Place of Promise : The City of Santa Clara, 1852-2002

Place of Promise : The City of Santa Clara, 1852-2002 by Lorie Garcia.
Santa Clara, CA : City of Santa Clara, [2002]. 979.473 G21

Name / SubjectPage Numbers
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Academy of Notre Dame21, 44, 53
Academy of Our Lady of Angels53
Accolti, Michael (priest)23, 53
Acronico, Eugene113
Acronico, Eugene, Jr.113
Adams, C. W. (town clerk)39
Adobe buildings: Berryessa Adobe154, 156
Adobe buildings: effect of earthquake60
Adobe buildings: housing6-7, 10, 18-19, 20
Adobe buildings: jail40, 41
Adobe buildings: Methodist church102
Adobe buildings: office space71
Adobe buildings: Peña Adobe93, 106
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)130, 139
Agilent Technology130
Agnew, Abram63
Agnews Insane Asylum (California Hospital)63
Agnews State Hospital154-155, 156, 163
Agnews Station (Bethlehem)63
agriculture: American farms19-20, 28-29
agriculture: decline115, 129
agriculture: economy91
agriculture: fruit industry44, 90, 91, 111-113
agriculture: growth40
agriculture: Mission06/10/2019
agriculture: seeds29, 63
Ahrens Fox (motor-driven pump engine)120
air flight85-87
air raid warden system118
Alameda, The: building of8
Alameda, The: businesses20, 91
Alameda, The: campus mall162
Alameda, The: improvements42-43
Alameda, The: omnibus47
Alameda, The: religious institutions6-7, 112-113
Alameda, The: residences48
Alameda, The: toll road42-43
Alameda, The: trolley cars64, 130
Alemany, Joseph (reverend)20
All-America City156, 165
Alta California4, 5, 21, 34, 54, 57
Alviso Street20, 36, 61, 74, 86
Alviso, California42, 44
Alviso, Isabel (Mrs. José Ramon Arguello)54, 56
Alviso, Juan Ygnacio (mayordomo)8
Alviso, Port of43
Alviso, Ygnacio54
amusement parks148, 151, 152, 153, 157
Ancient Order of Hibernians76
Andrade, Clarence122
Andrade, John119
annexation treaty (Texas and U.S.)16
annexation wars115, 130
Anthony, Elihu (alcalde)35
Anza, Juan Bautista de4, 54
Applied Materials131, 139
Aram, Joseph20, 37
Aram’s nursery20
Arastradero Road6
arch sign (Franklin and Washington Streets)102
Arguello home (José Ramon)56
Arguello home (Luís Antonio)55
Arguello, Angela Berryessa de55
Arguello, Isabel Alviso de54, 56
Arguello, José Dario (presidio comandante, governor)54
Arguello, José Ramon5, 54, 55, 56
Arguello, Luís Antonio (presidio comandante, governor)25, 54, 55
Arguello, Luís Antonio Gonzaga Tranquillino55
Arguello, Soledad Ortega de54, 55, 56
Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP)118
Arolla, Charles (police chief)133, 143
Arques, José20, 24
Ash, Jim159
automobile dealers131, 140
Auzerais House47
aviation85-87
Babcock Hose Brigade62
Bacigalupi, James (mayor)118, 121, 123, 136
Baer, Buddy123
bakeries91
Bancroft, Hubert Howe (quoted)34
Bank of Santa Clara County62
Baptist church41
BART (Bay area Rapid Transit)168
Base, Joseph F.123
Battle of Santa Clara16-17, 18, 156
Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101)115, 132, 133
Bayshore North Redevelopment Agency158
Bayshore North Redevelopment Area148, 151, 159
Belick, Steve (city clerk)133
Bell, Alexander Graham (quoted)86
bell, El Camino Real156
Bellomy Hotel19
Bellomy Street20, 107
Bellomy, George16, 19, 37
Bellomy, Maria (née Bernal)37
Bennett saloon34
Bennett sawmill34, 35
Bennett, Catherine (Mrs. Isaac Graham) (Mrs. Daniel McCusker)34-35, 37
Bennett, Dennis35
Bennett, Jackson35
Bennett, Mary (née McSwain)16, 32-37
Bennett, Vardemon34, 35
Bennett, Winston34
Benton Street: businesses25, 61, 72, 74, 77
Benton Street: public facilities121, 160
Benton Street: railroad depot43-44, 63, 64
Benton Street: religious institutions106
Benton Street: residences26-27, 68, 106
Benton Street: town hall62, 77
Bentzien, Forrest (judge)123
Bernal, Maria (Mrs. George Bellomy)37
Berryessa Adobe154, 156
Berryessa, Angela (Mrs. Luís Antonio G. T. Arguello)55
Berryessa, Carmen (Mrs. Lorenzo Pinedo)47
Berryessa, José Ygnacio55
Bethlehem (Agnews Station)63
Bianco, Suzannah161
Black Willow Swamp (Cook’s Pond)8
Block, A., Fruit Company61, 72-73, 90
Block, Abram60-61, 72-73
Boccignone, Judy (city clerk)133
Bond home (Hiram)78
Bond, Hiram G. (judge)78
boundaries6, 130
Bowen, J. J. (survey)60
Bowers Avenue138
Brady, Lloyd E. (city manager)133, 142
Braly School44
Bray (home)108
breweries61, 74
Brick Church102
Broncos, Santa Clara (football team)116
Brothers, Thomas (treasurer)40
Bruna, Annita135
Bruna, Joseph135
Bryant, Edwin (quoted)32, 33
Buchser High School107, 141
Burroughs Corporation138
Burton, John (San Jose alcalde)35
business development62, 91, 115, 151
Cabrillo Intermediate School154
Cabrillo Senior Center154
Calabazas Creek130, 164
