Hotel Vendome, San Jose, California
Title | Hotel Vendome, San Jose, California PDF eBook |
Author | George P. Snell |
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Total Pages | 64 |
Release | 1893 |
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Hotel Vendome, San Jose, California
Title | Hotel Vendome, San Jose, California PDF eBook |
Author | Carrie Stevens Walter |
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Total Pages | 78 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Hotel Vendome, San Jose, California
Title | Hotel Vendome, San Jose, California PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 62 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | Resorts |
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San Jose's Historic Downtown
Title | San Jose's Historic Downtown PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Miranda Gilbert |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738529226 |
San Jose is the "Capital of the Silicon Valley," the high-rise, economic engine of advanced technology. Yet it was once a verdant valley, inhabited by wildlife, waterfowl, and the native Ohlone people. The Spanish who founded California's first civilian settlement here in 1777 named it for Saint Joseph, the patron saint of the Spanish Expedition. Their farms fed the soldiers at the Monterey and San Francisco presidios, beginning an agricultural industry that thrived for nearly 200 years. Although serving briefly as California's first state capital, for many decades downtown was the somewhat sleepy commercial center of the Santa Clara Valley. A housing and population expansion that began in the 1950s exploded with San Jose's rebirth as a technological mecca.
San Jose
Title | San Jose PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Johnson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738580838 |
Founded by the Spanish in 1777 to provide food for the military settlements in Monterey and San Francisco, San Jose is the oldest civilian settlement in California. After independence from Mexico, San Jose became the county seat of Santa Clara County and the first state capital. For many years, San Jose was the center of a rich farming community whose vistas of blooming orchards prompted the nickname "Valley of Heart's Delight." Following World War II, a massive transformation took place in the landscape and culture of San Jose and the surrounding area. Fields and orchards gave way to subdivisions, malls, freeways, and office buildings. The population grew from less than 100,000 to over a million as agriculture was supplanted by semiconductors and software development.
The Stanford Illustrated Review
Title | The Stanford Illustrated Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 60 |
Release | 1919 |
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The Grizzly Bear
Title | The Grizzly Bear PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 798 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | California |
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