A POT-BELLIED STOVE FOR HEATING.

CONVENIENCE PLUMBING WAS OUT DOORS, WITH "BOYS"AND "GIRLS"AT OPPOSITE CORNERS

OF THE ACRE LOT, A LONG WALK AND WE TOOK 0URTIME IF ARITHMETIC WASTA'THAT

DAY...TEACHERS WERE NICE LOOKING, EFFICIENT LADIES FROM SANJOSE NORMAL THEY,

WORE SHIRTWA1STS,HIGH NET COLLARS AND FLOOR LENGTH SKIRTS PRIMLY COVERING

THEIR TWELVE BUTTON HIGH SHOES.THEIR HAJRWASPDMPADOURED,AIDOFA"RAT? (SEE

DICTIONARY,YOU MODERN.) ALLWORE DEMURE 60LDWATCHES PINNEDT0THEIRDRES5W1TH

A FLEUR-DE-LIS MANY OF US WORE HOME MADE CLOTHES,SPECIALLY UNDER GARMENTS.

FLOUR ANDSUGAR CAME IN IOOLB. SACKS AND THIS STURDY MATERIAL WAS NEVER

WASTED.. CONSEQUENTLY MANY A SMALL BOY!S SHIRT TAIL BORE THE LEGEND " ( X L

GRANULATED SUGAR" AND AN ERRANT BREEZE OR ATUMBLE FOR SOME LITTLE GIRL

MIGHT, ON HER PANTIES, EXPOSE THE COMMERCIALESE AS DRIFTED SNOW''. IT WAS 0 ERA OF SAD,BLACK,DROOPY, COTTON STOCKINGS. BOTH SEX WORE LONG DRAWER5AND

IFTHETIMEDEJECTEDBELLBOTTOMSOFLEGS WERE NOT TIGHTLY WRAPPED, OUR ANKLES BULGED IN UNGAINLY N0B5 YES, STOVE BLACKING OH BARE SKIM TO CAMOUFLAGE HQLES....LUNCHES,ALTHOUGH NOT"DIETETICALLYPREPARED"WERE HEARTYANDPACKED IN LARD PAILS.TOBACCO TINS AND *BR0WNIES"THI5 LAST AN IMITATION LEATHER JOB MADE OF CARD B0ARD..,CHIC THE FIRST WEEK,IT SOON BORE THE STAINS OF GOOD HOMEMADE JELLY, APRICOT JAM, BOLOGNA AND COLD PORKCHOPS-'ICOUNTRYSCHOOL" EDUCATION COMPARED TO TODAY'S ? Mo COMMENT.ToO CONTROVERSIAL. BUT I SHALL STOUTLY MAINTAIN THAT IN TWO THEN PR1DEFUL SUBJECTS, WE DID EXCELLy-HAND-WRVTING AND 5PELLING.,..WHERE IS THE ORIGINAL OLD DOYLE SCHOOL?

TODAY BURIED DEEP BENEATH A NEW FREEWAY CROSSING STEVENSCREEKROAD.

THANK GOODNESS WE CAN'T BURY MEMORIES/

ANCIENT HISTORY This mystic maze all started as a map of the Old Valley with roads,

rivers, etc. An we progressed it simply degenerated into memorable impressions and "atmosphere" of long gone days, places and people. Geographical locations are approximate. Viewers can place them­selves on hills back of Los Gatos looking north. The plentiful "corn", caricatures and cartoons are not greatly exaggerated. While local "historians" and old-timers enjoy sporting the errors and omissions, here are a few boiled down keynotes: (1) Actually it wasn't Portola but a couple of his deer hunting soldiers that from about this point in 1769 accidentally had the first view of the Old Valley through whits mens' eyes. (21 Life was easy for our Valley Indians. They were lazy, peaceful and dirty. The Mission padres gave them clothes, salvation and work. Our pioneer forefathers gave them whiskey, "civilized" diseases, and smallpox. Exit Indians. (3) Leland Stanford in 1881 made luxuriant camp for a later tribe of Indians, the Stanford Reds. (4) Firewood, pickets and tan bark for Eberbardt's Tannery [S.C.) were hauled from these mountains by four horse wagons. (5) Capt. Elisha Stevens (creek and "boulevard"] settled in these western mountains ten years before the Civil War. (6| The medicinal spring waters from Congress Springs and Alum Hock claimed cures from hangnails to senility. (7) Moody's Gulch furnished limited gas for early autos and unlimited stock buying opportunities. (8| Mtn. Charley road is named for Charley McKiernon who in 1854 tangled with a female bear in this locale. He survived but his punctured skull was patched with two silver 50 cents pieces. (9] On the good ship Alviso one could take daily trips to San Francisco for a fare of 50 cents. [10) Yes, there actually wai a Battle of Santa Clara. It was fought in 184G near present Lawrence Boad and Highway 101. Casualties, four Mexicans. We won. (11) The author, 1901, debating attendance at Doyle School. (12) Subdivisions and apartment beehives have left too few blossoms for the annual Festival. (13) Forbes Mill and Lyndon Hotel still brave the destruc­tive hand of Progress. (14) Hew Chicago was an early and marshy subdivision. Some mail order buyers might find their lots by row boat at high tide. [15) James Lick built a flour mill and endowed Lick Observatory. (16] The Sarah Winchester we knew (at a distance) was shy, charitable and furnished never ending employment. [17) James Dunham in 1896 really cooked up an unsolved Alfred Hitchcock thriller. For unknown reasons he murdered six of his fam­ily and on horseback disappeared into the Mount Hamilton range,— forever. (18) President T. R. planted a redwood here in 1903. (19) Lumbering was an active industry and Old Valley residences were built from native redwood or pine. (20) Spanish grants of vast acreage dwindled- [21] We give prominence to the Old San Jose El act lie Tower, 1B81-1916. It did provide illumination and at least a certain municipal Distinction, (with which the present metropolis is no longer overburdened). (22) Sour childhood memories almost prevented this touching horticultural scene depicting the prune in­dustry, little changed over the years. (23) Lone Hill? Try and find this landmark! (24| Tiburcio Vasquez, our own prize bandit, rivalled Murietta in ferocious exploits. He was the guest of honor at one of the first hangings in the County courtyard, 1875. (25) New Almaden Mines ware world second to the original Almaden in Spain. (26) Stone quarried here for the old Post Office, Hall of Records, Stanford, etc. (27) Once a dinkey steam train ran to Alum Rock past Fllcklnger's Cannery (28) where once all fruit cans were hand soldered. [29) Who was Manly? He was the '49 rescuer of the Bennett party stranded in Death Valley. Fanned at about this spot and had a home on Stockton Avenue in San Jose. (Hist. Marksrl. [30) This original, palatial Hayes mansion burned but the forty acres of landscaped grounds (BO's) have been preserved and now shelter an authentic Frontier Village.

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rivers, etc. As we progressed it simply degenerated into memorable impressions and "atmosphere" of long gone days, places and people. Geographical locations are approximate. Viewers can place them­selves on hills back of Los Gatos looking north. The plentiful "corn", caricatures and cartoons are not greatly exaggerated. While local "historians" and old-timers enjoy spotting the errors and omissions, here are a few boiled down keynotes: (1) Actually It wasn't Portola but a couple of his deer hunting soldiers that from about this point in 1769 accidentally had the first view of the Old Valley through white mens' eyes. (2) Life was easy for our Vallay Indians. They were lazy, peaceful and dirty. The Mission padres gave them clothes, salvation and work. Our pioneer forefathers gave them whiskey, "civilised" diseases, and smallpox. Exit Indians. (3) Leland Stanford in 1881 made luxuriant camp for a later tribe of Indians, the Stanford Reds. (41 Firewood, pickets and tan bark for Eberhardt's Tannery (S.C.I were hauled from these mountains by four horse wagons. (5] Capt. Elisha Stevens (creek and "boulevard"] settled in these western mountains ten years before the Civil War. (61 The medicinal spring waters from Congress Springs and Alum Bock claimed cures from hangnails to senility. [7| Moody's Gulch furnished limited gas lor early autos and unlimited stock buying opportunities. (8) Mtn. Charley road is named for Charley McKiernon who in 1854 tangled with a female bear in this locale. He survived but his punctured skull was patched with two silver 50 cents pieces. (9) On the good ship Alviso one could take daily trips to San Francisco for a fare of 50 cents. (10) Yes, there actually was a Battle of Santa Clara. It was fought in 1846 near present Lawrence Road and Highway 101. Casualties, four Mexicans. We won. [11) The author, 1901, debating attendance at Doyle School. (12) Subdivisions and apartment beehives have left too few blossoms for the annual Festival. (13) Forbes Mil! and Lyndon Hotel still brave the destruc­tive hand of Progress. (14) New Chicago was an early and marshy subdivision. Some mail order buyers might Find their lots by row boat at high tide. [15) James Lick built a flour mill and endowed Lick Observatory. 116) The Sarah Winchester we knew [at a distance) was shy, charitable and furnished never ending employment. (17) James Dunham in 1896 really cooked up an unsolved Alfred Hitchcock thriller. For unknown reasons he murdered six of his fam­ily and on horseback disappeared into the Mount Hamilton range,— forever. (18) President T. R. planted a redwood here in 1903. [19) Lumbering was an active industry and Old Valley residences were built from native redwood or pine. (20) Spanish grants of vast acreage dwindled. (21) We give prominence to the Old San Jose Electric Tower, 1881-1916. It did provide illumination and at least a certain municipal Distinction, (with which the present metropolis is no longer overburdened). [22) Sour childhood memories almost prevented this touching horticultural scene depicting the prune in­dustry, little changed over the years. [23) Lone Hill? Try and find this landmark! (24] Tiburcio Vasquez, our own prize bandit, rivalled Marietta in ferocious exploits. He was the guest of honor at one of the first hangings in the County courtyard, 1875. (25) New Almaden Mines were world second to the original Almaden in Spain. (26) Stone quarried here for the old Post Office, Hall of Records, Stanford, etc. (27) Once a dinkey steam train ran to Alum Rock past Flickinger's Cannery [28] where once all fruit cans were hand soldered. (29) Who was Manly? He was the '49 rescuer of the Bennett party stranded in Death Valley. Farmed at about this spot and had a home on Stockton Avenue in San lose. [Hist. Marker). (30) This original, palatial Hayes mansion burned but the forty acres of landscaped grounds (BO'a) have been preserved and now shelter art authentic Frontier Village.

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MDER THE SPREADING CHESTNUTTREE" THETREEWAS;

MISSING BUT OTHERWISE STAGE SETTING AND LEADING CHAR­

ACTER WERE DUPLICATE PERFECTION FOR LONGFELLOW'S

IMMORTAL POEM. WLLLIAM BAER WAS ONE OF VALLEYS LAST

TYPICAL COUNTRY BLACKSMITHS. I NEVER GREW TIRED OF

WATCHING THIS FRIENDLY,POWERFULMAN AT WORK. USUALLY

BEGRIMED IN A CLEAN SORT OFWAY, HE HAD MUSCLES EQUAL

TO MR.AMERICA'S. ALWAYS HE WOULD PAUSE TO ANSWER

THIS SMALL BOY'S ENDLESS QUERIES. WHAT BETTER BUCK-

SMITH SHOP ATMOSPHERE" THAN A BRIEF DESCRIPTION

OFTJETTIN1 OUR OLD NAG SHOD"? UNHITCHED FROM OUR SPRING WAGON OR BUGGY, PRINCE WAS LED INTO THE SMOKEY, DIRT FLOORED SMITHY. TURNING HIS8ACKTO HORSE'S REAR END,OUR SMITH WOULD PICKUP A HIND FOOT AND HOLD IT BETWEEN HIS (MR.BAER's) LEGS, PLACING IT OH HIS HEAVY LEATHER APRON. OLD SHOES WERE PRIED OFF,OLD NAILS SNIPPED CLEAN AND HOOF BOTTOM PARED DOWN SMOOTH ANDWHITE.THEN MR.BAER WOULD SELECT ANEW HORSESHOE FROM THE STACK OF SIZE NUMBERED LITTLE KEGS-.XHEN TOSS ONE INTHE FORGE AND START PUMPING THE HU6E WOOD­EN AND LEATHER HANDMADE BELLOWS. SLUMBERING CHAR-COALEMBERS WOULD AWAKEN TO EMIT LITTLE SPIRAL CURLS OF PLEASANT SMELLIN6SM0KE. FlNALLYSMALLTONGUESOFDART-j

PICTURED AT RIGHT,THEVIUAGE

CORNERS OF WEST 5LDE,N0W

CUPERTINO. THIS WAS AND IS

THE INTERSECTION OF STEVENS

CREEK R6AD AND SUNNYVALE-

SARATOGA ROAD, (HWY.9)

BAER BLACKSMITH SHOP FAR RIGHT.

SKETCHED FROM 1898 PHOTO LOANED

BY MRS. ARCH WILSON, MY DOYLE

SCHOOLTEACHER.

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1NG RAME ENVELOPED THE IRON BLUE HORSE SHOE BURIED IN THE

COALS. WHEN WHITE HOT, WITH HIS LONG TONGS, MR.BAER WITHDREW

THE SHOE AND PLANTED IT FIRMLY AGA1NSTTHE BARE HOOF. (NO,

PAIN, &ENTLE READER) SIZZLLNG.ACRID SMOKE CURLED UP WITH AH

UNFORGETTABLE SMELL...MR.BAER WOULD THEN CRITICALLY

EXAMINE THE SCORCHED SURFACE. B, BURNED AND UNBURNED

AREAS HE COULD EXACTLY SEE HOW SHOE FIT CONTOUR OF HOOF.

WITH SLEDGE AND ANVIL HE WOULD DELIVER A FEW MIGHTY COR­

RECTIVE BLOWS. THI5 OPERATION WAS REPEATED UNTIL BY TRIAL AND ERROR MR.B.WAS SATISFIED AMD AFTER TUB WATER

TEMPERING,NAILEDONTHESHOE.YES,HEMADEANAIL"RING"FOR

ME, AS NATURALLY EXPECTED AS BUTCHER-WAGON TREE B0L06NA.

END OF ACT. DAD PAINFULLY OPENED HIS LONG LEATHER PURSE

AND DOLED OUT SIX BITS OR A SILVER DOLLAR. I FORGET WHICH.

GOOD MEN,- MY DAD AND WILLIAM BAER. BOTH WORKED A

SIXTY HOUR WEEK AT HONEST MANUAL LABOR.WENTTO CHURCH

ON SUNDAY, STILLVERY TIRED. AND THE REV. COLEMANS SERMONS

WERE SOMETIMES LONG AND DRY. CONSEQUENTLY ITTOOK MANY

A WIFELY NUDGE TO HEAD OFF A SNORING OUET,MR.BAER,DEEP

BASS, DAD,HIGH TENOR LONG GONETHE PUNGENT ODORS OF

BURNT HORSE HOOF, SWEAT, CHARCOAL TALETOBACCOSMOKE,THE

MUSICAL CLANK AND CLANG OFANVIL AND WHEEZING BELLOWS.

