California Genealogy and History Archives
Santa Clara County History
Pen Pictures From The
Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated.
Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
CONTENTS and page
GENERAL DESCRIPTION - AS IT IS NOW 17 AS IT WAS 27 The Native Races - Spanish Occupation - Mission of Santa Clara - Pueblo of San Jose - Vancouver's Report - Alameda Early Spanish Customs - The Rodeo - The Matanza - Architecture - Agriculture - Laws, etc. - Church of the Pueblo - Secularization of the Mission - First Census (Mexican) - First Foreigners The Murphy Party - Schallenberger's Story - Donner Party Micheltorena War - Mexican War - Battle of Santa Clara - First American Flag Discovery of Gold - San Jose as Capital of the State - Grandma Bascom's Story - The First Constitution - The First Legislature - California Admitted as a State - County Boundaries County Government - Land Titles - Private Land Agents - Grants to the Pueblo - Mission Grants - Suertes - Settlers' War - Survey of the City of San Jose - Five-hundred-acre Lots Bench and Bar THE PRESS 102 POLITICAL RECORD 109 ROADS & HIGHWAYS - RAILROADS 119 LICK OBSERVATORY - OLD LANDMARKS 126 SANTA CLARA COUNTY IN THE WAR - COUNTY INSTITUTIONS - SCHOOLS 137 Court House - County Jail - County Hospital - Almshouse - State Normal School - Santa Clara College - College of Notre Dame - University of the Pacific - Leland Stanford, Jr. University - Garden City Business College CITY GOVERNMENT OF SAN JOSE 147 City Officers - Fire Department - River Improvements - Sewerage System Financial Operations of the County - Petroleum and Natural Gas - Agricultural Society - History of Horticulture - History of Viticulture HORTICULTURE - VITICULTURE - MISC. 184 Quito Olive and Vine Farm SAN JOSE 186 Churches - Artesian Wells - Banks - Societies - Manufacturing Industries - Fredericksburg Brewery - Street Railroads Gilroy - Santa Clara - Los Gatos - Saratoga - Lexington - Alma - Wrights - Milpitas - Alviso - Mountain View - Mountain View Station - Mayfield - New Almaden Quicksilver Mines - Post-office MISCELLANEOUS 670 San Jose Board of Trade - Hotel Vendome - Public Improvements - The Death Penalty - Temperature |