California Hospital (Agnews Insane Asylum)63
California Hotel21
California Trail14-15, 21
California Wesleyan College (University of the Pacific)20
California, The (aircraft)87
Californian (newspaper)17
Californios: and American immigrants18, 34, 35, 37
Californios: Battle of Santa Clara17, 18
Californios: entertainment11/13/2026
Californios: families54-57, 154
Cameron House38-39, 41-42, 47
Cameron, John H. (newspaper advertisement)41, 42
Campbell Union School District132
Campbell, William18, 22
Campbell’s mill (William)22
canneries90, 112-113
Carmelite Monastery78, 106, 112-113
Carmelite Order of Renaissance Spain106
Carmichael, Earl161
Carousel Columbia152
Carrasco, Heather Simmons161
Carver, Chris161
Casa Grande Theater135
Case, E. W.20
Castro, José Antonio (general)18
Catalá, Magín (priest)8
Catholicism3, 41
centennial (national)62, 76
Central Expressway127, 130, 138, 139
Chanute, Octave86
Cherry Carnival (program)103
Chinese immigrants61-62
churches18, 41, 66, 102, 126, 137
Cisneros, Suzanne156
city limits130
City of Santa Clara93, 149
civic development90
Civil War59
Clark, Steve153
Clayton, Charles20
Clayton, Charles, and Johnson, S. S., steam flour mill20
clean rooms138
Cleary, Regina (Mrs. John Montgomery)87
Clifford (newspaper advertisement)76
climate1
clubs: cultural108, 125
clubs: fraternal76, 92, 104, 124, 125, 126, 136
clubs: social51, 76, 93, 135
clubs: women’s93, 106, 109
Cold War111, 123
college districts132
College Park51
colleges66-67
Columbian Engine Co. No. 141, 46-47, 62
communications industry151
computer industry138-139, 159
Conrado, Annabel (Anne Mabel) Hirst37
Conrado, Paul37
construction62, 154, 168
convention center153, 158
Cook home (John)48
Cook home (Nathaniel)49
Cook, Eliza Jane49
Cook, J. W., Dry Goods (newspaper advertisement)76
Cook, Jane (née Fulkerson)48
Cook, John A. (major)48, 49
Cook, Mary Jane (Mrs. Francis Saxe)27
Cook, Nathaniel Wheeler49
Cook’s Grove48
Cook’s Pond (Black Willow Swamp)08/20/1948
Cooper, Fletcher39
Corcoran, Martin (newspaper advertisement)76
Cosmopolitan Chop House (newspaper advertisement)76
Costansó, Miguel (ensign)3
Court of Sessions (Santa Clara County)44
Coyote River2
Crandall, J. R. (newspaper advertisement)76
Cupertino Union School District132
Cupertino130
Davies, Edwin75
Davies’ machine shop (Edwin)75
Davis, W. H.34
de Anza, Juan Bautista4, 54
de Arguello, Angela Berryessa55
de Arguello, Isabel Alviso54, 56
de Arguello, Soledad Ortega54, 55, 56
De La Cruz Boulevard4, 117
de la Peña, Tomás (priest)4
de Ortega, Soledad (Mrs. Luís Arguello)54, 55, 56
de Pinedo, Carmen Berryessa47
de Portolá, Gaspar03/04/2026
de Toqueville, Alexis (quoted)92
de Varona, Donna153
de Young (sailing master)16-17
Deep Springs Lake48
del Real, Maria del Padre Jesus (priest)35
del Real, Suárez (priest)18, 19, 20, 21
DeLozier Building136
DeLozier, David (council member)136
DeLozier, Joseph136
deregulation (power industry)156
Dergan, Martin136
Dergan’s Corner136
Dergan’s Saloon121
Deto, Vern159
Di Napoli (family)117
Diana Fruit Company113, 117
Diana, Alexander113
Dias, Paul J. (attorney)124
Dille, E., R. (reverend) (newspaper advertisement)76
diversity155, 162, 167, 168
domestic life (Californios)11/13/2026
Dorn, Josephine McCusker37
Doubletree Hotel153
downtown44, 62, 115, 129, 130
Duffy-Mott Company112, 116
Durmeyer, Caroline (Mrs. Frederick Franck)68
Dyroen-Lancer, Becky161
Early, Mabel Dorn Hirst37
Early, Mabel Dorn37
earthquakes8, 9, 60, 71, 91, 101, 102
Eastern Star (fraternal organization)92
Eastin, James W.44
Eberhard home (Jacob)70
Eberhard Tanning Company5, 63, 70, 71, 91, 114
Eberhard, Jacob60, 70-71, 74, 77
Eberhard, Mary (née Glein)60, 70
Eberhard, Wayne71
economy10, 19, 91, 111-112, 129, 133, 151, 153
ecosystem1
education20, 44, 93
Einselen, E. W. F. (newspaper advertisement)76
El Camino Real bell156
El Camino Real17, 72, 80, 131, 135, 153, 155, 156, 160, 162, 167
electric utility148, 154, 156, 165
electricity91, 133, 156, 165
Empire Mine79
employment61, 71, 73, 80, 82, 90, 111, 129, 142, 153, 155, 163
Enterprise Laundry62, 75
Enterprise Mill and Lumber Company79
entertainment (Californio)11/12/2026
environment, natural01/02/2026
Evergreen (aircraft)87
Evergreen Valley87
expansionism13
explorers, Spanish03/04/2026
Fages, Pedro (don)4
Fairchild Semiconductor130
Fallon, George Peter (marshal)104
Farmer’s Exchange (Wm. Henning) (newspaper advertisement)76
Farmer’s Store (newspaper advertisement)20, 24, 76
fashion (Californio)11
Fatjo, A., & Co., Farmer’s Store (newspaper advertisement)20, 24, 76
Fatjo, Antonio (newspaper advertisement)20, 24, 76
Fatjo, John24
Fatjo, Luis G. 97
Fatjo, Robert A.Syer, Robert R.
