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The Santa Clara Valley ( Spanish: Valle de Santa Clara) [1] [2] is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (140 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east by the Diablo Range; the two coastal ranges meet south of Hollister.
On March 27, 1850, San Jose became the first incorporated city in the U.S. state of California; the first mayor was Josiah Belden. It also served as the state's first capital with the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, known as the Legislature of a Thousand Drinks, being held there in 1850 and 1851.
The Santa Teresa Hills were part of the San Jose Pueblo Tract II, between Rancho Santa Teresa to the north and Alamitos Creek at the southern base. [9] Rancho Santa Teresa started off as a 9,647 acre land grant by the Mexican government in 1834. Due to the California Land Act of 1851, the rancho was reduced to only 400 acres by the 1870s ...
Rancho Ex-Mission San José. Rancho Ex-Mission San José was a 30,000-acre (120 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Alameda County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pio Pico to Andrés Pico and Juan B. Alvarado. [1] The grant derives its name from the secularized Mission San José, and was called ex-Mission because of a division made of ...
Evergreen Village Square branch of the San José Public Library. Evergreen was originally part of Rancho Yerba Buena, a Mexican-era rancho grant given to Antonio Chaboya, a member of a prominent, local Californio family, by Governor José Figueroa. The Chaboya family played an important role in the development of the area and is memorialized in ...
Rancho Miramontes (also called Arroyo de los Pilarcitos, Miramontes Rancho de San Benito, and Rancho San Benito) was a 4,424-acre (17.90 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California, given in 1841 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Juan Jose Candelario Miramontes. [1] Arroyo de los Pilarcitos means "creek of little pillars."
Rose Garden, also rendered as Rosegarden, is a historic district of Central San Jose, California, near Downtown San Jose and The Alameda.Rose Garden is a district made up of numerous historic neighborhoods, such as Hanchett Park, primarily characterized by its architecture and numerous cultural institutions, including the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden (for which the area is named ...
East Side San Jose (abbreviated as ESSJ ), commonly called The East Side and less commonly as the East Valley, is the eastern region of the city of San Jose, California. The East Side is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into two larger districts: Alum Rock and Evergreen. East San Jose is bordered by the Diablo Range to the east and ...
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