San Jose's Historic Downtown

by Bob Johnson, Lauren Miranda Gilbert, San Jose Public Library

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738529222
• ISBN13: 9780738529226
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great little book about San Jose

I really enjoyed looking at the pictures and explanations in this book. There is particularly good coverage of South San Jose, including the old IBM plant site.