Felix, Ignatz136
Female Collegiate Institute44, 51
Ferguson, Donald “Manny” (police chief)133, 143
Festa (Portugese festival)92, 125
festivals92, 103, 125, 132, 145, 156
Field, Zibeon O.63
Fifth Regiment, Santa Clara Co. H60
financial system40
fire companies41, 45-47, 62, 76-77, 91, 119
fire department91-92, 103, 115, 119-121, 133
fires45, 91, 114
firsts, at Santa Clara University153
firsts, in California20, 44, 54
firsts, in Santa Clara3, 4, 18, 19, 20, 25, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 59, 60, 62, 64, 77, 84-87, 92, 103, 105, 115, 119, 120, 122, 123, 130, 131, 133, 138, 153, 156, 161, 165
firsts, in the United States29
firsts, in the world85, 86
Fischer, Fred74, 75
Fitts, Dolores (née Pinedo)47
Fitts, William42, 47
Flossi, Emil119
football111, 116, 153, 159
Forbes building (James)36
Forbes home (James)10, 44, 53
Forbes, James Alexander10, 15, 21, 44, 45, 53
Forbes, Maria (née Galindo)15
Forest Park115
Fort Ross10
Fosgate, William (marshal)39, 62
Fowler, George W. (doctor)25
Franciscan Mission20
Franck Building69
Franck home (Frederick)68
Franck Saddlery69
Franck, Buster (family dog)96
Franck, Caroline (née Durmeyer)68
Franck, Delilah96
Franck, Frederick Christian II96
Franck, Frederick Christian III96
Franck, Frederick Christian60, 68-69
Franck, Gladys96
Franck, Maud Shuld96
Franklin Mall129, 136
Franklin Street4, 6-7, 19, 24, 43, 44, 62-63, 69, 76, 77, 91, 94-95, 102, 112-113, 121, 124-125, 129, 130, 135
Freight House50
Fremont School52, 93, 107
Fremont Street36, 52, 63, 82-83
Fremont, California168
Fremont, John C. (colonel)16-17
fruit industry44, 61, 111, 112-113, 117
fruit labels99, 116
fruit packing72, 90, 98-99, 112-113, 116-117
Fulkerson, Jane (Mrs. John Cook)48
Galindo, Chrisóstómo (mayordomo)15
Galindo, Maria Ana (Mrs. James Forbes)15
Gallup, Thomas E. (dentist)25
Gangi Brothers Packing Company112-113
Garden City Bank and Trust97
Gardner, Lewis40
Garrigus, L. V. (newspaper advertisement)76
Genova Delicatessen135
gente de razon (Christianized Native Americans)3
geology1
George, Leonard (fire chief)119, 133
German immigrants60-61, 93
Gianera, William C. (reverend)111
Gillmor, Gary G. (mayor)133
Gilroy4, 63, 87
Gissler, William (mayor)133
Glein, Louisa (Mrs. John Henry Messing)70
Glein, Mary (Mrs. Jacob Eberhard)60, 70
Glein, Philip60, 70
Glendenning, James E. (justice of the peace)104
Glenwood Hotel43
Gold Rush18-19, 41, 61
Goldbach, J. K., Saloon and Lodging House (newspaper advertisement)76
golf club148, 153, 158, 159
Gould Fruit Ranch61
Gould Street126
Gould, Levi Ames44, 50
government39, 41, 44, 59, 123, 133, 167
Graham distillery34
Graham, Catherine (née Bennett)34-35, 37
Graham, Isaac15, 34-35
Graham, Jesse34
Grangers of Santa Clara (newspaper advertisement)76
Grant Street36, 70
Graves, Roy87
Great America Parkway132, 133, 158
Great America Theme Park148, 151, 157
Great Migration16-18
Green Dragons (marching band)125
Grove, Andy130
Guadalupe River2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 130, 159
Habich, Aug. (newspaper advertisement)76
Haines, George F.153, 161
Haines, George F., International Swim Center132, 145, 153, 161
Hamilton, Frank86
Hare, Alice95
Harris, Henry65
Harris-Lass Historic Preserve134
Harris-Lass house and property65, 154
Harrison Street40, 41, 52
Hastings, Lansford W. (captain)34, 40
Hastings-Lovejoy party15, 34
Haun, William (alcalde)41
Hawaii, King of64
Headen home (Benjamin)29
Headen, Benjamin Franklin (doctor)29
Headen, Henrietta (daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Headen)29
Headen, Henrietta (Mrs. Benjamin Headen)29
Headen, Thomasine29
Headen-Inman House132
Henning, Wm., Farmer’s Exchange (newspaper advertisement)76
Hibernians, Ancient Order of76
hide industry10
Hight, A. D.39
Highway 101 (Bayshore Freeway)115, 132, 133
Highway 8280
Hirst, Annabel (Anne Mabel) (Mrs. Paul Conrado)37
historical landmarks63, 154, 156
Hollister4
home guard93
Homer Knowles Pottery Company20, 43
Homestead Road20, 28, 35, 36, 44, 51, 75, 76, 77, 102, 112-113, 126, 127, 129, 134, 136, 154, 164
