San Jose's Historic Downtown by Bob Johnson

San Jose's Historic Downtown by Bob Johnson

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.

Author Robert Johnson has gathered photographs of Frontier Village to demonstrate why it held such a particular place in so many people's hearts. Johnson is the author of the Arcadia publication Postcard History Series: San Jose and a retired local history librarian.

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ISBN 13	9780738529226
ISBN 10	0738529222
Title	San Jose's Historic Downtown
Author	Bob Johnson
Series	Images Of America Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing
Year published	2004-09-22
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.