CAME THE AUTO AGE AND LAST OF THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITHS,

WITH THE EARLY SETTLERS IN SANTA CLARA VALLEY CAME

THEIR MIOWESTERN PARLOR, FOR OUR YOUNGER GENER­

ATION THE BEST DEFINITION OFA PARLOR ISTOSAY IT

WAS EXACT OPPOSITE OF TODAY^ RUMPUS ROOM. IT WAS

A PLACE OF DIGNITY WITH BUNDS PULLEDDURINGTHE

WEEK,RAISED ONLYTO BROOM-5WEEP OR FEATHER

DUST.THIS OPERATION SIMPLY MOVED DUST FROM ONE

LOCATION TO ANOTHER AND LEFT A STRANGE,SOLEMN,

. FUNEREAL ODOR, (AND FOR SUCH OCCASIONS OUR

V PARLOR WAS SO USED) ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ROOM HELD JOYOUS SCENES SUCH AS WEDDIN6S, RELATIVE REUNIONS, SUNDAY VISITORS AND OiRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IT WAS THE FAMILY MUSEUM,

"WHATNOf'AS CENTERPIECE THIS MIGHT DISPLAY AN OSTRICH EGG, BABY SHOE,SHARKSTOOTH EASHELL CONTAINING ALLEGED OCEAN ROAR,STUFFED BIRD/TINTYPES

OF BUS-EYED RELATIVES AND GLASS DOMED CASE WITH A LOCK OF AUNT MARY'S CURLS. ALWAYS A PAIR OF

EITHER KINDLY OR CRITICAL ANCESTORS LOOKED DOWN

UPON US FROM THEIR ENORMOUS FRAMES. A VISIT

COULD BE LIGHTENED BY A ROUND WITH THE STER­

EOSCOPE AND LATEST SLIDES OF DEWEYS FLEETORTHE

RUSSOJARANESE WAR. THE FAMILY

ALBUM WASLA5TRESORTANDABOUT

AS EXCITING AS LAST YEAR'S ALMANAC. WEYOUNGSTERS AVOIDED THE LEATHER FURN­ITURE WITH STABBING HORSE HAIR. YET SOMEHOW I BELIEVE OUR ANCESTORSWOULDENJOY A MODERN LIVING R00M.EVEN A FEW WHO WOULD GO FOR THE RUMPUS ROOM/

C o u n t r y S t o r e

OUT INTHECOUNTRY ABOUT 1900 aC(BEFORE CARS) GET­

TING DRESSED, MAYBE EVEN TAKING A BATH, HITCHING

UP ASLOW HORSE AND DRIVING TO SANJOSE MIGHT

CONSUME AN ENTIRE DAY. CONSEQUENTLY,CONVENIENT

LITTLE ONE ROOM "SHOPPING CENTERS* SPRANG UP AT

CROSS ROAO CORNERS AND WERE CALLED COUNTRY GRO­

CERIES. THEY WERE NOT CASH-AND-CARRY. ONE COULD

RUN A BILL FOR SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR AND PAY WHEN

CROPS WERE IN. CASH WAS SCARCE AND FOLKS TRADED

'BUTTER, EGGS AND FRUITF OR GROCERIES. STORE STOCK

WAS AMAZINGLY DIVERSIFIED, MUCK OF IT NOW OBSO­

LETE AND UNFAMILIARTONEWGENERATIONS.OUR

GROCERY MAN COULD PROVIDE LAMP WICKS, BUTTON HOOKS,COLUR-BUTTONSjSULPHURMATCHES,CELLUWlD GOLLARS(CLEANED WITH A DAMPRAG)FLOWER POTS,BEAN

POTS AND CHAMBER P0TS,WH1PPLE-TREES,KICKING STr?APS,CRUPPERS>COFFEE GRINDERS AND DO-IT-YOUR­SELF SHOE-MAKER KITS. HE WOULD GLADLY SNIPOFF A YARD OF GINGHAM FROM THE VARIEGATED BOLTS ON HIS SHELVES. THE EDIBLES WERE AS GOOD IN QUALITY AND FLAVOR ASTODAYS BUT LACKED THE VARIETY AND CONVENIENCE. WE SAW NO GAUDY LABELLED CONTAINERS OR PESKY CEI10PHANE.ALL WAS OPEN FOR INSPECTION INCLUDING THE SODA CRACKERS AND DILL PICKLES FOR THE LOCAL POT­BELLIED STOVE CLUB. (GROCER QUIETLY ADDED SAMPLINGST0THEIRBILL5.) Nu,lNEVER SAWTHAT PROVERBIAL CAT ASLEEP IN A BOX OF DRIED PRUNES. WE LIVE TODAY IN AWONDER AGE OF PRE-WA5HED PRE-PEELED,PRE-COOKED1ANDPRE-WRAPPED,EVERY

THING BUT PREPAID:'

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FOR MAMAORGRANDMA, HERE THEIR THEME SONG

COULD BECOME ONTHERANGE* COMPARATIVELY SPEAK­ING IT WAS A HOT, INCONVENIENT PLACE OF DRUDGERY,

FORTUNATEY TODAYS DREAM KITCHEN COULD NOTTHEN BE

EVEN IMAGINED. WHY HERE DESCRIBE THOSE OLD FAMILIAR

DISHES ORTHE UNBELIEVABLE BAKERY AND CANNERY PROD­

UCTION THIS SMALL ROOM PRODUCED? WHY NOT MAKE A

6 0 YEAR LAPSE COMPARISON,™ 1NSTANCE,PREPARATI0N

OF A CHICKEN DINNER FOR FOUR? START THE FILM AND (

CRANK RAPIDLY. FLRST,DAD CHASED DOYM A LIKELYLOOKIN°

RHODE ISLANDRED OR PLYMOUTH ROCK. (NO,YOUNGSTER,NO

PILGRIMS INVOLVED). MEANWHILE THE RANGE WAS STOKED

UP TO HEAT SCALDING WATER FOR PLUCKING AFTER THE CHOP­

PING BLOCK TRAGEDY. THEN CAME CLEANINQDISJOINTING, WASHLNG,FLOURING AND SKILLET FRYING IN DEEP FAT,

POTATOES WERE DUG,WASHED, PEELED,BOILED, MASHED.

GARDEN PEAS WERE PICKED, SHELLEO AND STEWED.FOR PIE

APPLES WERE PICKED,WASHED,PEELED,CORED ANDSLICED.

FOR PIE CRUST,FLOURSIFTED,SHORTENINGADDED,MIXED,

ROLLED,PLACED IN PIE TIN FILLED WITH 5EAS0HED APPLES

AND ARTISTIC LATTICE TOPADDED. RANGE AGAIN 5T0KED AND

PIES SHOVED IN TO BAKE AT A BY-GUESS AND BY-GOSH

TEMPERATURE,-ELAPSED TIME, 3 OR 4 HOURS AND

EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT FOUR BITS FOR STORE STAPLES.

CHANGE THE FILM ANDPRESS THE BUTTON FOR TODAY,

SO AS NOT TO MISS THAT RE-RUN OF GUNSMOKE OR

WAGONTRAIN,WE CRAWL INTO OUR UNPAIDFOR CAR AND RACE THREEBLOCKS TO THE NEARESTSAFEWAY. WE GRAB FOUR GRANDMA JONES TV FROZEN CHICKEN DINNERS,

A PACKAGE OF AUNTYMARYS FROZEN PEAS AND A MOTHER

IWREE'S FROZEN APPLE PIE. THEN ELECTR/C OVEN FOR

30 MINJ©4OO*. SIMPLE. AND NOTE 6RANDMA.,AUNTYAND

MAMA ARE STILL AVAILABLE/

t£&

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C H R I S T M A S

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'HRISTMAS SIXTY YEARS AGO IN SANTA CLARA VALLEY WAS AS OUYOUSLY AND REVERENTLY CELEBRATED AS TODAY.

IT WAS CONDUCTED ON A MUCH LOWER,MORE RELAXED SCALE

AND TEMPO. I KNOW IN OUR ONE CHILD FAMILYTHEOBSER­

VANCE WAS GEARED TO FIT OUR MODEST CIRCUMSTANCES.

\\} THIS DID NOT HINDER ENJOYMENT, IN FACT, LOOKING BACKWARD,

IT WHETTED KEENER APPRECIATION-*^ CHRISTMAS WAS

MORE FOR CHILDREN THAN PARENTS. 'MlNE DID EXCHANGE DULL PRESENTS, USUALLY HOMEMADE AND VALUABLE ONLY FOR THE SENTI MENTAL EXPR&SSIQN. CHILDREN,SPEC!ALLY COUNTRY BOYS LIKE WRITER,,(SEE ABOVE FROM FAMILY ALBUlO WERE NAIVE AND UNSOPHISTICATED. WE WERE UNEXPOSED TO LEGIONS OF FALSE BEARDED SAINTS ON TV AND IN SHOPPING CENTERS. I THINK I BELIEVED IN SANTA UNTIL OLD ENOUGH $ TO SHAVE/feToYS HAD NONE OF THE "SCIENTIFIC* OR THE &

EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF TODAYS PLAYTHING WONDERS BUT,-^ WE WERE HAPPY,—BECAUSE WE KNEW NOTHING BETTER?

small boy was chosen as oneoftheTHREEWlSEMENfora Church Christmas. To his disgust mama made him acosturne;his white nightgown, horri bie cotton beards pasteboard crown. While organ played SI LENT NIGHT the wee THREE WISEMEN^bearingqifts^k, solemnly strode (rfteraStcr^r Ah/ but the WISE MAN ahead of me dropped his gift bag of MARBLES! I became Yoiler-bearincf and I spoiledtheTABlEAUX-ordid I ?

MAMA DIDNT SEEM OVERLY PLEASED WITH DADfc filFT OF A CLOTHES WRINGER

BUT THEN, NEITHER WAS DAD THRILLED

WITH H15 PINK COAT-HANGER. STUFFED WITH DRIED LAVENDER.

I ALWAYS WANTED " A "WEEDEN STEAM

'ENGINE? I FINALLY BOUGHT jQNE. 30 YEARS LATER FOR— ME

A

HARD CANDY" WAS MOST POPULAR. NICETO STUFF IH SOCKS AND LESS "DEADLY'THAN THE HOLIDAY PINOCHE AND DIVINITY FUDGE/

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I GOT A MAGIC-LANTERN /•O-BUT NOT FOR CHRISTMAS.

^ . ^ I SOLD 50 ?Y£S.o*8LUINE >7^vF0R THIS PRIZE. tMAMA t \BOUGHT THE LAST47 PKGS

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N A M E S OF P E O P L E + P L A C E S + E V E N T S = H I S T O R Y

T H E FOLLOWING PAGES CONTAIN DEFINITIONS,FACTS

AND ANECDOTES RELATING TO OLD SANTACLARAVALLEY.

THIS IS A HIGHLY CONDENSED, ALPHABETICAL SELECTION,

SIMPLY INTENDED TO UNEARTH ALMOST FORGOTTEN

INFORMATION AND ATASTE OF LONG GOME'ATMOSPHERE?

NOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT-. THIS IS NOT DRY DICTIONARY?

HERE: A N D T H E R E W E W A N D E R , — A N D H O W /

A J ^ _ MtiL ^ ^ L _ ^ j ^

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Bur ABRAM AGNEW SETTLED A G N E W : AGNEWS COMMONLY

INTHISTERRITORY NORTH OF SANTA CLARA ABOUT 1873. THE

ORIGINAL'AGNEWS INSANE ASYLUM'SHOWN ABOVE(I894) WAS

PRACTICALLY DESTROYED BY 1906 QUAKE AND OVER 125 KILLED.

ALMADEN: (SEE SPECIAL PAGE) MEANS THE MINE. N EW ALMADEN IS PROPER,BEING NAMED FOR THE OLD ORIGINAL IN

SPAIN,RICHEST QUICKSILVER MINE IH THE WORLD,PKODUClNG 200 LBS. OF QUICKSILVER PER TON OF ORE TO NEW ALMADEHS £0

LBS. VALLEY INDIANS FIRST USEDTHE VERMILION CINNABAR AS

FACE AND BODY PAINT DE5PITE SEVERE SALIVATING.ORE DISCOVERY

IN 1622. WORKED FOR 6OLD AND SILVER BY DON SuSoLm 1824.

No RESULTS. QUICKSILVER RECOGNIZED^ DON CASTILLERO

AT SANTA CLARA MISSION IN i 8 4 5 .

ALMA:(ANDLEXIN"GTON) CHARMING LITTLE MOUNTAIN TOWNS 3 MILES ABOVE LOS GATOS ON THE SANJ05E-SANTA CRUZ RAILROAD. NOW BURIED BENEATH LEXINGTON DAM. BOTH ON STAGE LINE. SHIPPING POINTS FOR MOUNTAIN FRUTT AND LUMBER. 8 SAWMILLS,POSTOFFICES.STORES,BLACKSMITHS.

A L V I S O : 8 MILES N. OFSAN JOSE. ONCE CALLED EMBARCADERO

DE SANTA CLARA . ITARLI EST LANDING POINT FOR FIRST SEA-FARING

SETTLERS, EXTENSIVE SHIPPING POINT FOR OLD VALLEY HIDES.TAUOW^

GRAIN,LUMBER AND QUICKSILVER. SLTE OFA HOPEFULNEW CHICAGO?

AMARSHY SUBDIVISION^ WET,MAIL:0RDER BUYERSFOUNDTHEIR

LOTS BY ROW-BOAT. NAMED FOaOON IGNACIO ALVISO WHO ARRIVED WITH DE ANZA IN 1776. SETTLED HEREIN 1838. ONCE THE SITE OF LARGE SHIPPING WAREHOUSES, CANNERIES,OYSTER BEDS PLANTED WITH EASTERN OYSTERS, ASPARAGUS FIELD5, POULTRY SHELL PLANT. HEART OF THE ARTESIAN WELLSECTION. FIRST PLANTING OF VALLEY PEAR ORCHARDS.

AGRICULTURAL PARK OR FAIR GROUHDS ON THEALAMEDA

WEST OF RACE STREET TURN. 76 ACRES BOUGHT IN 1859 FROM GEN.NA6LEE FOROOO.BlCYCLE RACES, BALLOON A5CENS10NS,BUFFALO

BILL.GEN.GRANT WATCHED LELANDSTANFORDS HORSE RACE HERE.AND

THR0U6H A KNOT HOLETHE WRITER AT A TENDER AGE WATCHED

BARNEY OLDFIELD BREAK THE WORLD'S AUTO SPEED RECORD

AT A HAIR-RAISING 6 0 MILES PER HOUR.

ALUM ROCK:CITYPARK NAMED'FOR CLIFF AT CANYON ENT­RANCE CONTAINING ALUM MINERALF0UNDEDI872.SERVEDATVAR-IOUS TIMES BY OMNIBUS, STEAM TRAIN AND ELECTRIC CARS. AT ONE SIDE OF THE PARK ROAD WAS A TON SIZE METEOR. DURING WORLD WAR r>ATRioT!CAaY"DESTROYED FOR ITS METAL/ONLY

A FEW OF THE MANY MINERAL SPRINGS NOW aOW, ONCE HIGHLY REGARDED AS CURES FOR PIONEER ACHES AND PAINS,

AMUSEMENTS: HOW? WITHOUT CARS.RAD10 OR TV? FINE UNCROWDEDTROUT FISHING IN EVERY

CREEK. SWARMS0FGEESEANDDUCKS,6AME

IN THE HILLS. SMAUFOLKSRMARBLES,

KITES,TOPS. STATE LEAGUEBASEBALL

AT LUNA PARK. BABE RUTH VISITS i ?

HAL CHASE OUR GREATEST.SODALITY

PARK,SCHEUTZEN PARX,GARDENCITY

WHEELMENJICIFLE CLUBS. PICNICS AT

ALUM RQCK,CONGRESS SPRINGS, SODA

ROCK.THEATERS:LIBERTY, UNIQUE,

LYRICVICTORY,EMPIRE,RINGIINOBROS.SELLS-FLOTO,BARNUMA

BAILEY. MEDICINE SHOWS LIKE FEROONOR KAMAMA.

SARATOGA BLOSSOM FESTIVALS ANDROSE CARNIVALS. A SALUTE TO THE ONLYSURVIVOR-PORTUGUESE FIESTAS/

A N T I M A C A S S A R ; INTERESTING OLDWORD:STILLALIVE.

PIONEER MEN PLASTERED DOWN THEIR HAIR

WITH MACASSAR OIL I MPORTED FROM MACASSAR

L-IN THE CELEBES.IN DESPERATIQN,LADIES MADE

''ANTI-MACASSARS TO PROTECT CHAIRS.STILL

IN USE.NOWT0 COMBAT THATGREASY KID 5TUFF"

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A R T E S I A N : THE VALLEY^ EARLY SETTLERS DEPENDED ON

SHALLOW SURFACE WELLS,SPRINGS ANDCREEKS

FOR WATER SUPPLY. BUT IN 1854 ON 5TUTREET,

TTHE MERRIT BROTHERS TRIED FOR A LOWER

"STRATUM. AT 50 FEET STRUCK A GU5HER.S0ME

| 6"WELLS SPOUTED 16 FEET. MOST FAMOUS

j f f WELL IN HlSTORYrGA-DABNEY'S OH SAN FERNANDO ST. FLOODED THE TOWN. CITY

COUNCIL 1MP0SED%0 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY

DAY IT RAN. HAD NO EFFECT ON WELL;0R.DABNEY.

OTHER WELLS GRADUALLY DECREASED ITS FLOW.

MORE AND MORE WELLS AND THE ARTESIAN PERIOD ENDS.

A Z U L E : SPRINGS AND

MOUNTAIN SECTION NEAR SARATOGA; MT.EDEN DISTRICT. AZULE MEANS

BLUE" COULD HAVE BEEN NAMED

FOR BLUE WATERS OF SPRINGS OR

HEAVY GROWTH OF WILD LILAC OR

CEANOTHUS IN THAT LOCALITY.

TIME IN SAN JOSE/THE NEW STATE CAPITOL. SOME OF HER

GUESTS WERE FREMONT, PICO,SUNOL,REEDS AND MURPHYS.

B E L J J A R R Y 5 E E - O N E OF EARLY SAN JOSE'S BEST KNOWN.

WAS SHERIFF IN 1849 AND WHITE WAS,ALCALDE .

E?U™»WilTE GOT THE GOLD FEVER AND LEFT FOR THE

MINES, TELLING BEET0 DO AS HE PLEASED WITH PRIS0NERS,S0ME MURDERERS. HARRY TURNED THEM

LOOSE TAKING THE GANG TO THE MINES TO WORK FOR HIM. ALL WENTWELLFOR 3 MONTHS.THEN HARRY SCENTED REBELLION. HE SUPPED BACK TO SANJOSEWITH AFORTUNE. THE INDIANS WORKED JUST ONE DAY AFTERWARD,GOT DRUNK,FOUGHT AND CONVENIENTLY AND PRACTICALLY,EXTERMINATEDTHEMSELVES.

TEN iNDi

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BACON: FRANK BACONJHE ACT0R.RECE1VED MUCH OF HIS EARLY EXPERIENCE LOCALLY BEFORE HI5 GREAT SUCCESS IN

iTTHE TITLE ROLE OF LIGHTNIN'WHICH |pANTHREE YEARS ON BROADWAY. HE

l^ENOOYED A VACATION ORCHARD HOME

NEAR MOUNTAIN V IEW.

B A L D W I N : IN 1892 REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES S.BALDWIN

PURCHASED 137 ACRES BETWEEN CUPERTINO ANDMONTA VLSTA.

BESIDES RESIDENCE, GUEST HOUSE AND STONE WINERY.HE BUILT

LE PETITTRIANON.THIS WAS A REPLICA OF A MINIATURE VERSA­

ILLES PALACE Louis xvi PRESENTEDTO MARIE ANTOINETTE.

