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  2. Alum Rock Park - Wikipedia

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    Construction of a narrow-gauge railway to the park from downtown San Jose began in 1891. In late 1891, or early 1892, a gasoline powered locomotive built by the Best Manufacturing Company arrived. This was the first internal combustion locomotive built in the western United States, though it was only a limited success and was returned to Best ...

  3. East Bay Walls - Wikipedia

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    One of many old stone walls found around the southern and eastern San Francisco Bay in California, this one near San Jose. The East Bay Walls, also known as the Berkeley Mystery Walls, are a misnomer, as many such walls can be found throughout the hills surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area, and extend as far as Chico, Red Bluff and Montague.

  4. California Historical Landmarks in Santa Clara County

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    San Jose: First Unitarian Church of San Jose: 902: First Unitarian Church of San Jose: 160 N. Third St. San Jose: Also on the NRHP list as NPS-77000343 Forbes Mill: 458: Forbes Mill: Forbes Mill Museum

  5. Alum Rock, San Jose - Wikipedia

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    Alum Rock (/ ˈ æ l əm /) is a district of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. Formerly an independent town, it has been a neighborhood of San Jose since the 1950s, [3] though some portions are still unincorporated as a census-designated place. [4] Alum Rock is one of San Jose's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican-American ...

  6. New Almaden - Wikipedia

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    Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-114, "New Almaden Quicksilver Mine", 16 photos, 17 measured drawings, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages The Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden and Henriquita - Chapter 6 of "Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California" (1862) by James Mason Hutchings - description of life and operations at the ...

  7. History of San Jose, California - Wikipedia

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    For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. [3] Permanent European presence in the area came with the 1770 founding of the Presidio of Monterey and Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo by Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south.

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