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 162
Hope Hose62, 76, 119
horse racing (Californio)11
hospitals154-155, 163, 164
hotels36, 38-39, 42, 43, 151, 153, 158
housing7, 8-9, 19, 23, 115, 127, 129, 130, 153, 155, 167, 168
How, Frederic91
Hubbard, Bernard (priest)111
Hudson Bay Company21
hunting, Ohlone2
Hyde’s, J. J., Druggist and Apothecary (newspaper advertisement)76
immigrant housing19
immigrants11, 13, 15-19, 20, 34, 39, 40, 52, 60-62, 64, 92, 93, 155, 167
incorporation of town44, 59
indigenous people02/03/2026
industrial growth and development115, 127, 130, 167
Integrated Device Technology130
Intel Corporation130, 138, 139
International Swim Center, George F. Haines132, 145, 153, 161
Iverson, Christian36
Izumo, Japan (sister city)156
J. M. Kimberlin & Co.63
Jackson Street40, 41, 44, 62, 75, 87, 135
Jail40, 41, 77, 94
Jamison-Brown House132
Japan, Izumo (sister city)156
Japanese school52
Jefferson School51, 52
Jefferson Union School District51, 52
Jefferson Youth Center115
Jenkins, Margaret153
Jesuits20, 23
Jewel Bakery91, 136
Johnson home (Samuel)23
Johnson, S. S.20, 39
Johnson, S. S., and Clayton, Charles, steam flour mill20
Johnson, Samuel23
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network168
Jones, Thomas Catesby (commander)15
Judson, Mary (Mrs. Arthur Saxe)26, 27
Kaiser Medical Center129, 154, 164
Kee, Sing61
Kee, Sing, Laundry61
Keith, J. C. (reverend) (newspaper advertisement)76
Kellogg, A. L.63
Kelly, Joseph P. (judge)123
Kenna, Robert E. (reverend)86
Kennedy, Jas. F. (acution advertisement)45
Kennedy, John F. (campaign office)136
Kenyon (family)127
Kenyon home and farm (James)28
Kenyon, Frank28
Kenyon, James Monroe.28, 127
Kenyon, Martha (Mrs. James Kenyon)28
Kenyon, Sarah28
Kiely Boulevard136
Kifer Road52
Kifer, Shelby52
Killarney Farms28, 127
Kimberlin, J. M. & Co.61, 63
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina85
Kleinheinz, Phil (fire chief)133
Kmart131
Knauth, Bertha65
Knowles, Homer, Pottery Company20, 43
Koenig, Chas.74
Kolb Thomas, Claudia153
Koop, George119
La Señora de Guadalupe (river)4
Lafayette Park93
Lafayette Street49, 62, 115, 126, 127, 130
Laine, T. H. (judge) (newspaper advertisement)76
Laird, Fielding (board president)39
Lancer, Becky Dyroen161
land10, 35, 35-36, 40
landscape1, 4, 139, 162-163, 168
Langford, Maria (Mrs. Charles Morse)82
Lanini, John 97
Lard, Fielding (board president)39
Larkin, Thomas34, 35
Lasher, Sue159
Lass, Carolina65
Lass, Christian S. (captain)65
Lass, Johanna65
Lass, Julia65
Lauck Brewery61
Lauck, Frank P.74
Lauck, George61, 74
laundries61-62, 75
Laurel Park115
Laurelwood (So-co-is-u-ka) (site of first Catholic mass)4
Lawrence Expressway17, 42, 154
Lawrence Station Road42, 52
League of the Cross Cadets87
Lenzen, Louis96
Lenzen, Theodore68
Leonard, H. M. (newspaper advertisement)76
Lewis Street36, 49
Lexington Street41, 51, 52, 66-67
Liberty Street20, 44, 51, 75, 77, 129, 137
Liberty Towers102, 129
libraries93, 94, 115, 132, 144, 154, 156, 164
Library Association93
library expansion93
Lilienthal, Otto85
Lincoln Street43, 106, 112-113, 129, 137, 156
Little Brick School20, 39, 52
Locatelli, Paul (priest)153
Lockheed (Lougheed), Victor86
Lodge, Steven (police chief)133, 143
logging06/22/2026
London, Jack78
Love, Harry (captain)36, 37
Love, Mary (née McSwain)16, 32-37
Madan & Meyers Farming Implements (newspaper advertisement)76
Madan, Abraham (assessor)39
Madison Street52, 95
Maginnis, Charles D.106
Mahan, John159
Main Street19, 23, 24, 25, 26-27, 55, 62, 69, 77, 102, 105, 121, 125, 129, 137
Malarin, Isadora Lola (née Pacheco)57
Malarin, Mariano57
Maloney, Daniel John86-87
Mandolin Club108
Manifest Destiny10
manufacturing20, 62, 80, 91, 113-115, 127, 138
Mariposa Store58-59, 62
Market Street87, 107
Marriott Corporation153, 157
Marriott Hotel151
Marriott’s Great America Theme Park148, 151, 157
Marsalli Park93
Marsden, Ward (captain)16-17
Marshall, James18
Marston, Ward (captain)16-17
Martin Avenue4, 135
Masons (fraternal organization)92
Mathew Street117
Mayfair Packing113, 117
McCusker Ranch36
McCusker, Catherine (née Bennett)34-35, 37
McCusker, Daniel37
McSwain, Mary (Mrs. Vardemon Bennett) (Mrs. Harry Love)16, 32-37
Memorex Corporation130, 138
Menton, H. L. (captain)60
Merrill & Clifford (White House Saloon) (newspaper advertisement)76
Mervyn’s Plaza73, 131
Messing, John Henry69, 70
Messing, Louisa (née Glein)70
Messing’s harness and saddle69
Methodist church41, 66, 77, 102, 129, 137
Methodist Episcopal Church102, 137
Mexican rule08/10/2026
Mexican-American war16, 18
Mexico10/16/2026
Millikin School44, 51
Milovich, George105
Milpitas6
Mirone, Edna122
Mission Bank of Santa Clara97
Mission Branch Library109
Mission College132, 133
Mission Creek5
Mission granary21
Mission gristmill (Old Adobe gristmill)20
Mission Hose Co.62, 119
Mission jail40, 41
Mission Library144
Mission orchard19, 35
Mission San Carlos de Borromeo4
Mission San Francisco de Asís4
Mission Santa Clara (ship)118
Mission Santa Clara de Asís4-11, 15-19, 20, 21, 30-31, 37, 54, 93, 106, 118, 126
Mission Santa Clara de Thamien04/05/2026
Mission tannery04/05/2026
Mission zanja (canal)5
missions and mission system4-11, 17-18, 35
Monroe Street43, 52, 113, 117
Monterey Bay03/04/2026
Monterey04/15/1941
Montgomery, John Joseph84-87
Montgomery, Regina (née Cleary)87
Moonlite Drive-In Theatre135
Moonlite Lanes139
Moonlite Shopping Center131, 135
Moore, Gordon130
Moraga, José Joaquin (lieutenant)4
Morales, Pablo153, 161
Morse mansion (C. C.)83
Morse, C. C., & Company82
Morse, Charles Copeland63, 82, 83
Morse, Maria (née Langford)82
Moulin, J. B. (newspaper advertisement)76
Moultrie (Moultry), Riley39
Mountain View Lodge No. 244 (newspaper advertisement)76
Murguía, José (priest)04/05/2026
Murphy, Martin63
Murphy-Stephens party21
Murrieta, Joaquin36
museums141
music108-109, 115, 125, 161
Myers (newspaper advertisement)76
Nace, John A., Bookseller, Newsdealer & Stationer (newspaper advertisement)76
Nadler, Judy (mayor)133, 159
Napoli, Di (family)117
Napredak Hall51
National Civic League156
National Semiconductor130, 139
Native Americans2, 6-7, 9, 10
Native Sons of the Golden West92
neophytes (Native Americans)2, 6-7, 9, 10
Network Associates130
New Almaden quicksilver mine21
New Almaden55
New Dergan’s136
New Park (Pierce-Bond estate)63, 78-79, 106
Nobili, John (priest)20, 21
Nortel Networks130
Notre Dame Academy21, 44, 53
Notre Dame College (San Jose)53
Notre Dame Convent (San Jose)47
Noyce, Robert130
O’Connor Hall (SCU)21
O’Neill, John (marshal, chief of police)122, 123
Oberdeener, M., Druggist & Apothecary (newspaper advertisement)76
Odd Fellows (Santa Clara Lodge No. 52) (newspaper advertisement on 104)76 , 104, 136
Odd Fellows, Independent Order of60, 92, 104
Ohlone (Native Americans)01/03/2026
Old Adobe gristmill (Mission gristmill)20
Old Quad105, 130, 144
orchards19-20, 44, 50, 61, 72-73, 90, 112-113, 128-129, 131
Oregon11, 15, 16, 23
Ortega, José54
Ortega, Soledad de (Mrs. Luís Arguello)54, 55, 56
Otterson’s Hotel36
Owens, Edwin J. (judge)123
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation114, 127, 130
Pacheco, Antone105
Pacheco, Francisco Perez57
Pacheco, Isadora Lola (Mrs. Mariano Malarin)57
Pacific Manufacturing Company62, 79, 80, 91, 114
Pacific Seed Co. and Gardens82
Packard, David168
Palo Alto6
parades89, 92, 102, 103, 120-121, 124-125
Paramount Parks151, 152, 153, 157
Paramount’s Great America Theme Park151, 152, 153
parks93, 115, 148, 151, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159
patriotism123
Paul, Judson (doctor)26, 108
Peebles, Cary (newspaper advertisement)63, 76
Peña Adobe6-7, 93, 106
Peña, José (don)7
Peña, Tomás de la (priest)4
Perucci (family)117
Peterson, Anton “Pete”136
Peterson’s Insurance136
pharmacies20, 25
Phelan Sullivan, Alice106
Phelan, James (senator)106
photography95
physicians20, 25-27
Pierce home (James)78-79
Pierce Isabella grape63
Pierce, James Pieronnet62, 78, 79
Pierce-Bond estate (New Park)63, 78-79, 106
Pinedo, Carmen Berryessa de47
Pinedo, Dolores (Mrs. William Fitts)47
Pinedo, Lorenzo47
plat, town18, 65
Plaza Park93, 109
Pocahontas, Order of92
police department92, 115, 119, 122-123, 133, 143, 160
Pomeroy Avenue17, 51
Poplar Street86
population60, 89, 93, 111, 115, 129, 132, 133, 155, 156, 167, 168
Portolá expedition3
Portolá, Gaspar de03/04/2026
Portugal24, 92
Portugese immigrants64, 92
Pratt-Low Preserving Company90, 99, 112, 116
Progressive Movement90, 91
Protestant church18, 41
Pruneridge Avenue115, 132
public facilities121, 132, 133, 140, 148, 154, 160
public safety41, 91
Raesfeld, Donald R. Von (city manager)133, 142, 146-149, 153
railroads43, 44, 46, 50, 61, 63, 64, 81
Rainey, Josiah25
Rainey’s Livery Stable (Josiah)25
Ranchería de Santa Clara06/07/2026
Rancho El Potrero de Santa Clara (Stockton Rancho)19, 21, 44, 45
Rancho Las Pulgas54
rapid transit (BART)168
Rea, Thomas63
Real, Maria del Padre Jesus del (priest)35
Real, Suárez del (priest)18, 19, 20, 21
recession63, 151
recreational facilities93, 132
Red and White Central Market135
Red Men, Improved Order of, of Mountain View (newspaper advertisement on p76)76 , 125
Red Men, Order of92, 125
redevelopment115, 129, 134, 140
Regnant Meats69
religion41, 102, 106, 126
retail development131, 135-136
Rewak, William (priest)153
Rheinhart, J.60
Ricard, Jerome (priest)61
Riley, Peter J.40
Ritter, Gus74
Rivermark155
roads42-44
Rogers, Jess119
Roll, Robert B.62, 75
Rosenberg Bros.90, 98-99, 113, 117
Roth, Dick153
Rush, Peleg19, 23
Saint Clare Laundry75
Saint Clare’s Church20, 52, 126
Saint Justin’s Church126
Saint Mary’s Academy53
Sallows & Rorke grocery102
Saloon and Lodging House (J. K. Goldbach) (newspaper advertisement)76
San Andreas Fault60
San Francisco 49ers (football team)133, 153, 159
San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company43-44, 50, 61
San Francisco Bay03/04/2010
San Francisco Road72
San Jose & Santa Clara Horse Railroad47
San Jose Agricultural Park87
San Jose Daily Mercury (newspaper)36, 40
San Jose Police Department119
San Jose Safe Deposit Bank57
San Jose Water Company91
San Jose, Pueblo of8
San Jose-Soquel Turnpike41
San Tomas Woods115
Sanchez, José Antonio (captain)16-17
Sanmina Corporation130
Santa Clara Aquamaids153, 160
Santa Clara Auxiliary Police Force122, 123
Santa Clara Board of Directors114, 148
Santa Clara Board of Education93
Santa Clara Board of School Trustees75
Santa Clara Board of Trustees39, 41, 44, 75, 115
Santa Clara Book Club93, 108
Santa Clara Brewery74
Santa Clara Broncos (football team)111, 116
Santa Clara Candy Manufactory (newspaper advertisement)76
Santa Clara Central Library132, 144, 154
Santa Clara Central Park Library144, 154, 164
Santa Clara Central Park132, 144-145, 156, 164
Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce90, 118, 148, 158
Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee148
Santa Clara City Council115, 133, 135, 154, 156, 159
Santa Clara City Hall77, 93, 94, 132, 134, 140
Santa Clara City jail77
Santa Clara city limits130
Santa Clara City Plaza Park93, 109
Santa Clara City Youth Commission154
Santa Clara Civic Center102, 132, 134, 137, 140, 156, 160
Santa Clara Co. H., Fifth Regiment60
Santa Clara Coffee Club135
Santa Clara College Board of Trustees43
Santa Clara College20, 30-31, 43, 48, 53, 60, 66-67, 84-87, 89
Santa Clara Commercial League75, 90, 103
Santa Clara Community Recreation Center132
Santa Clara Convention and Visitors Bureau158
Santa Clara Convention Center133, 153, 158, 159
Santa Clara Corporation Yard147
Santa Clara County Court of Sessions44
Santa Clara County Court132
Santa Clara County Historical Society5
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department148
Santa Clara County Symphonette115
Santa Clara County20, 40, 44, 60
Santa Clara Department of Parks and Recreation153, 154
Santa Clara Echo (newspaper)62, 76
Santa Clara Election District60
Santa Clara Encampment Lodge No. 32 (newspaper advertisement)76
Santa Clara Fire Department110-111, 119-121, 133
Santa Clara Golf and Tennis Club148, 153, 158, 159
Santa Clara Grammar School44, 52, 107
Santa Clara Green Dragons (marching band)125
Santa Clara High School44, 63, 93, 107, 108, 141
Santa Clara Library69
