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Los Gatos is Spanish for "The Cats". [10] The name derives from the 1839 Alta California land grant that encompassed the area, which was called La Rinconada de Los Gatos ("The Corner of the Cats"), where the cats refers to the cougars (mountain lions) and bobcats that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located.
"Orientation of Cats" (Spanish: Orientación de los gatos) is a short story contained in the collection We Love Glenda So Much written by the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar and published in 1980. [1] The story portrays the relationship between Alana, the narrator (Alana's husband of unknown name), and their cat Osiris.
Rancho Los Gatos or Santa Rita was a 4,424-acre (17.90 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José Trinidad Espinoza. [ 1 ] The grant was northwest of present-day Salinas , bounded on the north by Espinosa Lake and Rancho Bolsa de las Escorpinas of his brother Salvador ...
Forbes Mill is a now-defunct flour mill originally built in 1854 located in Los Gatos, California, which served as the History Museum of Los Gatos after having been saved from destruction in 1982. The museum closed in 2014, and its collections are now part of New Museum Los Gatos. [2] The building is currently owned by the city.
Vasona Lake County Park is a park located in Los Gatos, California and part of the Santa Clara County Parks system. Vasona Park surrounds the Vasona Reservoir.Adjacent to the park are the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, a ridable miniature railway, and the W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel at the Oak Meadow Park.
"La rosa es una rosa es una rosa" is used in Fernando del Paso's Sonetos con lugares comunes. A song by Poe (Anne Danielewski), "A rose is a rose", states "a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose said my good friend Gertrude Stein." The computer game Carmen Sandiego features a villain humorously named Rosa Zarrosas-Arroz.
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As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [5] [6] and the grant was patented to Sebastian Peralta and José Hernandez in 1860. [7] Approximately 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) were sold to James Alexander Forbes (1805–1881) in 1853, whereupon he built Forbes Mill ...