HE CALLED HIS PLACE BEAULIEU CGOODEARTH)AND HAD ONE

OF THE FIRST SWIMMING POOLS, POLO FIELDS AND A FRENCH

AUTOMOBILE, IMPORTING A FRENCH CHAUFFEUR TO RUN IT,

WHICH ITDID.-OCCASIONALLY. NOW.THIS ESTATE IS SITE FOR

NEW DE ANZA COLLEGE WITH POSSIBLE TRIANON PRESERVATION.

B A S C Q M I DR.AND MRS.BASCOM OWNED 135 ACRES ON

^WEST SIDE OF THE PRESENT AVENUE

wNEAl SANTACURA AND BUILT H0MEtNI85H. £RAMM BASCOM'CONDUCED A HIGH CLASS BOARDING HOUSE IN 1849,THE YEAR THAT

STATE LEGISLATURE MET FOR THE FIRST

B E R N A L : JoAQUlNrtoNAUlELD AGRANT OF 9,G47 ACRES 8 MILES SOUTH OF SAN JOSE AS A REWARD FROM THE

kmG OF SPAIN FOR INVESTIGATING CAUFORNIA'S MINERALWEALTH

IN I795.HE WASTHETYPICALDON.LARGEHACIENDA.SWIMMING POOL ANTEDATING BALDWIN'S BYACEHTURY. ARENA FDR'BULL

ANDGRIZZLY'YIGHTS. LIVEDTOAGE 97,HISWIFE (II0 AND

LEFT SEVENTY-EIGHT CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

B E R R Y E . S S A : NAMED FOR THE EARLIEST SETTLER IN

THIS DISTRICT EAST OF SANJOSE.NICOLASANTONIOBERRYESSA

MEMBER OF THE QEANZA 1769 EXPEDITION.

gfi>R DECADES THIS THEN REMOTE SPOT WAS JARKED ONLY BY STORE.CHUROi.POSTOFFICE

BLACKSMITH AND VAST,QUIET ACRES.

B R E T H A R T E : MADESEVERALTRIPSTOSANJOSE WHILE EDITOR OF OVERLAND MONTHLY AND

^LECTUREDHERE.DESCRIBED BY SAWYER:

'SMALLjDAPPER LEGANTLYCLOTHE BLACK ^USTACHlOSjBURNSlDES, POCK-MARKED?

B U N T L I N E : NEDBUNTLINE(CQL.E.UUDSON)WASTHE

ORIGINATOR OF THE DIME N0VEL.DLSCOV-

ERED WM.CODY (BUFFALO BILL)AND WITH

HIS PEN ALONE,MADE THIS LITTLE KNOWN

\ HUNTERFORTHEARMYTHEMOSTFAMOUS

MAN IN AMERICA. BUNTUNE WAS A

REFORMED DRUNKARD.GAVE PROHIBITION LECTURES IN SJ. 1858.

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C_ALABAZAS: MEANS GOURDS,PUMPKlN OR SQUASH.COULD " HAVE BEEN SO NAMEDBECAUSETHE.NDIANS

t f j t t M ^ S S S CAMPED ALONG THIS LITTLEWESTSIDECREEK RAISED THESE VEGETABLES.G0URD5USED FOR DRINKING VESSELS. PlONEERS REMEMBER

ENCAMPMENTS OF NATIVES ON STEVENSCREEKROADCRAFT RANCH WHO WERE CLEARING BRUSH FOR SETTLERS AND SOLD THEM PUMPKINS.

LALAVERAS:MEANS*SKULLS*PROBABLYSDNAMED BY ^ f f i ^ ^ ^ ^ - E A R L Y SPANIARDS BECAUSE OF LARGE

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Q U A N T M E S OF HUMAN BONES AHD SKULLS

FOUND INTH1S NORTHEASTERN AREA.POSSIBLY A BATTLE GROUND.

C A L I F O R N I A : NO ONE KNOWS EXACT ORIGIN. FLRST SHOWN

ON SPANISH MAP,ISG2. SENATORPHELAN'S SARATOGA ESTATE

IS NAMED MONTALVO WHICH MIGHT HOLD A CLUE. IN THE EARLY

SIXTEENTH CENTURY, A MONTALVO WROTE A ROMANCE CALLED

LAS SERGAS DE ESPLANDIAN DEALING WITH A FANTASTIC LAND

C A T A L A : FRANCISCAN PRIEST OF SANTA CLARA MISSION

1794. A MOST DEVOUT ASCETIC CONSIDERED BY HIS CONGRE­GATION TO BE SAINTLY. IN 1795 WITH 200 INDIAN NEOPHYTES (CONVERTS) HE LAYED OUT AND PLANTEDTHE ALMOST IMPASS­ABLE ALAMEDA TO 3 ROWS OF WILLOWS, JOINING PUEBLOS

OFSANTA CLARA AND SAN JOSE'.MADE BAREFOOT MISSIONARY

TRIPS TO ALL PARTS OFVALLEY. No PICTURES OF HIM EXIST.

C H I N E S E ; SAN JOSE ONCE HAD THE SECONDLARGEST

CHINATOWN IN THE UNITED STATES

I NUMBERING OVER 4000THEY FLOCKED

"TO S.EANDTHIS AREAAFTERTHE GOLD

RUSH AND COLONIZED FOR PROTECTION

AGAINST PERSECUTION BY MEXICANS

AND AMERICANS. WE HAD FOUR OF

,HINATOWNS BUT THE LARGEST AND LAST WAS IN THE

AREA OF SEVENTH ANDTAYLOR. ALL ARE GONE AND THIS

IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT. FOR FIFTY YEARS

OF AMAZONS, GOLD AND SILVER PLUS A QUEEN NAMED CALAFIA. ONE COULD STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD, A LITTLE CHINA WITH

WRITING SAIDTOHAVE INSPIRED CORTEZ WEST COAST EXPEDITION. HATCHETMEN*SLAVEGIRLS,OPIUMDENSANDLOTTERYPARLORS.TONGS

ONTHE OTHER HAND "CAUDAFORNAX(L) MEANS HOTFURNACE. WERE FORMED, EITHER FOR PROTECTION FROM CRIMINALS OR

FROM TO GREEK,-KALAPHORNEIA=NEW COUNTRY. FROM THE FOR HIGHBINDER TRIBUTE LIKE EASTERN GANGSTERSJNISW

SPANISH'COLOFONIA^ RES-N" AND CALIFORNIA INDIANS USED THE HIPSINGTONG WAS FORMED WITHRIVAL.THEHOPSINGTONG.

"KALI FORNO* MEANING^MOUNTAINS OR HILLS" SPRQULENSABE? ASLATE AS 1923 A GUN BATTLE WAS FOUGHT ONTHE ONE MAIN

SUCH

C A M P B E L L : WILLIAM CAMPBELL,VETERAN OF WAR OF

I8I2JRAVELLED PART WAY WEST WITH

DONNERPARTY IN,84&. HADASAWMILL

ABOVE SARATOGA. HLSSON,BENJAMLN FOR

WHOM CITY IS NAMED, SUBDIVIDED IN

1885. EACH DEED" CONTAINED PROVISO THAT SHOULD LIQUOR EVER

BE SOLD ON THE PREMISES THE LAND WOULD BE FORFEIT. IN

1903 PRES.THEODORE ROOSEVELT PLANTEOTHEMUCH DISPUTED

REDWOOD TREE,ATTHIS WRITING,STRUGGUNG FOR SURVIVAL.

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C ^ R R E T A : MOST PRIMITIVE OF VEHICLES, PAINFULLY

KA^SIMPLE AND SIMPLY PA1NFULF0R RIDERS.

-THE TWO WHEELS WERE SECTIONS OF A

ijj^^^ZXim^ "L0GJA^LE ATTACHED WITH WOOD PEGS KEPT WHEELS FROM FALLING OFF. ANOTHER POLE ATTACHED

TD AXLE BECAME THE TONGUE. UPON THIS WAS BUILT EITHER

A PLAIN OR ELABORATE WICK.ERWORK FRAME TIED WITH STRIPS

OF HIDE. PULLED BY SLOW OXEN PRODDED WITH A SHARPSTICK

SQUEAKS COULD BE HEARD FORAMILESENORITAS SCREAMED

FOR LITTLE INDIAN BOY TO DOSE THE AXLES WITH TALLOW.

*VJ % TRMBLftTiot* = SCAT?

STREET. GRADUALLY THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE YOUNGSTERS

AND LAWS AGAINST GAMBLING LED TO CHINATOWN'S DOWNFALL,

ALLTHAT REMAINED WAS THE BRICK HEADQUARTERS OF THE

HOPSINGTONGS ANDWHERETHEY WORSHIPPED THEIR60DS,

THEOLD Joss HOUSE.THESE WERE(UNFORTUNATELY)DISMAHTLED

l N T 9 4 9 . - a = ^ = r ^ * BURIAL SOCIETIES INSURED RETURN

OFASHESTO HOMELAND. DECEASED,DELINQUENTVHTH DUES?,

WERE PARADED IN STYLE TO OAK HLLLS CHINESE CEMETERY

HEADED BY WILL LAKE'S MUNICIPALBAND. PAID PROFESSIONAL

MOURNERS WEPT AHD WAILED. THEN SACRIFICES OH BRICK

I ALTAR,ROAST DUCK OR PORK,CL0SELY OBSERVED BY >Y^\

HUNGRY HOBOESPEVEN SMALL BOYS MIGHT

(SKIPIT) WE HIRED CO0UEST0 PICKOUR PRUNES.

OUR GANG WAS CAMPED NEXT TO A CHICKEN HOUSE

SUBJECT TO NIGHTLY RAIDS BYASKUHK.ONE NIGHT 5 _WE WERE AWAKENED BY THE EXPLOSIONS OF

FIRECRACKERS. DAD STUCK'

HIS HEADTHR0U6HTHE SCREEN"

AND RECEIVED THIS ORIENTAL

EXPLANATION^) SOLLY MR, LAMBO,

JUSS FLWaACKAS, LITTY BLACK PUSSY CATrT0rjSTINK7'

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C O F ^ E ^ L l | B : A CO-OPERATIVE,NON-PROFIT PROJECT <% tf-£~f>**. CONDUaED BY EARLY SANJOSEANS ON

SOUTHSECONDSTREEEAMOSTPOPULAR

EATING AND MEETING PLACE FOR

. COUNTRY FOLKS ON THEIR INFREQUENT

TOWN TRIPS. THE 5&IO CENTPRICES

^ O F COFFEE,PIE,BAKED BEANS.ETC,

INDICATED A GREASY SPOON*

!> TYPE OF RESTAURANT. IT WAS

NOT. NICE PEOPLE ATETHERE

'INCLUDINGTHE WRITER. READ­

ING AND RECREATION ROOMS FOR

MEN AND WOMEN. AS ASMALLBOY, WRITER WAS FASCI­

NATED BY A GROUP OF VERYOLD CHARACTERS FOREVER PLAY­

ING CHECKERS.THEY WERE SO SLOW BETWEEN MOVES,ANY

ONE OF THEM COULD HAVEPASSED AWAY AND RIGOR MORTIS

SET IN WITHOUT ATTRACTING PUBUC NOTICE.

CONGRESS S P R I N G S : OR PACIFIC CONGRESS

^ S P R I N G S / N A M E D FOR

-EASTERN COUNTERPART

INSARATOGA,N.Y.ONE ^ MILE ABOVESARATOGA.

DI5COVLS186TB7IIERD CALDWELL. ELEGANT RESORT HOTEL

BUILT ON 720 ACRES.MLNERALSPRLNG WATER SUPPLLEDTO ALL WESTERN CITIES. PENINSULAR.R.EXTENDED LINE IN 1925 AND THIS BECAME EVEN MORE A POPULAR VALLEY PICNIC GROUNDS.

DIFFICULT HOW TO PICTURE OR EVEN LOCATE.

Q P Q 1 $ E Q J 1 Q : ^ SMALL,FORGOTTEN LAKE NEAR THE

' PRATT-LOW WATERTOWER,S0UTHERNS.C.

[CITY LIMITS.0RI61NALLYJHIS LONG GONE

LAKE WAS FED BY BROOKS FROM THE

STOCKTON AVENUEANDTHE ALAMEDA SECTIONS. ACANALDUG

FROM IT,IRRIGATED THE MISSION'S GARDENS AHD ORCHARD

IN THE I770'S. LATER BECAME A RECREATION PARK.0NE OF THE

TWO REDWOODS AT ENTRANCE ON THE ALAMEDA CAN STILLBE SEEN.

C O O P E R : A.D.M.COOPER WAS ONE OFTHE OLDVALLEYS MOST POPULAR ARTISTS. HE SPECIALIZED IN ALLEGORICAL SUBJECTS AND UNLIKE MAJORITY

OF TODAY'S PAINTERS, FEARLESSLY PORTRAYED

I THE HUMAN FIGURE,USUALLY SHOWN LIFE SIZE.

WITH HIS SCENES SET IN MILD CLIMATES.HIS FEMALE FIGURES

REQUIRED LITTLE DRAPERY. HLS ADMIRERS WERE LEGION.

HlSENORMOUSWORKSOFARTCANSTILLBEVIEWED IN SEVERAL PUBUC PLACES. OTHER ARTISTS OF GREAT TALENT

AND POPULARITY WERE CHARLESHARMON,ANDREWP.HILL(

PAINTING EARLY PIONEER SCENES AND VALLEYLS BEAUTY,

C O R Y : DR.BENJAMIN CORY WAS THE VALLEY'S FIR5TH0RSE \NDBUGGYnDOCTOR,ARRlVlNG 1NI8H7 AND HIS

"SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE FOR 47 YEARS. POPUIAR, KINDHEARTED AND GENEROUS TO A FAULT WITH HIS

BILL COLLECTIONS. ONLY ONCE DltiTHE GOOD DOCTOR GENTLY REMONSTRATE WITH A PATIENT WHO NOT ONLYREFUSED PAY­MENT BUT CONSIDERED HIMSELF INSULTED] HE CHALLENGED DR.CORYTOADUEL.'THEDOGTOR ACCEPTED ANDWHEN GIVEN CHOICE OF WEAPONS.PROMPTLY SAID*SH0TGUNSATIOPAGES? NoDUEL. BlLLPAlD.

C O Y O T E : IZMILES SOUTH OF S.J. FROM THE MEXICAN-JiAZTECWORD "COYOTL!' PERTAINING TO THE

^WESTERN WOLF. THE ARROYO DE COYOTE WAS NAMED BY 1776 EXPEDITION OFDEANZA.

C U P E R T I N 0:(SEE PICTURE ON BLACKSMITH PAGE) HERE WAS THE WRITER'S BOYHOOD TERRITORY. THIS WEST

SECTION WAS NAMED CUPERTINO FOR AN ITALIAN SAINT

JOSEPH OFCOPERTINO BY PADRE FONT OFTHEDEANZA

EXPEDITION. THESE EXPLORERS MADE CAMP NEAR THE

PRESENT BLACKBERRY FARM (MONTA VISTA). THIS WAS MARCH

1776. THEY CALLED THE STREAM ARROYO DE SAN JOSE

CUPERTINO. THISLATER WAS CALLED STEVENS CREEK.

(SEE*STEVENS CREEK)* A POST OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN

1882 ON MCCLELLAN ROAD CALLED CUPERTINO, CHANGED TO WEST SIDE IN I895AND BACK TO CUPERTINO IN 1900

AT INTERSECTION LOCATION ON HIGHWAY9. OF COURSE ELISHA

STEVENS (ACTUALLY*STEPHENS")WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

PIONEERS ARRIVING 1NEARLY'50'SAND SETTLING NEAR BLACK­BERRY FARM. PETER BALL SETTLED ON 350 ACRESri8So

ANDW.L.BLABON IN I860 PAID ABOUT^JO AN ACRE FOR 350 A.

GNHWY9. OTHER EARLY CUPERTINO PIONEERS,SUTHERLAND

GRIMES, MONTGOMERY, DOYLE,SELINGER,V.ILLIAMS,REGNART.

AN INTERESTING SETTLEMENT SIDELIGHT,- ABOUT 1880 AN UNUSUAL GROUP ARRIVED TO POPULATE THIS SECTION. THEY WERE ALL RETIRED SEA CAPTAINS WITH FAMILIES. EACH BOUGHT ABOUT 50 ACRES, ALLBUILTGOOD((APEC0D)HOMES,

ALL PLANTED VINEYARDS, ALL PROSPEREDJAS WOOD, CROSSLEY

BLAKE^OSS.DUNBAR.PORTE^MERITHEW.HARR.MANJGIBSQN.