Santa Clara Lodge No. 5276
Santa Clara marshal’s office94
Santa Clara Municipal Plant64
Santa Clara Passenger Depot50, 81
Santa Clara Philharmonic115
Santa Clara Police Administration132
Santa Clara Police Department115, 122, 133, 160
Santa Clara Police Reserve115, 122, 123
Santa Clara Precinct (voting)60
Santa Clara Public Library108
Santa Clara Public School53
Santa Clara Railroad Tower156
Santa Clara Sewage Treatment Plant147
Santa Clara Shaving Saloon (newspaper advertisement)76
Santa Clara Skateboard Park154
Santa Clara Store (newspaper advertisement)76
Santa Clara Street55, 56
Santa Clara Swim Club153, 161
Santa Clara Tannery43, 60, 63, 70, 75, 77
Santa Clara Teen Center154
Santa Clara Town Board of Trustees39, 41, 44, 75, 115
Santa Clara town charter59, 93, 115, 123
Santa Clara town constable41
Santa Clara Town Hall62, 77, 94
Santa Clara Town jail94
Santa Clara Town Library93, 94
Santa Clara town marshal104
Santa Clara town plat18, 65
Santa Clara Town Plaza103
Santa Clara town survey18, 59, 60, 65
Santa Clara Township Justices of the Peace44, 49
Santa Clara Unified School District132
Santa Clara University75, 80, 111, 112-113, 114, 118, 126, 153, 156, 162
Santa Clara Valley Water District132
Santa Clara Valley1, 2, 4, 19, 40
Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps.161
Santa Clara Verein (social club)60, 93
Santa Clara Woman’s Club7, 93, 106, 109, 156
Santa Clara Young Man’s Institute (YMI)125
Santa Clara Youth Activity Center154
Santa Clara Youth Village115, 123
Santa Clara, City of93, 149
Santa Clara, The (aircraft)86-87
Santa Clara, Town of18, 20, 30-31, 39, 41, 59, 93, 115, 123
Santa Clara, Township of44
Santa Cruz Mountains4, 6, 22, 29, 35, 41, 63
Santa Rosa Brand flour mill21
Sapena, Frank (inspector, chief of police)122, 123, 133, 143
sawmills22, 35
Saxe home and office (Arthur)26-27
Saxe, Arthur Wellsley (doctor)26-27, 61
Saxe, Francis Keith26, 27
Saxe, Frederick26
Saxe, Helen26, 27
Saxe, Libby26
Saxe, Mabel27
Saxe, Mary (née Judson)26, 27
Saxe, Mary Jane (née Cook)27
Schmidt, Walter (reverend)123
Schneickert, H., Harness and Saddlery (newspaper advertisement)76
Schoene, H., Photograph Gallery (newspaper advertisement)76
school districts132-133
School Reporter (newsletter)53
schools18, 20, 39, 44, 51-53, 107, 115, 132, 141
Scott Boulevard72, 126
Scott, Samuel55
Scott’s Lane72, 108
Seagraves Company103
seed industry29, 63, 82
semiconductor industry131
Serra, Junipero (priest)4
SES Hall (Sociedade Do Espirito Santo, Society of the Holy Spirit)64, 92
Sesquicentennial Park156
Sesquicentennial: Santa Clara156
Sesquicentennial: Santa Clara University153, 156
settlers (early American)11
Seydel home (Robert)43
Shakespeare Club108
Sharp, Ella52
Sharps, Robert (fire chief)133
Shartzer, Hiram43
Shaw, Lawrence T. “Buck”116
ship launching118
Shockley, William130
shopping centers131, 139
Shuld, Maud (Mrs. Frederick Franck II)96
Silicon Valley Power133, 154, 156, 165
Silicon Valley129, 130-131, 133, 151, 153, 168
Simmons-Carrasco, Heather161
Simon, Gerald (fire chief)133
Sinatra, Frank123
Sing Kee Laundry61
Sing, Kee61
sister city (Izumo, Japan)156
Sisters of Notre Dame44, 53
skate parks154
Skowronek, Russell K.156
Slavens, Harold105
smallpox epidemic37
Smith Bakery91
Smith, Jedediah10/11/2026
Smith, Thomas, general store (newspaper advertisement)76
Smith, William M. (captain)16-17
Sobrato Development159
Sociedade Do Espirito Santo (Society of the Holy Spirit)64, 92, 124
Society of the Holy Spirit (SES)64, 92, 124
So-co-is-u-ka (Laurelwood) (site of first Catholic mass)4
South Pacific Coast Railroad63, 64, 81
Southern Methodist Church59
Southern Pacific Railroad50, 81, 130
Souza, Everett N. “Eddie” (mayor)133, 159
Spain3, 8, 10, 24
Spanish rule3, 7-8
Sparacino, Jennifer (city manager)148, 153, 160
Spence, David J. 97
Spitz, Mark153
sports108, 111, 116, 153, 154, 159, 161
squatters11, 18, 20, 35, 41
St. Ignatius College (San Francisco)85
St. Joseph’s Academy (Oakland)85
St. Joseph’s School53
St. Mary’s Academy53
Stablemates (men’s club)126
stage service41
