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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMROG_john-young-house_San-Jose-CA.html
This restored house is one of the original homes in the town of New Almaden, which was originally called Hacienda. The house was built in 1847 by Barron, Forbes Mining Co. and owned by the mining company until its bankruptcy in 1912.The cottage wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRNY_patrick-tillman_San-Jose-CA.html
Pat lived in New Almaden for most of his life. He came to love it for its history and community spirit. He roamed the hills with his brothers as a kid, then hiked and trained in them as an athlete and a soldier.Pat was a loved son, brother, husban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRNK_the-randol-family-home_San-Jose-CA.html
This cottage is the largest of the dwellings built by Barron, Forbes & Co. in the late 1840's. It contained four fireplaces and a large wood-burning basement stove used by servants to prepare meals. It was purchased in 1863 by New Almaden Quicksil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRNE_vichy-springs_San-Jose-CA.html
A spring of carbonated water, locally known as Vichy, bubbled up here beside the Alamitos Creek. When the distant Buena Vista Shaft penetrated the 2100 foot level in 1882, the spring ceased flowing. San Francisco banker F.L.A. Pioche and others co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPO1_de-anza-expedition-1775-1776_San-Jose-CA.html
Lt. Juan Bautista de Anza and party crossed this area in March 1776. en route to select sites for the Presido and the Mission of San Francisco
In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris Birkland Beezley, of a rider super…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTS_el-senator-mine_San-Jose-CA.html
This mine was opened in 1863 and worked intermittently until March 1926. In 1915 a reduction plant, which included the first Herreschoff furnace and electric dust collector ever used in the recovery of quicksilver, was erected. The mine was worked…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKUB_juzgado_San-Jose-CA.html
On this site stood the Juzgado, or town hall, of the Pueblo de San Jos?. Constructed of adobe in 1798, it housed the jail, the court and the offices of the comisionado and alcalde, and was the pueblo's primary governmental building. When Captain T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTD_electric-light-tower_San-Jose-CA.html
When completed in 1881, the 237-foot electric light tower that once spanned the intersection of Market and Santa Clara Streets was the largest single source of electric light in the country. The brainchild of J.J. Owen, founder of the San Jose Mer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKPE_knox-goodrich-building_San-Jose-CA.html
This charming commercial structure was built in 1889 by Sarah Knox-Goodrich on property left to her by her first husband, Dr. William Knox, using sandstone from the quarry owned by her second husband, Levi Goodrich. Both men were important San Jos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIE_thomas-fallon-house_San-Jose-CA.html
This house was built by Thomas Fallon in 1854. A handsome, charismatic figure, Fallon was one of the early San Jos?'s most prominent citizens: he captained the volunteer company that seized San Jos? from the Mexicans, served in the California Batt…