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D A V I LA: AGUSTl'N DAVILA.ARTIST, DECORATED THE 5TH. SANTACLARAMISSION CHURCH WITH MURALS

AIDED BY INDIAN NEOPHYTES. PlGMENTS,INCLUDING jALMADEN CINNABAR VERMILION, WERE MIXED WITH

MAGUEY, OR CACTUS JUICE AND PAINTED ONADZED SLABS OF REDW00D,I825. RETAINED INTACTAS LATE AS I860 BUT I9Z6 FIRE ENTIRELY DESTROYED. DAVILA'S NAME BRIEFLY SHOWN

IN MISSION RECORDS. BACKGROUND A MYSTERY. IT IS KNOWN

IN 1845 HE WAS GRANTEE OF 3 LEAGUES IN SANTABARBARA COUNTY OF 13,332 ACRES (WORTH A FEW CENTS AN ACRETHEN)

D A W S O N L D R J A M E S M. DAWSON IN ISTI NOTICED THE

EVER INCREASING ACREAGE AND HEAVY s^R0PS OF PERISHABLE FRUITINTHE ^ VALLEY.MUCH0F1TG0INGT0 WASTE.

v ^ IN THE BACK YARD OF HIS HOME M " ONTHE AUMEDA.OVER A COOK­

ING STOVE IN A 12X16 SHED, JjE SUCCESSFULLY PRESERVED THE

^ T I F R U I T IN TIN CONTAINERSTHEFIRST

SEASONS PACK^SO CASES.THUS STARTED AN INDUSTRY THAT WOULD ESTABLISH THE SANTA CLARAVALLEYASTHE FRUIT CANNING CENTER OF THE WORLD.

*~**<$ii.<'-MQe<W -

E B E R H A R D TANNING C0,THE OLDEST INDUST­RIAL PLANT IN THE VALLEY. LOCATED ON ELCAMINOREAL ACROSS FROM SANTACURAMlSSlON. NEW ENGINEERING AND LIBRARY NOW OCCUPY EXACT OLD SITE.REMNANTS DEMOL­ISHED TEN YEARS AGO. UNOFFICIAL INFORMATION PLACES ITS

EXISTENCE EARLY AS 1847, BELONGING TO A DONRAMON. THE EBERHARDS ACQUIRED IN 1861 AND FOR 85 YEARS

WAS WORLD FAMOUS AS PRODUCERS OF HIGHEST QUALITY

LEATHERS,SPECIALLY FOR SADDLES. MOST FAMOUS WAS THE %,000 PRODUCTION FOR J.C.MlLLERJHE WlLD WEST SHOW PRODUCER. THE ANNUAL INCOME WAS A MILLION DOLLARS AND 29,000 HIDES, 3000 CALF SKINS AHD 10,000 SHEEPSKINS WERE PROCESSED YEARLY. ADVENT OF AUTO, DECLINE OFTHE

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HORSE AND STOCK INDUSTRY PLUS A DISASTROUS FIRE SET BY A REVENGEFUL BAND OF GYPSIES SPELLED DOOM FOR THIS PIONEER FACTORY. IMMIGRANT GERMANS WERE MAINLY EMPLOYED. 1 REMEMBER THEIR BEER BREAK AND THAT STEADY PROCESSION ACROSS THE ALAMEDATOACAFE, NO/1 MEAN A SALOON.' LOWER RIGHT, SITE OF OUR FOOT­BALL FIELD COVERED WITH ATURFV SHAVINGS FROM GROUND UP BARK OF OAK AND LAUREL USED IN TANNING.

E D E N V A L E : s i x MILES SOUTH OF SAN JOSE MARKED

BYTHE PALATIAL GROUNDS OF E.A.ANDJ.O.HAYES, EARLY

ISAN JOSE MERCURY PUBLISHERS

WD PROMINENTVALLEY

POLITICIANS. MADE THEIR FORTUNES IN MICHIGAN

IRON MINES. BUILT FAMOUS MANSION, PLANTING PARK

IN 1887. MANSION NOW IN REAR NOT THE ORIGINAL WHICH

BURNED. GROUNDS WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ALLTHIS

40 ACRES OF PARKNOWTHE FRONTIER VILLAGER VERY

HIGH CLASS OLD WEST PLAYGROUND. HAYES' ORIGINAL PLANTING CLEVERLY SPARED AND PRESERVED.

*

E L Q U I T O : SPANISH FOR QUITS? NEVER MIND,-

TO CHEER PRESENT SQUATTERS,IN EARLY DAYS,VALLEY

INDIANS CALLED ITTITO" RANCHO QUITO WAS GRANTED BY

GOV.ALVARADOTO JOSE MORIEGA AND FERNANDEZ IN

i 8 4 i . DON JOSE ARGUELLO PLANTED AN OLIVE GROVE IN THIS

SECTION ABOUT I860. SOMEOFTHE TREES WERE MOVED

TO WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS IN 1939. THIS 81 ACRES OF

OLIVES LATER OWNED-BYGOODRICH.PRODUCEDAGRADEOFOIL

FAR SUPERIOR TO THE 1TALIAN,W1NNING WORLD PRIZESJHE

PUBLIC DEMAND NEVER COULD BE SUPPLIED. ALAS, MANS

LONGEST LIVE^PRODUCTIVETREES^FINALLY SUCCUMBED

TO PROGRESS, A LA'BELLE ACRES' OR'BEDSIDE MANOR" ETC....

E L C A M 1 N O R EALPREFERABLYTHE'ROYALROAD,

AND /WrTHE*KlNGS HIGHWAY." ROUTE ALONG COAST (lOl) LITTLE CHANGED SINCE FIRST VATHFOUND BYTHE PADRES.

E S C H S C H O L T Z I A CAUFORNICA, A HEFTY NAME .FOR OUR VALLEY POPPY/ THE EARLY SPANIARDS

LHADMUCH NICER NAMES,-AMAPOLAU A N D

'C0PADE0RA(CUP0FG0LD), BUT THEIR MOST

CHARMING WAS*DORMIDERAJ-(THE SLEEPY ONE)

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F I S H E R : IN 1820 A NEW ENGLAND LAD BOARDEDA

^L^Cl lPPER SHIPBOUNDFORCALIF-

*•'•* ORNIA AND CARGO OF HIDES AND TALLOW. ANCHORED IN MONTEREY

SAY THIS YOUNG CABM BOY SAW AND ADMIREDANEW LAND,

IN 1845 HE RETURNED AND FELL IN LOVE WITH SANTA CLARA

VALLEY. AN AUCTION WAS IN PROGRESS THE VASTRANCHO

LAGUNASECA,4 SQUARE LEAGUES OR 23,040ACRES.FLSHER

BID^IOOO,THEN ^2000 . FINALLY AFTER BIDS OF 3 AND4 HE

REACHED *%000. HLS COMPETITOR AMERICANS AND MEXICANS

TURNED AWAY IN UTTER DISGUST AT SUCH "INSANITY* THE

REST IS HISTORICAL SUCCESS. NOW SUBDIVIDED.WILLIAM FISCHERS

DESCENDENTS LONG ENJOYED THIS MAI S COURAGE AND FORE­

SIGHT IN ACQUIRING SUCH AN EARLY VALLEY EMPIRE, LOCATED

.12 MILES SOUTH OF SAN JOSE. GlVE A PAUSE. HOWMANY ACRES TODAY FOR %000? RlGHT/ MAYBE ONE.

F L I C K I N G E R : F E W WILL REMEMBERTH1STRADEMARK, jWORLD FAMOUS FOR QUALITYCANNEDFRUIT. THEJ.H.FLICKINGER FAMILY OWNED 500

•ACRES DF ORCHARD NEAR BERRYESSA AND

PIONEERED THIS EARLY CANNERY AROUND

1900. RESIN WAS USED-IN CAN SEALING, FOLLOWED LATER BY

HAND SOLDERING EACH CAN. OTHER TURN OF THE CENTURY

CANNERSJ-THE WOOL FAMILY, J.EPYLE AND SOROSIS FRUIT.

E Q L R B E J ) MILL: JAMES FORBES IN 1854 BUILT A STONE

I FLOUR MILLPOWERED BYLOS GATOS

[CREEK TO SERVE THETHEN GREAT

> ACREAGE OF VALLEY WHEAT. LATER

: BECAME A POWER HOUSE, ICE PUNT, [STOREHOUSE.LOWER STORY STILL

VISIBLE DIRECTLY NEXT SANTACRUZ FREEWAY IN L.G.

ORIGINAL BEFORE qUAKE

F R E D R L r \ D D u m j D r c c w i i r u s i N C E i s ^ . FALSTAFF NOW OCCUPIES SITEANDORIGINALBRICKFRAME STILL INTACT EXCEPT FOR GERMAN STYLE CASTLE TOWERS AND TURRETS THATFELLIN 1906 QUAKE. ONCETWO ARP ESIAHWELLS ON PROPERTY. ORIGINAL CAPACITY 10,200 BARRELS YEARLY. PRESENT OUTPUT, 2000 BARRELS DAILY/

F R E M O N T HISTORIES THOROUGHLY COVER THIS

"PATHFINDER OF THE WEST! HE CROSSED AND RECROSSED

THIS VALLEY MANY TIMES AS EVIDENCED BY PERPETUATION

OF HIS NAME ON STREETS,CLTIES,SCHOOLS,MOUNTAINPEAKS,

AND BRAND NAMES. MOST INTERESTING,THE BITTERDISPUTE

AM0N6ST HISTORIANS REGARDING FREMONT'S REAL FAME.

ONLY STUDY CAN FORM ONE'S OPINION; GREAT OR NEAR GREAT?

G I U R O X J O H N GLLROY/KURVYRIDDEN*SOME CLAIM,

JUMPED SHIP AT MONTEREY IN 1814 AND

BECAME THE VALLEY^ FIRST WHITE SETTLER

ALTHOUGH LATER BECAME A NATURALIZED MEXICAN CITIZEN.

MARRIED AN ORTEGA SENORITA WHOSE FAMILY OWNED

THE HUGE SANYSIDRO (EE-SEE-DRO) GRANT COVERING THE

SOUTHERN END OF VALLEY. CITY OF GILROY NAMED FOR

THIS SCOT WHO,DESPITE HIS NATIVE REPUTATION, LIVED

IN IDLE CONTENTMENT,SQUANDERED HIS WEALTH AND DIED

D E S T I T U T E , ^ * 1 ,

G I L R O Y H O T S P R I N G S DISCOVERED IN ms BY A MEXICAN SHEEP HERDER

NAMED FRANCISCO CANTAU,BUT

(SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS

CLAIM THAT DEANZA CAMPED

IERE AND MENTIONS IN HIS

~ ^ ^ ? ^ M ^ 1776 TR1P DIARY. AT ONETIME

A HIGHLY DEVELOPED HEALTH RESORT AND HOTEL AREA.

\Q7S G O A T : CP.BA1LEY RAISED ANGORA GOATS FOR OVER

30 YEARS FOR MOHAIR, FLEECE, GL0VES,ETC.

TOOK ALL WORLDS' FAIR PRIZES.KEPTAHERD OF

J | P | | G ^ 10,000 AND RAISED MORE MOHAIR THAN ALL

OTHER" GOAT RAISERS IN U.S. ( I AGREE/ SO WHAT?)

(SQQDfjllQbLsTONE QUARRY. ONLY HILLSIDE SCARS 'OFF THE ALMADEN ROAD MARK SPOTS

D B E r a i ^WHERE THE LIGHT BROWN STONE WAS QUARSDFORSTMARYSCHURCH,HALLOFJUSTICE,LLBRARY

(ONCE POST OFFICE) AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

G U B S E R V I L L B A FORGOTTEN 1880 STAGE STOP*

RG,SARATOGA-S.CROAD.LOST BENEATH ASHOPPING CENTER.

G U A D A L U P E CREEK, MINES. NAMED BY

DE A N Z A , I 7 7 6 . ( M E A N S "WOLFRIVER. G U A D A ,

RIVER", LUPUS, WOLF? WHY WOLF*? 1 DUNNO.

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H E C K E R P A S S : HIGHWAY CONNECTING GILROYAND

WATSONVILLE. ONCE CALLEDTHELAST LINKOFVOSEMITE

TOTHESEAHIGHWAY. NAMED FOR HENRY HEGKER,SUPER-

VLSOR,UPON COMPLETION IN 1926.

L A W R E N C E : ROAD AND STATION. FOR 50 YEARS 'FAR

OUT IN THE STICKS',' A FUG-STOP ON

THE SP. WITH ONLY A TINY DEPOT AND

AREHOUSE.^SEE PHOTO SKETCH.

L I C K : GAVE $100,000 ENDOWMENTFORLICK'SOBSERV­

ATORY. To THE VALLEY HE WAS A GENEROUS

PHILANTHROPIST AND BENEFACTOR.LWHIS FEW

ACQUAINTANCES HE WAS CONSIDERED,CRABBED,COLD,

^ SOLITARY ECCENTRIC. LLCKMADE HIS MILLIONS

ABOUFIB47,BUYINGSANFRANCISCO SANDH1LLS,SELL1NG AT

FABULOUS PROFITSJO HIS CREDIT, HE STARTED GIVING IT AWAY

IN 1873. FAILURE OF A MAGNIFICENT,ORNATELY FURNISHED FLOUR

MILL HE BUILT NEAR ALVISO MADE LITTLE DENT 1NHIS FORTUNE,

IN FACT SERVED A CERTAIN PURPOSE, SATISFYING A SLUMBERING

SPITE; ATLEAST HE SENT A PICTURE 0FTHEM1LL EAST TO A

YOUNG LADY (AND HER FATHER) WHO ONCE CONSIDERED LLCK

APOOR BOYWITH NO FUTUREAND SPURNED HIS PROPOSALS.

HE WAS A PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN (179^1876), JAMES LICKS

TOMB ISBELOWTHE OBSERVATORY DOME.

L I N C O L N TO ABRAHAMLINCOLN,SANTACLARAVALLEY

MUSTHAVE BEEN A REMOTE CORNER WITHOUR

FEW PROBLEMS INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO A

RAGING CIVIL W A R . (SEE ALMADEN FULLPAGE

FOR ONL:fJF'HIS ACTS.) IN I8G5, JUSTA MONTH BEFORE HIS

ASSASSINATION, HE SIGNED A DEED RETURNING 20ACRES OF

SANTA CLARA MISSION CHURCH LAND, LOST IN SECULARIZATION.

L L A G A S (PRONOUNCED YAH-6US),CREEK&SOUTHERN

VALLEY DISTRICT. MEANS WOUNDS'.' SPANISH NAMED FOR

WOUNDS IN HANDS AND FEET OFST.FRANCIS SIMILAR TO

THOSE OF JESUS. REASON FOR NAMING UNKNOWN(TO ME)

L O M A P R I E T A (MTN.) FAMILIAR,PROMINENTPEAK

IN SOUTHERN RANGE. ORIGINAL NAME MT.BACHE.

MEANS 'SLACXHILL ' . ALTITUDE 3,790FEET. A MORE

EXTENSIVE VIEW FROMTHISHEIGHTTHANFROMMIHAMILTON.

IN VIEW,-SALINAS AND SANTA C U R A VALLEYS, SANTA

CRUZ, SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY COAST LINE.

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; J A C K LONDON WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH

THIS VALLEY. HE ENJOYED FREQUENT

VISITS WITH LITERARY FRIENDS,ALSO

BICYCLING DOWN FROM OAKLAND ON

WEEK ENDS TO MEET A CERTAIN

YOUNG LADY. LONDON'S SUCCESS

CAUGHTONFIREWITHHIS CALL

OFTHEWILD. IT SOLDA MILLION AND A HALF COPIES AND

FROM A STRUGGLING EXISTENCE,DEMAND FOR MORE OFTHE

SAME,GAVE HIM A.%,000 A YEAR INCOME. REMEMBER BUCK,

HERO DOG OF CALL OFTHEWLLD,HALF SHEPHERD, HALF ST.

BERNARD? BUCK WAS BORN ON JUDGE BOND'S ESTATEJHEN

ON PRESENT SITE OFCARMELITE MONASTERYINSANTACLARA.

IT IS ALLEGED LONDON AND/OR ACCOMPLICE^PIRITED BUCK

AWAY ONE MOONLIT NIGHT, PUTTING HIM ABOARD ATRAIN ATTHE

LITTLE OLD COLLEGE PARK DEPOT ON STOCKTON AVENUE. AS A

MATTER OF FACT LONDON PRACTICALLY ADMITS IT.

L O S A L T O S MEANS THE HEIGHTS! COMPARATIVELY A

NEW SETTLEMENT.' POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1908.

L O S G A T O S : A MEXICAN GRANT NAMED

RLNCONADO DE LOS GATOS, 1840. MEANS

THE ENCLOSED ANGLE (OR CORNER) OF

THECATS.U FIRST, FORBES MILL,I680'S

THEN FORBESTOWN, FINALLY Los GATOS

AND FULL LIFE WITH COMING OF THE

RAILROAD IN 1877. SCREAMS OF MOUNTAlNliONS

INFESTING THE H!LLS,PROMPTEDSPANISH WORD

GATOS OR "CATS'! HOWEVER,LEO AND LEONAJHE TWO

DIGNIFIED AND MAJESTIC SCULPTURED WORKS OF ROBERT

PAINE ARE NOT MOUNTAIN LIONS.THEY ARE CALIFORNIA

WILD CATS, BOBCATS OR LYNX(SHORTTAILED)THEIR KIND

STILLINHABITTHELOS GATOS MOUNTAINS. "REASONABLE

FACSIMILES'ABOVE EXCEPT FOR EXPRESSIONS.

L Y N D O N HOTEL, GONE BUT STILL FRESH INMOST

MEMORIES. JOHN W.LYNDON ARRIVEDIN 1859. A BANKER

STOREKEEPER,LUMBERMAN.SUBDIVIDED LOSGATOS AND

BUILT MANYMAIN(OLD)BULLDINGS,MCLUDLNG HIS HOTEL.

M A D R O N E TOWN 8 MILES S.OFS.J. THE TREE HAS RED

BARK,REDSEED;0NEOFOURBEAUTIFUL

Y MOUNTAIN NATIVES, 20TO 100 FEET HEIGHT-

SPANISH NAMED IT MADRO^O/STRAWBERRY'TREE.

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**s.. M A N L Y MAN OF TWO VALLEYS,DEATH AND SANTA CLARA.

.HIS LIFE WOULD FILL AN EXCITING BOOK.

FORTUNATELY ONE EX1STS,QUITEARARITY

J I L C ^ B U T AVAIUBLE INMOST LIBRARIES.INTH1S

"* BOOK'DEATH VALLEY I N JAMESMANLY

_ ^MODESTLY BUT TRUTHFULLY RELATES HIS

HEROIC RESCUE*OF THE BENNETT PARTY IN DEATHVALLEY,

WELCOME MEETING WITH KINDLY SPANISHCALIFORNIANS, HIS

ADVENTURES INTHE GOLD COUNTRY AND OF LOCALINTEREST,HIS

OBSERVANCE OF THIS VALLEY IN ^9. HE PAUSED LONG ENOUGH

TO CLIMB BOTH EASTERN AHD WESTERN HILLS FOR A LONG

LOOKRGRIZZLY BEAR.W1LD CATTLE1N DENSE WILLOW JUNGLES

(OF WILLOW GLEN),WILD MUSTARD HIGH AND STRONG ENOUGH

TO SUPPORT CHATTERING SQUIRRELS? AFTERTHEGOLDRUSH

HE RETURNED TO THIS VALLEY. THOMPSON&WESTS I876ATLAS

CLEARLY SHOWS HIS 250 ACRE FARM (JUST SOUTH OF OAKHlLL

CEMETERY)FOR WHICH HE PA1D#I6 AN ACRE. SlTE OF H1ST0WN

RESIDENCE ON STOCKTON AVENUE IS PRESENTLY DESIGNATED

BY A DILAPIDATED HISTORICAL MARKER.

M A N Z A N I T A : A REDDISH BARK,EVER6REEN SHRUB VERY

COMMON IN OUR LOCAL MOUNTAINS.THE SPANISH

NAME IS DIMINUTIVE OF MANZANAORAPPLE*

BECAUSE ITS TINY SEEDS RESEMBLETHATFRU1T.

M A R C E L L O : THE FAMOUS SANTA CLARAMISSIONINDIAN.

RESEARCH ONLY REVEALS EACH HISTORIANTRY-

INGTOOUTDOTHE OTHER WITH LEGENDARY

STORIES ABOUT THIS CHARACTER,MAJORITY

CLAIM HE LIVED TO 125 BUT S.C.MLSSLQN

'ARCHIVES(BAPTISMALRECORDS)SHOWHEDID

WESSCDFORRRST TNOT REACH 100, HlS ORIGIN WAS RATHER

MYSTERIOUS BECAUSE HE WAS 6 FEET 2 INCHES,WEIGHING 250,

ABOUTDOUBLE SIZE OF AVERAGE VALLEYINDIAN.ON HIS FIRST

MISSION VISIT WITH TWO COMPANIONS,HEMET FR.VIADER,QUITE A

MAN HIMSELF. FOR SOME REASON THEY DECIDEDTO ATTACK THIS

PADRE WHO PROMPTLY THRASHED THETRIO,BUMPEDTHEIRHEADS

TOGETHER AND AS PROMPTLY FORGAVE THEM/ THIS SO SURPRISED

MARCELLOTHAT EVER AFTER HE WAS MISSION'S BEST WORKER,

BUILDING FOREMAN AND SERVED AS AN INDIANALCALDE(JUD6E)

HE MARRIED AT 17 AND AGAIN LEGEND REARS ITS UGLY HEAD.

HE FOLLOWED WITH 5 OR 6 MORE MARRIAGES AND STRANGELY,

ALL WIVES WERE REMARKABLY SHORT LIVED/ WAS MARCELLO'S

STAND AGAINST TRIBAL POLYGAMY AND HINTED USE OF GROUND

GLASS.PUREFICTION? OR AT AGE 90(DID HE REALLY BITE

OFF THE EAR OF INYOGOJRIBALALCALDE WHO HAD STOLEN

ONE OF MARCELLO'S LATEST YOUNG WIVE5? QUIENSABE?

BUT HE WAS FULLOFEARLYVALLEY ANDMISSION HISTORY LORE

PARTICULARLY AS TO DISPUTED FIRST TWO S.C.MLSSION SITES,

AS EVER, M ANY HEARD HIS STORIES BUT FAILEDTO RECORD THEM,

SECULARIZATION GAVE HIM AND HIS TRIBE LARGE GRANTS IN

THE ALVISO DISTRICT. MARCELLO SOLD HIS SHARE FOR^OOO.

UNKNOWINGLY^ LIVED HIS LAST DAYS A PENSIONER.

MARKTWAIN;FRESHFRPMHTS

TRIPTOTHE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.MADE

HIS FIRST TRYOUT LECTURE IN SANJOSE

IN IBfofc. IN THE GOLD COUNTRY TWAIN HAD

MET A CHARACTER NAMED STEWART WHO

HAD A SALOON ON FOUNTAIN ALLEY IN S.J.

STEWART WAS KNOWN AS THE EARTHQUAKE,

MAN'CUIMING HE WAS ARRIABLE FORECASTER.

HE WAS ALSO A LOYAL ADMIRER OF TWAIN AND COLLECTED EVERY.

WORD MARK WROTE. CONSEQUENTLY AND PROUDLY HE WASTWAIN'S

HOST AND HELPED PROMOTE A MOST SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL

LECTURE HERE. BUT FOR SOMETH0UGHTLESS,0RNERY REASON,

WHEN TWAIN RETURNED EAST, HE WROTE A CRUEL, SARCASTIC

ARTICLE PICKING POOR STEWART AS VICTIM OF HIS RIDICULE/

MONTHS PASSED AND FINALLY STEWART'S EYE FELL ON THIS

ARTICLE/ HE WAS SURPRISED, HURT JHEN FURIOUSLY ANGRY.

HE WROTE A LETTER THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A CLASSIC OF

PURE LITERAL VENOM! IT ACTUALLY PIERCED THETOUGH

HIDE OF MARK TWAIN WHO IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED A

LONG LETTER OF HUMBLE, ABJECT APOLOGY: EVEN OFFERING TO

PROMOTE A BOOK OF POEMS STEWART HAD COMPOSED'!

ALL WAS FORGIVEN.

M A / F I E L D : NOW SOUTH PALO ALTO ONCE CALLED

THE MAYFIELD FARM OF E.O. CROSBY. POST OFFICE CALLED

MAYFIELD AND TOWN SURVEYED IN 1876.

f f G U F F Y R E A D E R ; THE BEST KNOWN OLD

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOK. DURING THE

WINTER OF i846,MR&OLIVE MANN ISBELL,

NIECE OF HORACE MANNJHE EDUCATOR,

- OPENED THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS LOCATED ON THE SANTA

CURA MISSION GROUNDS IN AN ADOBE ONCE A STABLE .

SHE HAD BROUGHT ACROSS THE PUINSJHREE SLATES, SEVEN

I ^ G U F F Y READERS, TWO ATLASES ANDAFEW PENCILS.

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M C K I E R N A N (MOUNTAIN C H A R L E Y W AS NAMED BYTHE ZAYANTE INDIANS OF

THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. ALSO

KNOWN AS SILVER SKULL CHARLEY OR

HAIR-BRAIN CHARLEY DUE TO THAT

FAMOUS ENCOUNTER WITH A BEAR.

BORN IN IRELAND,I8I2. WORKED WAY

BY SHIP TO SAH FRANCISCO IN 1848. AFTER GOLD MINING,

MADE HIS WAY TO THIS VALLEY. FOUND ALL HOMESTEAD LAND

TAKEN SO SETTLED CLOSE TO SUMMIT OF SAN JOSE-SANTA

CRUZ SUMMIT NEAR CLOUD'S REST. MARTIN SCHULTHEIS

AND MCKIERNAN WERE VERY FIRST SETTLERS IN THESE

MOUNTAINS. RAISED SHEEP BUT RAGUED BY LIONS AND BEAR.

HUNTED DEER FOR THE S.F. MARKET. ON ONE OF THESE HUNTS

IN 1854, A MOTHER BEAR WITH CUB ATTACKED H1M.CRUSH1NG

HISSKULL.TERRIBLY WOUNDED,HIS PARTNERJAYLOR AND

MARTIN SCHULTHEIS RESCUED HIM. DRS.BELL&INGERSOLL,

WITHOUT ANESTHETIC,CLOSED HOLE IN HIS SKULL WITH A

PLATE MADE FROM TWO SILVER MEXICAN HALF DOLLARS A

YEAR LATER, SUFFERING TORTURING HEADACHES, A DR.

SPENCER OPENED OLD WOUND AND REMOVEDAWADOF HAIR/

HENCE ABOVE NICKNAMES. MCKIERNAN LIVED ANOTHER HEARTY

4 8 YEARS.THESE MOUNTAINS WERE THEN HAUNTS AND HIDE­

OUTS FOR FUGITIVES AND OUTLAWS. WHILE LAWMEN WATCH­

ED, CHARLEY STAGED A RIP-ROARING.REAL OLD WESTERN

SHOOTOUT WITH A PAIR OF BANDIT5, CAPTURING BOTH.

HLS CABIN MARKED,A GIANT REDWOOD AND TOLL ROAD HE

BUILT WITH HORSE-SCRAPER, ALL STILL BEAR HIS NAME.

M I L L E R : (OF MILLER&LUX) OWNED THE RICHEST

LAND EMPIRE ONTHE FACE OF THE EARTH. CONCERNING

EXTENT OF HIS SANTA CLARAVALLEY HOLDINGS HE TESTI­

F I E D IN COURT,"LT WAS AN EXTENT OF TWENTY FOUR

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH AHD ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT

MILES EAST AND WEST* PART OF THIS WILLBE RECALL­

ED AS THE OLD BLOOMFIELD RANCH SOUTH OF GLLROY.

MILLER'S TOTAL HOLDINGS IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA

WERE POPULARLY ACCEPTED AS 14,520,000 ACRES BUT

SAWYER CLAIMS 3,000,000 ACRES A CONSERVATIVE FIGURE.

HIS LIFE STORY READS LIKE A FAIRYTALE. BORN IN 182.7

IN GERMANY, A FARMER BOY, HERDED GEESE. CAME TO

CALIFORNIA WITH GOLD RUSH,BUTCHERSHOPINS.F.,PAKTNER

WITH CHARLES LUX IN CATTLE RAISING. MILLER PURCHASED

LAND BY THE SQUARE MILE, OFTEN FOR A FEW CENTS AN ACRE,

HE WAS HIGHLY REGARDED BY RICH AND POOR FOR HIS

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HONESTY AND GENEROSITY AND HIS TREMENDOUS AID

IN CALIFORNIA LAND DEVELOPMENTS. HENRY M I L L E R

LIVED TO AGE 90. IN APPEARANCE HE WAS GENERAL GRANT'S DOUBLE. •

: DIMINUTIVE OF MILPAS.0R C0RN"HENCE JTTLE CORNFIELDS* MlLPITAS VILLAGE IS

[SHOWN ON PLAT OF RlNCON DE L05 ESTER0S (GRANT OF 1858. FOR 75 YEARS A VERY

- ^ ^ ~ ™ ^ RURAL DISTRICT. BUTTOFMANYVAUDEVILLE JOKEsTuaTAS ELECTION TIME PUNKAS MlLPITAS G0ES,$O GOES THE NATION? BUT MlLPITAS HAS HAD THE LAST LAUGH. NOW THE NATION DOES 'tip' ONTHE ONCE "LITTLE CORNFIELD'S

PRODUcrsrFORD AND NEIGHBORING GENERAL MOTORS.

M I S S I O N C R E E K : A ONCE IMPORTANT LITTLE WATER­

WAY, NOW COMPLETELY LOST AND FORGOTTEN. MUCH OF THE LAND NORTH OF SANTA CLARA-SANCARLOSSTREETSTOALVISO WAS SATURATED WITH MARSHES,SPRINGS ANDUTTLE LAKES AS SHOWN ON ALL OLD M APS,CIRCA I860. MISSION CREEK HEADED FROM A LARGE SPRING IN HANCHETT PARK AREA,FLOWED

ACROSS THE ALAMEDA PAST PRESENT BREWERY ,PICKING UPA

BROOK FROM STOCKTON AVENUE. IT FOLLOWED EAST SIDE

OFTHE ALAMEDA WATERING FR. CATALA'S WILLOWS, FED

COOKS POND.MEANDERED PAST PRESENT PRATTIOW CAN­

NERY, REFRESHED THE OLD ORIGINAL SX.MlSSlON PEAR

ORCHARD AND FINALLY JOINED THE GUADALUPE.

M O N T A V I S T A : MEANS MOUNTAIN VIEW* ANOTHER

COMPARATIVELY NEW SETTLEMENT, A TURN OF THE CENTURY

SUBDIVISION. IN VALLEYHISTORY,KNOWNASDEANZA'S

1776 CAMPGROUND THUS RESPONSIBLE FOR NAMING THE

PROPOSED D E A N Z A COLLEGE.

M O N T E B E L L O : WESTERN FOOTHILL DISTRICT

MEANING "BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN*!

M O N T G O M E R Y JOHN MONTGOMERY PERFECTED A

GLIDER THAT MADE FIRST CONTROLLED

jllGHTINTHE U.S. DAN MALONEY,

-=5S^— HIS TEST PILOT,WAS LIFTED 4000 FT. ttiTOWUMi PMOTO

BY AH0TA1R3ALL00N, CUTL00SE AND EXECUTED EVERY

FREE FLIGHT MANEUVER. 1905 FLIGHTWASFROMSANTACLARA

COLLEGE GROUNDS,(MONUMENT),LANDING AT PREDESTINED

SPOT, POPLAR AND ALVISO STS. MONTGOMERY MADE 5 0

SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS. FINALLY KILLED ATEVERGREEN,I91I.

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1)100 D Y G U LCH : ABOVE LOS GATOS TO RIGHT OF HIGH-'WAY IN A CANYON. OlL DISCOVERED IN 1873 BY R.CMcPHERSON. AS LATE AS 1922 THE OIL WAS SOLD IN SANJOSE IN

;SMALL QUANTITIES.WHILE UNDEVELOPED, AN OIL BELTTS APPARENT FROM HERE THROUGH ALMADEN TO BREA FIELDS OF SARGENTS AND CHITTENDEN.

M O R G A N H I L L : NOT AS A NEWCOMER MIGHTTHINK,

THE NAME OF HILL OVERSHADOWING THE TOWN. OWNING

THE ORIGINAL TOWNS1TE AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY,

MARTIN MURPHY ( IBW) WILLED THIS TO DAUGHTER DIANA

WHO MARRIED A MORGAN HLLL. SOME HISTORIANS CLAIM

PORTOU HAD FIRST VIEW OF S.C.VALLEY FROMTHISHEIGHT.

M I H A M I L T O N : 28 MILES FROM S.J. ALT4,200 FT. NAMED FOR A SAN J O S E

PREACHER,REV.L.HAMILTON

WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED

BREWER AND HOFFMAN

^TN1861 ON A SURVEYING

RSF TO REACH THE SUMMIT. THEY

WERE UNAWARE IT WAS ALREADY NAMED MT. ISABEL OR

THAT IT LACKED 14 FEET OF BEING THE HIGHEST PEAK. AND

S0 , -THE OBSERVATORY i s ACTUALLY ON MT. ISABEL PEAK/

HOWEVER THEUS.GEODETIC SURVEY HAS ALLOWED THE ENTIRE

MOUNTAIN ELEVATION TO BE CALLED ML HAMILTON.

M T M A D O N N A : WEST OF GILROY. ALT 1897 FT.

HENRY MILLERJHE CATTLE KIN.6, BUILT A MANSION ON

THIS HEIGHT WHERE HE VACATIONED AND FROM WHERE, AS

FAR AS EYE COULD REACH,HE MIGHT SURVEY HIS KINGDOM,

HLS ENTIRE HOLDINGS WERE TWICE THE AREA OF BELGIUM.

M I UMUNHUM:D IRECTLY SOUTH OF S.J.WITH

FETHAT REVOLVING RADAR GUARDING US.

PRONOUNCED OOMOONOON'. UNCERTAIN

' ^ I K R W U T C 0 M M 0 N L Y ACCEPTED,-AN JNDIAN

,WORD MEANING HUMMING BIRLXINTHEIR MYTHOLOGY,HLOCALCOSTANOANTRIBE),THE EAGLE,

COYOTE AND HUMMING BIRD CREATED THE WORLD.

M I V I E W ONCE A STAGE STOP ON ROADTO S.F.

|8(B4 COMING OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC MOVED TOWN ONE MILE

NORTH.LEAVING"OLDMT.VIEW? P O P . I & 9 8 - 9 O O .

EXPEDITION. HE WAS F

M U R P H Y : MARTIN MURPHY,SENIOR ANDJUNIOR,LEFT

;T. JOSEPH MISSOURI WITH 100

WWAGONS AND REACHED CALIFORNIA

JIN I 8 4 4 J W O Y E A R S AHEAD OFTHE

_ _ )ONNER PARTY. IN FACT THIS ILL

FATED BANB USED CABINS IN T H E SIERRAS BUILT EYTHE

MURPHYS. THE SENIOR MURPHY SETTLED ON AGRAND

ESTATE NEAR THE MONTEREY ROAD'S OLD 21 M I L E

HOUSE. JUNIOR MURPHY BOUGHT AN ENORMOUS TRACT

EMBRACING THE ENTIRE SUNNYVALE TERRITORY.THEIR

HOUSE WA5 CUT AND FRAMED IN BOSTON AND SHIPPED

AROUND THE HORN IN ' 4 9 . FAMOUS FOR THEIR ENTERTAIN­

MENT OF EVERY PROMINENT PUBLIC FIGURE VISITINGTHIS

VALLEY INCLUDING BAYARDTAYLOR,SUBJECT OFLKVER COMMENT.

NEEDLESS TO SAY THE HOUSE WAS RECENTLY REMOVED!

N O T R E D A M E : CATHOLIC COLLEGE FOR YOUNG

LADIES ON SANTA CLARA STREET WHERE NOW DE ANZA

HOTEL STANDS. ORGANIZED i 8 5 i . COVERED 10 ACRES.

N O V I T I A T E : T R A I N I N G SCHOOL FOR JESUIT PRIESTS.

ORGANIZED i86 fo . TWO HUNDRED ACRES,VISIBLE HIGH

ABOVE Los GATOS ON A MOUNTAIN BENCH. SURROUNDED

BY HILLSIDE VINEYARDS PRODUCING THE HIGH QUALITY

NOVIT IATE BRAND TABLE W I N E S .

N O S T A L G I A : MEANING A LONGING TO RETURN.

WE HOPE THIS BOOKHAS NOT GIVEN SUCH AN IMPRESSION/

A NOSTALGIC OLDSTER CAN BE AN AWFUL BORE,SPECIALLY

TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. HE HARPS ONLY ONTHE GOOD

IN THE ''GOOD OLD DAYS* AND IGNORES THE BAD. TRY A

BALANCE SHEET OF PROS ANDCONS.TRUE,THEOLDVALLEY WAS QUIET, PEACEFUL.WITH NO TRAFFIC OR SMOG PROBLEMS.

FOLKS SEEMED MORE FRIENDLY. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

WAS FAR SUPERIOR TOTODAYS. PRICES WERE LOW. S0WERE

WAGES. ON THE OTHER SIDE OFTHE LEOGER,OVERWORKED

MEN,WOMEN AHD GHILDREN,FORTUNATELY WITH NO IDEA OF CONVENIENCES TO COME,LUXURIES WE ACCEPTTODAY WITH VERY LITTLE APPRECIATION. WE FORGET THAT LACK OF SAN­ITATION AND REFRIGERATION. WE FORGET PEOPLE,PERHAPS OLD RELAT1VES,WH0, IN THEIR PR1ME.SUFFERED DISEASES AND TORTURES THATMODERN SURGERY OR DRUGS COULD NOW CURE OR RELIEVE. THIS BOOK WAS SIMPLY AIMEDTO BE INFORMATIVE. HOWEVER, SHOULD SOME SENIOR CITIZEN READER BE NOSTALGICALLY AFFECTED, GOOD./

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O A K H I L L CEMETERY CONTAINS ONE OF THE BEST

\iMARYDONN£/?f/Ol/GffrON • /8ZB-/B60

PIONEER SECTIONS IN THE STATE. - M~^ v ^ r w r - j J ^ lT "AD BEEN USED ASAPUBLIC

BURYING GR0UND(SPAN\SHANDlNDIAN)SINCEI839.BUTTHE OLDEST HEADSTONE IS 1850. HERE LIE THE REEDS, DONNERS, DR.CORY.OUR FIRST DOaOR AND PIERREPELLIER.TOWHOM WE OWE OUR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PRUNE INDUSTRY. IN TOTAL THERE ARE'NOWOVER 60,000 INTERMENTS. MORBIDLY, OFTEN OUR STEPS LEAD TOTHEDRAMATIC DUNHAM MURDER VICTIMS' LAST RESTING PLACE;DRAB STORY PREVIOUSLY RELATED.

O C O N N O R S SANITARIUM WASSITUATEDWHERENOW

" !SEARS IS LOCATED.

)UR OLD HISTORIAN,

EUGENE SAWYER,

MENTIONS ITS AREA AS

^^^^^S^^^mm^^ ACRlS SURROUNDING AND ^FOREVER PROTECTIN ^ L I T T L E DID THIS GOOD MAN FORSEE

"PROGRESS! ITWAS A BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED INSTITUTION

ENDOWED BYTHE HON.M.P.OCONNOR,IRISHMAN,AHIGHLY

SUCCESSFUL^ MINER, ATTORNEY AND STATE LEGISLATOR.

ERECTED 1887 AND ADMINISTERED BYTHE DAUGHTERS OF

CHARITY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. WELLKNOWN RELOCATION.

P A C H E C O P A S S : LINKING SANJOAQUIN AND

SANTA CLARA VALLEYS. FRANCISCO PEREZ PACHECO CAME

TO CALIFORNIA FROM MEXICO IN IBW.THE FATHERSOF SAN

JUAN BAUTISTA GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO SETTLE ON CHURCH

LANDS EXTENDING UP INTO THE PASS. HE RECEIVED FINAL

GRANT IN 1833 AND HIS BROTHER JUAN IN 1843 TO THE

RANCHOS SAN LUIS GONZAGA ANDAUSAYMAS V SAN FELIPE.

THESE PROPERTIES EXTENDED ACROSSTHE MOUNTAIN PASS

INTO MERCED COUNTY,THOUSANDS OF UNSURVEYED ACRES.

DON JUAN,IN HIS HACIENDA ON THAT FIRST CROSSING OFTHE

CREEK,9 MILES NORTH OF HOLLISTER, ALWAYS WORE A MEXICAN

SERAPE WITH A HOLE TO PUT HIS HEAD THROUGH.THIS TYPICAL

DON KEPT^OOO OR #10,000 IN GOLDCOININABARREL,A

COMMON PRACTICE AMONGST WEALTHY SPANISH-CALIFORNIANS

THE BARREL5 WERE SELDOM TAPPED UNTIL WE AMERICANS CAME

L T O : MEANS "HIGHTREE*THE LONE REDWOOD

T CITY'S CREEK AND RAILROAD CROSSING.

MENTIONED IN DIARIES OF FRSFOHT,PALOU

ND DE ANZA.TOWN LAID OUT IN 1891 FOR

HE NEWLY FOUNDED STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

P E L L I E R : LOUIS PELUER, VINE AND FRUIT GROWER. IN FRANCEJCAMETOSANJOSEIN 1849.

AFTER AWNING STINT, ESTABLISHED

A NURSERY ON SAN PEDRO STREET

^CALLED PELLIERS GARDENS.IN 1850

S I H I S BROTHER PIERRE BROUGHTTHE

.FIRSTPRUNECUTTINGSFROM FRANCE.

' NOT ACCEPTED AT FIRST, IT WAS LATER

POPULARIZED BY JOHN ROCK.PIONEER NURSERYMAN. NEVER

WAS OR VRTLL BE POPUUR WITH WRITER,SHOWN ABOVE, 1901.

P E N I T E N C I A CREEK FLOWING FROM ALUM ROCK

PARK TOWARD BERRYESSA. SO NAMED BECAUSE THE PADRES

IN MISSION DAYS HEARD PENITENTS MAKE CONFESSIONS IN

A SMALL ADOBE NEAR MOUTH OF THE CANYON.

P E N I N S U L A R RAILWAY FORTHIRTY YEARS, SWIFT,

CONVENIENT ELECTRIFIED TRANSIT TO ALL PARTS OF THIS VALLEY.TO DATE,WE HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE. THE LONG RED CARS WERE CALLED"BIG REDVAND TRAVELLED 60 ML

AN HOUR TO CAMPBELL.L0S GATOS, SARATOGA,CUPERTINO

AND PALO ALTO. LIFE SPAN-1904-1934 ENDED BY AUTOS.

P E R M A N E N T E CREEK AND CANYON. SPANIARDS

USED THE WORD TO DESIGNATE A WATER COURSE FLOWING YEAR ROUND. NAME DATES BACKTO1839 WHEN CREEK WAS

DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN GRANTS OF MARTIN MURPHY J R .

AND MARIANO CASTRO, EACH OWNING 4000ACRESJHE WORD

MAY SOON BE AN "ALMOST FORGOTTEN*AS CEMENT COMPANY

U5ING THE NAME HAVE DROPPED IT. BUT THE STEEP LITTLE

CREEK CLIMBED UP AND DOWN BY WRITER 60 YEARS AGO

FISHING FOR'BLACK RAINBOWS?STILL FLOWS SEAWARD.......

THROUGH A CORRUGATED,GALVANIZED PIPE.

P L U M B I N G : ( O U T D O O R ) WITH APOLOGIESTO ANY

PRUDISH READER,WE INCLUDE THIS LITTLE REST ROOM,NECESSARY JOUTHOUSE FOR THOUSANDS OF OLDVALLEYCOUNTRY HOMES. AN TJNABASHEDWEBSTERSTJLLCALLS IT

A PRIVY. 'WIGHT BE SAID THEY WERE ANCESTORS OFTODAYS

PORTABLE HOUSES, AT LEAST EVERY HALLOWEEN. THEY CAME IN ALL MODELS;ONE SEATERS,TWO SEATERS,SOMEWITH AN UNDERSLUNG RUMBLE SEAT FOR SMALL JUVENILES. STANDARD READING ROOM EQUlPMENTrSEARS OR WARD CATALOGUES.

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P L U M B I N G ( INDOOR) NOTFEW OLD VALLEY

FARMERS "SHOWEREDrtEVERY MORNING. MOST 1900 COUNTRY

FARMHOUSES HAD NO BATH ROOM AND BATHING COULD BE QUITE A CHORE. DlDANY

'OLDSTER READER EVER STEP

OUT OF ONE OF THOSE GALVANIZED WASHTUB SQUARELY UPON A CAKE

OF IVORY SOAP? AND HAVE MAMA PICK PINE SPLINTERS

FROM YOUR TENDER WHITE BOTTOM? HERE'S ONE LITTLE

KNIGHT OF THE BATH DID/ SATURDAYNIGHTJHAT IS .

P O R T A L AONCE PROMINENT ESTATE ON STEVENS

CREEK ROAD.MANSION NOWREMOVED" LOUIS

If^i PORTAL,AWEALTHY FRENCHMAN.ARRIVED

IN 1850.HE PURCHASED 400ACRESAND

PLANTED LARGE VINEYARDS IN I 8 6 0 .

USED CAPTAINS-WALK AROUND ORNATE

C U P 0 U OF HOUSE AND A POWERFULL TELESCOPE TO DETECT

SLOW VINEYARD WORKERS. REFUSED RIGHT-OF-WAY TO A

RAILROAD BECAUSE IT MIGHT DISTURB AGEING OF HIS

WINES. AFTER DEVASTATING VINEYARD BLIGHT OF 1910-15

RETURNED TO FRANCE. PROMINENT RELATIVES REMAINED.

Q U A K E R S : INSERTED BECAUSE WRITER SO RAISED,

A S YOU DRIVE ACROSS OVERPASS

TOWARD SANTA CLARA ON THE

A L A M E D A YOU CAN SEE THIS

LITTLE CHURCH ONTHE NORTH

BANK. IT i s THE FRIEND'S MEET­

ING HOUSE, AQUAKER CHURCH

% IN CONTINUOUS USE SINCE 1885.

& ^ - ^ J ^ ' T H I S WAS THE CONSERVATIVE OR

ORTHODOX BRANCH,NO MUSIC,NOPASTOR,ONE SQUIRMED^

UPON HARD BENCHES UNTIL SOME ELDER"GOTTHE POWER.

THEY WERE NO DOUBT ELOQUENT BUT WRITER WASTOO

YOUNG TO APPRECIATE MUCH BUTTHE"SEML-ANNUAL"

DINNERS, QUAKER COOKING SUPREME. AYOUNG MAN

ATTENDING STANFORD, WAS TAKEN ILL AND CARED FOR 8Y

QUAKER JOELBEAN.THEYOUNGMAN,ALSOAQUAKER,

ATTENDED THIS CHURCH. HIS NAME,-HERBERT HOOVER.

Q U I C K S I L V E R (ADDENDA TO THE ALMADEN PAGE.)

CAST IRON FLASKS S H O W N BEING FILLED,WEIGHED

7 6 POUNDS EACH. ONE LAYER OF THESE CYLINDERS ONTHE

BED OF A HAY WAGON WAS A FULL LOAD FOR FOUR HORSE TEAM

TRANSPORTING THIS MERCURY FROM MINES TO ALVISO OR

RAILROAD. THAT'S WHY WE KIDS CALLED MR.WELCH,ONE

OFTHESETEAMSTERS/'THAT MAN WHO (APPARENTLY TO

US) ALWAYS DRIVES AN EMPTY WAGON?

R E N G A : ANOTHER NAME ALSO INSERTED ENTIRELY

FOR WRITER'S PERSONAL SATISFACTION.

NEXT DOORTOTHE OLDTOWER SALOON ON

MARKET ST. WAS R E N G A ' ^ A T I N Y HOLE-

_ _ ^ ^ IN-THE-WALL CANDYST0RERMYB0YHOOD

HANGOUT. THERE WERE NICER CANDY STORES^OBRIEN'S,

MRS.RUDOLPH'S,THE CHOCOLATE SHOP, YES, SHORTY HINDS.

BUT RENGAJS PRICES WERE FLEXIBLE, A THREE SIZE CHOICE

OF ICECREAM "SODYS", 5,10 AND 15$. WHILE MR.RENGA

NO DOUBT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EARLY SET OF FULL

DENTURES.HIS GENEROUS.STRIPEDBAGS OF HAND PULLEDPINK

TAFFY ARE STILL REMEMBERED; DESPITE THEIR TENDENCYTO

TRIGGER OFF ONE WHALE OF A FIVE-CENT-BELLYACHE.

R I C A R D : FATHER RICARD OF SANTA CLARA COLLEGE,

A RESPECTED AND EMINENT METEOROLOGIST. HlS WEATHER PREDICTIONS WERE BASED ON VARIATION INTENSITIES OF SUNSPOTS.THISWAS PERIOD 1907-30. HlSDEDUCTIONSWERE GIVEN WIDE SPREAD ANDSERIOUSACCEPTANCEBYOLDVALLEY 0RCHARD1STS AND FARMERS. HE HADASANTACURA RIVAL INWEATHER PROGNOSTICATION (0KrfORECASr/N6)A^ HIS NAME WAS SlNGKEE. WE SHALL ARRIVE ATSINGKEE'S LAUNDRY AT THE PROPER ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE,

S A N F E L I P E : VALLEY NEAR GILROY NAMED FOR

THEORIGINALQRANT. OF PASSING 1NTERESTBECAUSE INI898TOBACCO WAS GROWN THERE,PRODUCING 1200

POUNDS PER ACRE. THERE WAS A CIGAR FACTORY IN GlLROY. i

S A N J O S E : NAMED FOR SAINT JOSEPH BY

LT. MORAQA OF THE DE ANZA PARTY,I777,"PUEBL0 DE SAN J O S E DE GUADALUPE' ! THIS MEANS"THE

TOWN OF SANJOSE ONTHE WOLFRlVER? HISTORICAL MATERIALAVAILABLE IN ALL LOCAL LIBRARIES.

S A N J O S E M I S S I O N , FOUNDED 1779 POST OFFICE 1NT0WN ESTABLISHED 1850.COMPARATIVELY,

THE MISSION IS OF LESSERTOURIST ATTRACTION B U T

ITS EARLY HISTORY IS INTERESTING AND EXCITING.

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S A N T A C L A R A SAINT CLEAR, SAINT BRIGHT,

A NAME HONORING SAINT CLARE OFASSISIJHE FIRST

FRANCISCAN NUN (ORDER OF POOR CLARES).THE MISSION

WAS NAMED MISSION SANTACLARADE ASSIS,JAN.IZJ77Z BOTH TOWN AND COUNTY F E U HEIR TO NAME ABOUT 1850.

S A R A T O G A MARTIN MCCARTHY, ONE OF THE

EARLIEST SETTLERS,TOOK UP A QUARTER SECTION HERE

IN 1849. FIRST POST OFFICE ISSS.TOWN PLANNED 1863.

NAMED SARATOGA BECAUSE THE SPRINGS ABOVETOWN

HAD SAME "FLAVOR AS THE FAMOUS CONGRESS SPRINGS

OF SARATOGA,N.Y.

S A R G E N T i MOST SOUTHERN OF COUNTY'S EARLY

SETTLEMENTS. BOTH MILLER AND J.P.SARGENT

OWNED GREATRANCHOS HERE, SARGENTS COVERING

A*MERE*IO,OOO ACRES. WHEN S.P. ARRIVED IN .869

THIS WAS A MOST IMPORTANT SHIPPING POINT FOR ALL THE SURROUNDING TERRITORY.

S I J A M E S P A R K : LITTLE KNOWN FACTTHAT

THIS PARK WAS PLANNED IN 1848 BY THE THEN RULING

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WHO GAVE CS.LYMANORDERS

TO SURVEY. NOW BISECTED BY A STREET, IT BEARS LITTLE

RESEMBLANCETO ORIGINAL OLD FASHIONED.FLOWERED

LANDSCAPE WITH STATUES,GAS LAMPS,FOUNTALNS,LAZY

FAT GOLD FISH AND SPOUTING DOLPHINS.