Stanford University130
State of California153, 155, 156
Stearns, F. R., Watchmaker & Jeweler (newspaper advertisement)76
Stegner, Wallace90
Stevens Creek BMW140
Stevens Creek Boulevard130, 131, 140
Stocking, Leonard (doctor)155
Stockton Rancho (Rancho El Potrero de Santa Clara)19, 21, 44, 45
Stockton, Robert F. (commodore)19, 45
Stockton’s nursery (Robert)45
Stone, Edward Durrell (architect)144
street paving105
Strickland, Everett75
Sudduth, Jill161
Sullivan, Alice Phelan106
Sullivan, Noel106
Sun Microsystems130, 154, 155, 163
survey, town18, 59, 60, 65
Sutter’s Fort16
Sweeney Ridge3
swim center145, 153
swimming153, 161
Swope, William (lieutenant)60
Syer, Robert R.97
Sylvia, Manuel122
tallow industry10
Tamien tribal district2
Tanner Hose Company46-47, 62, 71, 77, 119, 121
tanneries4-3, 60, 63, 70, 71, 75, 77, 91
Tansill, Robert (lieutenant)16-17
Tasman Drive158
Taylor, Bayard41
Techmart153, 158
tennis club158
territorial expansion10
Texas16
Theater (Casa Grande)135
Thomas, Claudia Kolb153
Thorn, E. V. (newspaper advertisement)76
Tiger Engine Co.41, 46-47
Tobin, J. F., Confectionary and Fruit Store (newspaper advertisement)76
Toledo, Anthony (mayor)135
Toledo, Frank119
Toledo’s Market135
Toqueville, Alexis de (quoted)92
Town Board of Trustees39, 41, 44, 75, 115
town charter59, 93, 115, 123
town constable41
Town Hall62, 77, 94
Town jail94
Town Library93, 94
town marshal104
Town of Santa Clara18, 20, 30-31, 39, 41, 59, 93, 115, 123
town plat18, 65
Town Plaza103
town survey18, 59, 60, 65
Township Justices of the Peace44, 49
Township of Santa Clara44
townships44
trading companies10
transportation41-44, 47, 50, 81, 105, 168
Travis, J.60
trees8, 29, 43, 139, 163, 168
Triton Museum of Art132, 141
trolley line64, 77
True Fellowship Lodge No. 238 (newspaper advertisement)76
Ulistac Natural Preserve159
Union (of states)20
Union Hotel19, 41, 42, 45
United Gas and Electric Company (San Jose)91
United States Land Commission41
United States Synchronized Swimming Team161
United States16, 17, 18
Universal Bakery91, 136
University Avenue66-67
University Electric135
University of the Pacific20, 51, 66
Unknown B. B. Club of Santa Clara (newspaper advertisement)76
Upton, C. W. (newspaper advertisement)76
Urban Renewal Administration115
urban renewal136
utilities department114
utilities64, 91, 148
Uvas Dam114
Vallejo, Gaudalupe (quoted)13
Valley Fair Shopping Center131
Valley of Heart’s Delight89
Valley Transportation Authority148, 168
Vancouver, George7
Varona, Donna de153
Vasconcellos, John135
Vasquez, Frank (police chief)133, 143
Verein (social club)60, 93
Verifone Systems159
Veteran’s Memorial156
Vigilance Committee41
Visconti, Don (fire chief)133
visitors153, 158
Viso, James, and Associates114
Voltmer Bakery91
Von Raesfeld, Donald R. (city manager)133, 142, 146-149, 153
Wade’s Mission Pharmacy136
wagon trains14-15, 21
Walsh Avenue154
Warburton home (Henry)25
Warburton Pharmacy25
Warburton, Austen141
Warburton, Henry Hulme (doctor)20, 25
Warburton, Henry Luke97
Wares, Theodore141
washday (Californio)13
Washington School107
Washington Street76, 83, 94
water system8, 91, 100-101
weather forecasting61
Weber, Charles F. (captain)16-17
Wells Fargo bank68
Werner, William H.62, 75
West Valley/Mission Community College District132, 133
Westin Hotel153, 158, 159
Westwood Oaks115
Whistman, John41
White Caps (vigilante group)34
White House Saloon (Merrill & Clifford) (newspaper advertisement)76
Widney (John) Building62
Widney, J., Store58
Widney’s Auction Store (newspaper advertisement)76
Wilcox High School141
Wilson School78
Wilson, O. W.63
Wilson, William A.91, 136
Wilson’s Jewel Bakery91, 136
Withrow, A. A., Saddles, Harness, Leather (newspaper advertisement)76
Wolfe, Larry161
Women’s Christian Temperance Union93
women’s clubs7, 93, 106, 109, 156
women’s schools51, 53
World War I91, 93
World War II52, 104, 111-113, 122, 123, 127, 129
Wright brothers85
Wutzit Club115, 123
YMI (Young Man’s Institute)125
Young Man’s Institute (YMI)125
Young, de (sailing master, U.S.N.)16-17
youth activities115, 123, 154
Youth Center, