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…
On this site in 1852 Charles LeFranc made the first commercial planting of fine European wine grapes in Santa Clara County and founded Almad?n Vineyards. LeFranc imported cuttings from vines in the celebrated wine districts of his native France, s…