ST. J O H N T H E B A P T I S T H I L L S , OR SAN JUAN BAUTISTA HILLS,AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN NAME

OF ROLLING HILLS JUST SOUTH OF OAKHLLL CEMETERY,

A LARGE WOODEN CROSS STOOD ON SUMMIT MARKING

A NOWCOMPLETELY LOST 1870 GRAVEYARD. GRAVE OF

LOUIS PELLIER,BR0THER OF?IERRE,IS SOMEWHERE IN

THIS FORGOTTEN 12 ACRES.

S A N T O M A S A Q U I N A S : CREEK AND DISTRICT.

NAMED BY SPANIARDS FOR S T T O M A S AQUINAS. WHO ELSE PRAVTBLL? ',

S A N M A R T I N : M A R T I N MURPHY.EARLIEST SETTLER

NAMED TOWN FOR HIS PATRON SAINT. ENOUGH OF THEM OBVIOUS FILLERS,'

S I L K D 0 N L°UlS PREVOST,NURSERYMAN IN EARLY '50'S HAD DREAMS OF A NEW INDUSTRY. WHILE

BACKED BY STATE FUNDS TO RAISE SILKWORMS, A DRY CYCLE KILLED URGE PLANTIN6S OF MULBERRY TREES.

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B A T T L E O F S A N T A C L A R A : IFYOU SEARCH

^ YOU CAN FIND THIS 1847 EVENT WELL

"COVERED IN CALIF, HISTORIES. BUT

HERE IS A SHORT SCENARIO. THIS

BR1EFC0NFLICT, BORDERING THE COMIC

"OPERA LEVEL,TOOK PLACE JUST PREVIOUS

TO TERMINATION OF MEXICOS HOLD ON CALIFORNIA.MEXICAN

LEADERS WERE ALARMED AT TIDE OF AMERICAN SETTLERS,

TOO MANY OF WHOM FELT MIGHT MEANT RIGHT, (INCLUDING

GEN.FREMONT.) BATTLEFIELD WAS AREA NORTHWEST OF

SANTA CURA,BOUNDED BY KIFER AND LAWRENCE ROADS,

SCOTTS BLVD. AND HWY.IOI. THE 250MEXICANS LEAD BY

FRANCISCO SANCHEZ WERE RECRUITED FROM LOCALRANCHOS.

THE 101 AMERICANS WERE COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN WEBER

AND LT. MURPHY. SANTA CLARA MISSION WAS FORTIFIED,

WOMEN AND CHILDREN BROUGHT WITHIN. ROADS WERE

BLOCKED WITH TREES CUT FROM THE ALAMEDA. THE

POPULACE OF SANTA CLARA WATCHED FROM HOUSETOPS AS

BATTLE WAS JOINED! AMERICANS HAD ADVANTAGE OF

ARTILLERY, A TINY HAND-DRAWN CANNON FIRING A 6 POUND

BALL. IT ONLY FRIGHTENED THE HORSES. WITH ATHIRD

SHOT, BARREL KICKED OFF AND ARTILLERY SHYLY BURIED

ITSELF IN DEEP ADOBE MUD.THROUGH ACRES OFHEADHIGH

WILD MUSTARD, THE BATTLE RAGED ATACAREFUL AND

CAUTIOUS LONG RANGE. SANCHEZ WAS FINALLY DRIVEN

INTO THE LOS GATOS MOUNTAINS AND SURRENDERED.

THE CONFLICT MOVED TO OTHERFIELDS,ASTHEBEAR RAG

INCIDENT. WLTHLNAFEW WEEKS ALL STRIFE WAS FOR­

GOTTEN AND SOLDIERS FROM BOTH SIDES WERE BACK

TOGETHER ON THEIR RANCHOS ON BEST OF FRIENDLY,

NEIGHBORLY TERMS. CASUALTIES;FOUR MEXICANS

KILLED,ONE AMERICAN WOUNDED, ONE CANNON LOST.

S I N G K E E : SANTA CLARAS FAMOUS LAUNDRYMAN

-AND WEATHER PROPHET ABOUT I905H9I5.

'BASED HIS PREDICTIONS ON ATTITUDE

OR REACTIONS OF A PET TOAD KEPT IN HIS

BACK ROOM/ HERE.'TWAS SAID,ONE MIGHT

ALSO M A W A L0TTERYT1CKET. HLS PREDICTIONS WERE SO

REMARKABLY ACCURATE, SLNG WAS DAILY FEATURED INS.J.

AND S.H NEWSPAPERS. IPIN DOUBT,H^FAVORITEREMARK,-

"MEBBE UTTY LAIN,MEBBELITTY SUN. So FATHER RICARD

AND SING KEE HAD THEIR FOLLOWERS WHO SOWED AND

REAPED ACCORDING TO SUN OR TOAD. MEANWHILE THE

OLD U. S. WEATHER BUREAU FINISHED A POOR THIRD.

Titty t £ e Ttame . . . ?

S K L N N E R J A T I P F O R NEWCOMERS AND THEIR

* ^ A BACKYARD FAMILY-ORCHARDS. SANTACLARA

& J VALLEY IS NOT AN APPLE VALLEY BUT THERE IS

ONE IDEAL VARIETY, BOTH FOR EATING ORCOOKING.THIS

IS THE S K I N N E R S E E D L I N G , THE SEEDS BROUGHT

ACROSS THE PLAINS BY JUDGE HENRY SKINNER IN 1850.

STOCK SCARCE, MIGHT BE LOCATED IN LARGE NURSERIES.

S T A N F O R D UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHEDIN 1885 BY

LELAND STANFORD (I824-I893),BUILDER OF RAILROADS,

GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND 1).S.SENATOR.THE NAME

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY IS IN MEMORY

OF MR. AND MRS. STANFORDS SON WHO D1EDINI884.

S T E V E N S CAPTAIN ELISHA STEVENS,I80H884,

OFTHE STEVENS-MURPHY-TOWNSEND

OVERLAND PARTY OF 1844 SETTLED ON

THE CREEK OF HIS NAME IN THE I850'S

ONTHE PRESENT BLACKBERRY FARM

SITE. HlS FOUR ACRES OF MISSION 1 ^ ^ GRAPES CONSIDERED FIRST VINEYARD

PLANTED IN THIS REGION. ELISHA,ATRUE FRONTIERSMAN,

ONCE TREATING HIS NEIGHBOR CAPTAIN GRANT (GRANT ROAD)

TO RATTLESNAKE MEATGOODAS CHICKEN'! WLTH FEELINGS

A HUNDRED YEARS IN ADVANCE OF HISTIME,ABOUT I860,

ELISHA COMPLAINED THE COUNTRY TOO DURN CIVILIZED"

AND MOVED TO WILDER ENVIRONMENTS. COULD HE NOT

TODAY GATHER DISCIPLES WITH THE SAME URGE? INTHE

COPY ABOVE OF A RARE OLD PHOTOGRAPH,HE CLUTCHES A

HUGE BOWIE KNIFE. GRIZZLY FLAT, A FEW MILES ABOVE,

ON HIS CREEK,WAS NOT FALSELY OR IDLY NAMED.

S T E V E N S C R E E K ROAD ; (BOULEVARD)

S T I L L R O A D TO THE FEW WHO REMEMBER WHEN

A RUNAWAY WAS THE ONLY EXCITEMENT ON THIS OLD

GRAVELLED THOROUGHFARE. IFITWAS W1DE1N SPOTS

IT WAS BY NECESSITY OF MAKING NEW WAGON TRACKS

AROUND MUD HOLES. FORTHIS SAME REASON,PI0NEERS

CLA1MEDTHE ROAD TO SAN FRANCISCO WAS THREE

MILES WIDE* EXCEPT FORA FEW — * - - ^ . . . . 1 - ^ —

UNBROKEN TRACTS OF ORCHARD,

THE PRESENT BOULEVARD8 BEARS,

NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE ONE

WRITER DROVE BY HORSE-AND- : ; 2 ^ 1 ^ \ ? H I / /

BUGGY OVER 6 0 Y E A R S A G 0 . " " _

GONE7THE REDWOOD PICKET FENCES BORDERING EVERY

ORCHARD, GRA1NFIELD ANDV1NEYARD. GONE(-THE

WATER TANKS WHERE SPRINKLING-WAGONS FILLED TO SUB­

DUE THE CHOKING DUST. GOHEPTHE WATERING-TROUGHS

WHERE OUR SWEATY OLD HORSE COULD BURY HIS MUZZLE

INTHECOOLWATER SWIMMING WITH LONG GREEN MOSS;

NOISY FROGS HIDING IN THE CATTAILS ANDDAMPDARKNESS

BELOW ALWAYS LEAKLNGTANKS,DARTINGDRAGONFLIES,RED-

WING BLACKBIRDS, DIVING SWALLOWS ANDTHOSE SADCR1ES

OF DISTANT KILLDEER. GONE,- THE ONE ROOM COUNTRY

SCHOOLS, PORTAL'S MANSION, BLACKMAR'S AND S A M

STORM SALOONS AT THE "CORNERS* TURKEY-SHOOTS

UNDER THE 0AKGR0VES,JESSB0LLIN6ERANDBAER!S

BLACKSMITH SHOPS. GONErGOOD ALEX MONTGOMERY, "MAYOR OF CUPERTINO AND HIS SCREAMING PEACOCKS.

ON AND UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE SODA ROCK •

AND GRIZZLY FLAT,GONE INJUN JOE WITH HIS SECRET

GOLDMINE AND LITTLEDAVE,THE SHINGLE-SPLITTER

AND CHARCOAL-BURNER, MEN OF DELIGHTFUL MYSTERY.

GONE THE MUSICAL HAME BELLS OFTHEPICCHETTI AND

BORDL WOOD-WAGONS WARNING THAT NERVOUS HORSE-

AND-BUGGY PICNICKER. ONLY DEEP CLIFFANDTHE SOFT CONTOURS OF THE HAZY BLUE MOUNTAINS,STILL UNCHANGED. REGRETS? No,LUCKY. WE SAW IT WHEN.

S T E V E N S C R E E K DEANZACAMPED ON

THIS CREEK MARCH 25,1776, NOT FAR FROM THE SITE

OF ELISHA STEVENS HOME. THIS HAS BEEN PROVEN

BYALEAD PLAQUE FOUND NEAR THE MONTA VLSTA

WINERY IN 1906 SHORTLY AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.

THERE ARE LIVING PIONEERS WHO SAWTHIS PLAQUE

AND CAN FURNISH PROOF OF ITS EXISTENCE. D E A N Z A

NAMED CREEK ARROYO DE SAN JOSE DECOPERTINO.

COPERTINO WAS HOMETOWN OF ST. JOSEPH IN ITALY

BUT MOST REFERENCES USE LATIN "CUPERTINO?

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Titty t&e Ttame . . . ?

S T R I C K L E T I INSERTED SOLELY FOR BASEBALL

FANS. ELMER STRICKLETT WAS THE

- * INVENTOR OF THE SPITBALL PITCH AND

[USED FOR THREE SEASONS WITH BROOKLYN ;D0DGERS,I905THR0UGH 1907. HE PITCHED

=FOR SANJOSEINTHE OLD STATELEAGUE

_ DURING 1908 AND 1909; FINALLY A VALLEY

ORCHARDIST. HIS WET PITCH OUTUWED BUT SLYLY LINGERS.

S U N N Y V A L E ONCE'VIURPHY'S STATION; A WOO

SUBDIVISION BY W.F GROSSMAN WITH SLOGANTHE CITY

OF DESTINY? SLUMBERED FOR YEARS. NOW THE DREAM

IS FULFILLED AND ONLY OCCASIONALLY DISTURBED BY

TRAFFIC NIGHTMARES.

S U N O L W E CAN BE PROUD OFTHIS NOBLE CITIZEN.

DON ANTONIO SUNOL CAMETO SAH JOSE IN ISIS.HE WAS

OWNER OF RANCHOS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND MARRIED

DOLORES BERNAL,HEIRESS TO THE VAST SANTATERESA

ESTATE SOUTH OF S.J. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT DISCOVER

MERCURY ORE, HE WAS FIRST TO WORK ALMADEN MLNES

IN 1 8 2 * HE WAS SAN JOSES FIRST P0STMA5TER,I846,

AND AN ALCALDE. GAVE SITE FOR ST. JOSEPH CHURCH.

UNLIKE SOMANY OF OUR SPANISH-CALIFORNIA DONS

IN DEALING WITH AND ALWAYS LOSING TO AMERICANS,

DON SUNOL COULD OUT-TRADE THE SHARPEST GRINGO,

INCLUDING SUTTER/ HE DIED A VERY WEALTHY MAN.

T A Y L O R , IT SEEMS NO HISTORICAL WRITING ON

THIS VALLEY IS COMPLETE WITHOUT QUOTING BAYARD

TAYLOR.WORLD FAMOUS POET AND WRITER.AVISIT0R TO

SANTA CLARA VALLEY INTHE mso's HE LOVED I T /

HIS EXPRESSIONS ARE FLOWERY, IMPASSIONED WORD

P A I N T I N G S , T Y P I C A L O F T H A T ERA. AND REMEMBER,

BELOW WAS WRITTEN OVER 100 YEARS AGO WHEN THIS

MAN SAW SANTA CLARA VALLEY AT THE VERY PEAK OF

ITS NATURAL UNSPOILED BEAUTY. READ THESE SAMPLE

LINES. THEN LET YOUR REACTIONS SIMMER. EXAMPLES:

"HOW SHALL I DESCRIBE A LANDSCAPE SO UNLIKE ANYTHING

ELSE IN THE W0RLD?.....GIANTSYCAMORES,TRUNKS GLEAM­

ING LIKE SILVER PARK-LIKE GROVES OF OAKS

5EEITBEF0RE MY PRIME IS OVER SANjOSEBUT FIVE DAYS DISTANT FROM NEWYORK CARS WHICH

WILL SPEED ON UNKNOWN RAIL FROM THE MISSISSIPPI

TO THE PACIFIC THEN LET ME BUILD A COTTAGE

EMBOWERED IN ACACIA, EUCALYPTUS AND TALL SPIRES OF

ITALIAN CYPRESS THERE SHALL MY NIGHTINGALE SING....

MY ORANGE BLOSSOMS SWEETEN THE AIR.. . . I HAD ANOTHER

GRANDER DREAM ONE HUNDRED YEARS HAD NOW

PASSED AND 1 SAW THE VALLEY HUMMING WITH HUMAN

UFE....MANSIONS FAIR AS TEMPLES STATUES PEEPING

FROM THE BLOOM OF LAUREL BOWERS I SAWA MORE

BEAUTIFUL RACE SYMMETRY AND GRACE OFTHE GREEK

RESTORED.....MILDER MANNERS KEENER APPRECIATION

OF ALLTHE ARTS WHICH ENRICHEN AND EMBELLISH LIFE.

WAS IT ONLY A D R E A M ? *

(OUR READER WILL HAVE HIS OR HER PRIVATE OPINION)

T O W E R : I ^ SAN JOSE ELECTRICTOWER

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INTHE DISTANCE,REDWOODS RISING LIKETOWERS

A MOUNTAIN CHAIN, FULL LIGHTED BY THE SUN, ROSE COLOREDJOUCHED WITH VIOLET SHADOWS

I INDULGE IN ANOTHER DREAM 1 MAY LIVE TO

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WAS A MOST CONSPICUOUS LANDMARK. BUILT IN 1881.

IT STOOD 10 STORIES H1GH.ITS IRON TUBING STRUCTURE TAPERING FROM FOUR CORNERS

To? MARKET AND SANTA

CLARA STREETS. FOR A LIFE OF 3 6 YEARS IT HELPEDTO

ILLUMINATE THE BUSINESS SECTION UNTIL RUST AND A

WIND STORM CAUSED ITS DOWNFALL.THE 2 4 0 0 0 CANDLE

POWER LAMPS AT PEAK OF TOWER GAVE MOST BRILLIANT

LIGHT AT THAT TIME INTHE U . S . A . ITS FAME SPREAD

ABROAD AND CITIZENS WERE PROUD TO SEE IT WRITTEN

UP IN HARPERS WEEKLY. CHRISTMAS TIME ITS GIANT

TREE SHAPE WAS STRUNG WITH COLORED LIGHTS

AND FOURTH OF JULY ITS TOP PLATFORM SERVED AS

A LAUNCHING PAD FOR FIREWORKS. DUCKS? STORY

GOES, WHEN TOWER FIRST ERECTED, DUCKS,THEN IN DENSE MORNING FLIGHTS, WOULD STRIKE THE TOWER DURING A HEAVY FOG. ONE HAD BUT TO PICK UP A MESS OF DUCK FOR DINNER.' WRITER BELIEVES IT.

T R U C K E E : CHIEFTRUCKEE CONSIDERED SAN

JOSE A WINTER RESORT/ HE HAD GUIDED THE QUIVEYFAMILY

ACROSS SIERRAS IN T49. GRATEFULLY, HE WAS INVITED TO

BE A GUEST IN THEIR 4TH.5T.HOME UNEXPECTEDLY,HE

ACCEPTED/ FOR MANY WINTERS,TRUCKEE&FAMILYMADE

FOOT-TREK TO A WICKIUP BUILT IN QUIVEYS BACKYARD/

Titty t 6 e T t a m t . . . ?

I J V A S : CREEKAND SOUTHERN VALLEY DISTRICT.

MEANS'GRAPE". PRONOUNCED OO'-VAS.

SPANIARDS PROBABLY NAMED BECAUSE OF

THE WILD GRAPES GROWING ALONG THIS STREAM.

V E N D O M E HOTEL WASA HOSTELRY OF WHICH

EARLY SAN JOSEANS MIGHT WELL

BE PROUD. BUILT I888 , IT WAS SET

IN PARK-LIKE LANDSCAPED ACRES

ON NORTH FIRSTSTREET.THE FOUR

STORIES WERE "QUEEN ANNE*DESIGN IN KEEPING WITH THE

ORNATE STYLE OF THAT PERIOD. HOSTED ALLTHE NOTABLE

OLD VALLEY VISITORS, HIGHLIGHTED BY A RECEPTION FOR

PRESIDENT WILLIAM M C KINLEYANDHISCABINET, I904.

EARTHQUAKE OF 1906 INFLICTED SEVERE DAMAGE AND

THE AREA LATER BECAME A RESIDENTIAL SECTION.

V I L L A M A R I A : LOCATED AT MOUTH OF STEVENS

CREEK CANYON BELOW THE DAM.

320 ACRES PURCHASED BYSANTA

CLARA COLLEGE IN 1870.DEVELOPED

75 ACRES OF GRAPES AND OLIVES, A

WINERY, WORKERS'HOMES, CHAPEL AND RETREAT FOR

J E S U I T FACULTY. THOSE PINE TREES BY ROADSIDE WERE

PLANTED BY VINCENT PICCHETTI ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS

AGO. ORIGINALLY GOVERNMENT UNDJHE FIRST DEEDS

WERE SIGNED BY PRESIDENTGRANT IN 1869. NATIVES ALWAYS REFER TO IT AS THETATHERS' V|LLA".

V I C T O R Y T H E A T E R ERECTED BY SENATORJAMES D.PHaAN IN 1899. STILL OPERATING. NEXT FEW DECADES SAW ON STAGE

SUCH THESPIANS AS MAUDE ADAMS,

BLLLIE BURKE,E.A.SOTHERN,ROBERT

MANTEL, AN NA HELD, GEO.M. COHAN, ETHELBARRYMORE,

JULIA MARLOWE,NATGOODWIN,SCORESMORE INCLUDING

SEVERAL OPERA COMPANIES. ALLTHE BESTTOURING ROAD

SHOWS WERE HERE AND HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE. STAGE

WAS ONE OF FEW ON COAST LARGE ENOUGH TO PRESENT

WITH TEAMS OF HORSES, THE BEN HI)R CHARIOT RACE.

STILL OPEN IS THE JOSE BUILT IN 1904 WITH ED REDMOND

10-20-304 STOCK COMPANY, NEW PLAY EACH WEEK. CAN

BE PLEASANTLY REMEMBERED. CORNY? YES,BUT WE

DIDN'T KNOWIT. MANY OTHER OLD THEATERS) EMPIRE,

HIPPODROME, GARDENJ&D, UNIQUE,LYRIC^ ALL GONE.

W O O L E N M I L L S : T H E SANJOSEWOOLENMILLS

OPERATED I870 ;WHEN SHEEPRAISING WAS AN IMPORTANT

OLD VALLEY INDUSTRY. LOCATED IN NORTHERN PART OF

EARLYSAN JOSE. WITH 43 EMPLOYEES,YEARLY PRODUCED

144,000 YARDS OF CASHMERE, 64,000 YARDS OF FLANNEL

AND 5 0 0 0 PAIRS OF BLANKETS.

W R I G H T S : S.R MOUNTAIN STATION ON ABANDONED

S.J.-SANTACRUZ RAILROAD. NAMED FOR JAS.WRIGHT,EARLY

SETTLER. SURPRISINGLY, AN EARLY DAYS SHIPPING POINT,

TWO CARS OF FRESH FRUIT SHIPPED DAILY. 3 2 0 0 ACRES OF

ORCHARDS INTHIS VICINITY.MANYR.R.TUNNELSONTHISSCENIC LINE WERE BLASTED BY THE ARMY FORVRACTICE'DURING WORLD WARI.(PASSINGTHOUGHT.COULDTHIS LOW LEVEL

TRAIN ROUTE HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO ANOTHER ROAD TO

SANTA CRUZ ?) HERE IS AN INTERESTING WRIGHTS SIDELIGHT,

AMBROSE BIERCE, NOTED SATIRIST AND SHORT-STORY

WRITER LIVED NEAR WRIGHTS FOR SOME YEARS. HE OFTEN

BICYCLEDTO SANJOSE. THEN CAME HIS MYSTER10US,UNS0LVED

DISAPPEARANCE. SAWYER,0LDH1STORIAN,CLAIMEDT0HAVE

ANSWER.BLERCEWENTTO MEXICO IN 1913, JOINING THE

CARRANZA SIDE. VILLA FORCES CAPTURED HIM AND IN

1915 HE FACED A FIRING SQUAD. A PHOTO FURNISHED PROOF.

Z I T H E R G ^ E N D OF ALPHABET REACHED AND NO OLD

" " ' " " " ^VALLEY Z ' s / S o ALLOW us TO

IMPROVISE WITH A PERSONAl?.

WHEN WRITER WAS A LITTLE BOY,

A Z ITHER SALESMAN CAME TO OUR RANCH

r HOME. ZITHERS WERE POPULAR THEN AND HOW U THIS KID LONGED FOR ONE. AND THESE ZITHERS WERE

EXTRA-SUPER./ SIMPLY SUP A SHEET OF NOTES UNDER THE

STRINGS ANDlEARN TO PLAYIN 10 EASY LESSONS.THIS SALESMAN DEMONSTRATED ABLY WITH AM05THEARTRENDING

ANNIE U U R I E . DAD WAS AFFECTED BUTNOT TOUCHED TO

TUNE OH4.99,EVEN WITH 10 EASY LESSONS THROWN IN/ WITH

MUSICAL CAREER SO HALTED, 1 RECALLWEEP1NG.S0METIME

AFTERWARD, I HEARD MY AGED QUAKER GRANDMOTHER

QUAVERINGLY ASK MY MOTHER,"D0RA,THE GOOD BOOK

SAYS IN HEAVEN W E SHALL PLAY ON HARPS.NOWTHEE

KNOWS I AM NOT MUSICAL. DOES THEE THINK I COULD

EVER LEARN TO PLAY ON A HARP?!

SHUCKS,! THOUGHT, OF COURSE GRANDMA COULD,AND,

ACCORDING TO THAT ZLTHER SALE SMAN.INONLYTEN EASY

LESSONS,TO0/ ONTHAT SAD MUSICAL NOTE, WE END.

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Actors, old 45 Adobe 4,5 Ads, Old Valley 12 Agnews 14,15,18,30 Agricultural Park 30 Alameda, The 4,9,28,34,42 Almaden .... 2,3,13,30,34,36,41 Alma 30 Almost Forgotten 11 Alum Rock Park 30 Alvarado, Gov 34 Alviso 2,30, 36 Amusements, Old 30 Antimacassar 30 Arguello, Don JostS 34 Arroyo de Coyote 33 Artesian Wells 30,31 Azule 31

Babe Ruth 30 Bacon, Frank 31 Baer, William 24,43 Bailey, C. P 35 Baldwin, Charles 31 Barber, 1900 11 Bascom 31 Bean, Joel 41 Beaulieu 31 Bee, Harry 31 Belden, Josiah 6 Bennett Party 37 Bernal, Joaquin 5,31 Bernal, Dolores 44 Berryessa 31 Blackmar 43 Blackberry Farm 33,43 Blacksmith, 1900 24 Bloomfield Ranch 38 Bollinger, Jess 43 Bond, Judge 36 Bordi 43 Brea Fields 39 Bret Harte 31 Brewer 39 Buffalo Bill 30,31 Buntline, Ned 31

Calabazas 32 Calafi'a 32 Calaveras 32 Call of the Wild 36 California 32 Campbell 8,19 Campbell, William 32 Campbell, Benjamin 32

I n d e x

Carretas 5,8,9,32 Catala", Fr 3,4,9,32,38 Castro, Mariano 40 Chittenden 39 China 5 Chinese 32 Cinnabar 30 Civil War 6,13 Cloud's Rest 38 Cody, William 31 Coffee Club 33 College Park 16 Cooper, A.D.M 33 Cook's Pond 33,38 Congress Springs 33 Copa de Ora 34 Cory, Dr. Benjamin 33 Coastanoan Tribe 39 Coyote 2, 33 Craft Ranch 32 Crespi, Fr. 1,2,3 Crossman, W. F 44 Cupertino 8,24,31,33,43 Cupertino Settlers 33 Cuesta, Fr 2

Dabney, G.A., 31 Dawla, Agustin 34 Dawson, James M 34 DeAnza ....30,31,33,35,38,41,43 Death Valley 37 Deep Cliff 43 Delineator 10 Discovery 1 Doak, Philip 6 DonnerParty 6,32,40 Doyle School 21 Dunham, James 19,40

Earthquake 14 Eberhard Tanning Co 34 Edenvale 34 ElCamino 34 El Quito 34 Eschscholtzia, (Poppy) 34 Evergreen 38

Falstaff Brewery 35 Fashions, 1897 10 Fathers' Villa 45 Fellom, Matthew 6 Figueroa, Gov 4 Fisher 35 Flickinger, J. C 35 Font.Fr 33

Forbes, James 35 Forbes Mill 35 Fountain Alley 37 Fredricksburg Brewery 18,35 Fremont, Gen 31,35 Frontier Village 34

Gilroy 35,38,39,41 Gilroy, John 6 Gilroy Hot Springs 35 Goats 35 Gomez, Fr 1 Goodrich 34,35 Grant, Gen 30,45 Grant, Capt 43 Grizzly Flat 43 Gubserville 35

Half Moon Bay 1 Hamilton, Rev. L 39 Hanchett Park 38 Harmon, Chas 33 Hayes Family 34 Hecker Pass 36 Hill, Andrew P 33 Hinds, Shorty 41 Hollister 16 Hoover, Pres. Herbert 41 Hoffman 39 Hop Sing Tong 32 Houdini 20

Indians, Valley 1,2 InterurbanR.R 8 Inyogo 37

Jordan, David Starr 14

Kitchen, 1900 27

Llagas 36 Lake, Will 32 Laguna Seca 35 Lasuen, Fr 4 Lawrence 36 Lexington 30 Lick, James 36 Lick's Observatory 36 Lightnin" (play) 31 Lincoln, Abraham 13,36 London, Jack 36 Looking Backward 1900 7 Los Altos 36 Los Gatos 8, 30,36,39 Lux, Chas 38 Lyndon, John W 36 LydiaPinkham 12

, / C j y u _

Madrone 36 Magic Lantern 28 Maloney, Dan 38 Manana 5 Manly, James 37 Mann, Horace 37 Marcello, Indian 37 Mark Twain 37 Mayfield 37 McCarthy, Martin 42 McGlincy 19 McGuffy's Reader 37 McLellan Road 33 McKiernan, (Mtn. Charley) 38 McKinley, Pres. Wm 45 McPherson, R. C 39 Menlo Park 16 Meteor, Alum Rock 30 Mignola 12 Miller, Henry 38,39,42 Milpitas 38 Mission Santa Clara 3,4 Mission San Jose' 3,41 Mission Creek 38 Monta Vista 31,33,38,43 Montalvo 32 Montara Mtn 1 Monterey Bay 1 Montgomery, Alex 33,43 Montgomery, John 38 Morgan Hill 39 Moody Gulch 39 Moraga, Lt 41 Mt. Bache 36 Mt.Eden 31 Mt. Hamilton 36,39 Mt. Isabel 39 Mt. Loma Prieta 14,36 Mt. Madonna 39 Mt. Umunhum 39 ML View 31,39 Moustache Cup 11 Murietta, Joaquin 19 Murphy, Lt 42 Murphy Station 44 Murphy, Martin, Sr. & Jr. 6,31, 39,40

Naglee, Gen 30 New Chicago v 30 Nobili,Fr .* 4 Nostalgia 39 Notre Dame 39 Novitiate 39

Oak Hill 19,32,37,40,42 O'Briens 41 O'Connor, M.P 40 O'Connor's Sanitarium 40 Oldfield, Barney 30 Ortega 35

Pacheco, Francisco 40 Pacheco Pass 40 Pacific Mfg. Co 16 Pajaro 1 Palo Alto 15,40 Palou, Fr 3 Parlor, 1900 25 Pellier, Louis 6,40,42 Pellier, Pierre 42 Pellier Gardens 40 Pena, Fr. Thomas 4 Penitencia Cr 40 Peninsular R.R 33 Permanente 40 Peruna 12 Pescadero 1 Phelan, Sen. James 32 Picchetti 43,45 Plumbing 40,41 Portal, Louis 41,43 Pratt-Low 33,38 Portola 1 Prado, Juan 9 Prevost, Don Luis 42 Prune 6 Pyle 35

Quivey 44 Quicksilver 30, 41

Railroad, First 6,8 Railroad, S.J. & S.C. Horse 9 Reed 31,40 Redwoods 1 Redwood City 16 Renga, Candy 41 Ricard, Fr 41,42 Ripley 20 Rock, John 40 Roosevelt, Pres. T 32 Royal Road 34 Rudolph's 41

Sadiron 11 San Andreas Fault 14 San Jose 6,8,9,17, 26,41 San Jose Normal 21 San Martin 42 San Felipe 41 San Juan Bautista 40 San Luis Rancho 40 Sanchez, Francisco 42 Santa Clara 3, 9,15,18,42

Battle of 42 Mission 4,30,34,42

Santa Teresa 5,44 St. James Park 42 St John Hills 42 St. Joseph Church 44

San Tomas 42 Saratoga 8,31,42 Saratoga, N.Y 33,42 Sargents 39,42 Schools, 1900 21 Schultheis, Martin 38 Secularization 3,4, 5 Serra, Fr 1, 3, 4, 9 SingKee 41,42 Silk 42 Skinner, Judge 43 Skinner Seedling 43 Soda Rock 43 Stanford 8,14,40,41,43 Stanford, Leland 30 Stevens, Elisha 33,43 Stevens Creek 33,43 Stevens Creek Rd. 8, 21,32,41, 43 Stockton Ave 33 Store, 1900, Country 26 Stricklett, (spit-ball) 44 Sunnyvale 39,44 Sunol, Don 6,30,31,44 Sutter 44

Taylor, Bayard 39,44 Telegraph, first 6 Temblors 14 Terramotos 14 Theaters, old 30,45 Tobacco 41 Tower, San Jose 44 Transportation 8 Tres Pinos 19 Trianon, Le Petit 31 Truckee, Chief 44

Uvas 45

Vasquez, Tiburcio 9,19 Vendome Hotel 45 Viader, Fr 37 Victory Theater 45 Villa Maria 45 Vizcafno 1

Washington, George 4 West Side 24, 33 Willow Glen 37 Wilson, Mrs. Arch 24 Winchester, Sarah 20 Winchester House 20 Wright, Jas 45 Wright's Station 45 Wool 35 Woolen Mills 45

Zayante 38 Zither 45

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Q t j i f l i B o o k s b y

ALMOST FORGOTTEN (1964) History, humor and nostalgia of the Old Santa Clara Valley—circa 1900. 8'/2

x H soft cover, 48 pages, hand-lettered, 100 cartoons by author, indexed.

REMEMBER WHEN (1965) Sequel to above. Humorous local episodes and ad­ventures of a small boy in the Old Valley, circa 1900. S]/2 x 11 soft cover, 56 pages, hand-lettered, illust. by author.

ME AND CY (1966) Further adventures of the small boy (the author) in com­panionship with his oldster friend, Cy Attika, and their trips to visit a colony of unforgettable characters living in the Alviso garbage dumps, circa 1900. 6 x 9 , illus. by author, hand-lettered, 48 pages.

LADY OF MYSTERY (1967) Intimate story of the mysterious Sarah Winchester and her world famous mansion. 6 x 9 , 16 pages soft cover. Hand-lettered and illus. by author.

LO, THE POOR INDIAN (1967) First available collection of researched material devoted solely to the Santa Clara Valley Indian, our lost race. 6 x 9 , 16 pages, soft cover booklet, hand-lettered and illus. by author.

TIBURCIO VASQUEZ (1968) Historical biography of a California bandit with a career of crime rivalling Murieta.

CARTOON MAP OF OLD S. C. VALLEY (1969). Now in full color. 17 x 22.

THE LITTLE HOUSE (1969) "Outdoor plumbing" in the good old days.

ADVENTURE VALLEY (1970) Pioneer adventures in the Santa Clara Valley. 50 drawings by the author, including 1892 map of San Jose. 8J/2 * 11, 48 pages, soft cover.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY RANCHOS; The book was researched and authored by our eminent historian, Clyde Arbuckle, with cartography and illustrations by Ralph Rambo. Book contains a folded, colored Rancho Map, 17 x 20. This "Rancho Book" is the first and only accurate treatise devoted entirely to the original Mexican-Spanish Grants forming our Valley prior to 1846. Sy2 x 11,soft-cover.

BLUE BOOK; For Santa Clara Valley residents this is an abridged biographical "Who Was Who" of prominent pioneers in the 1840-1870 era. Includes origins of towns, early settlements and for researchers — a helpful bibliography. Hand lettered and drawings by author, a native of the Valley since 1894. 6 x 9 soft-cover, 48 pages.

SIERRA SANTA (1971) A fictional short story lightly flavored with historical facts. Written for children or any reader still "young at heart." 8l/2 x 11, 16 pages, soft cover booklet, hand lettered and illus. by author.

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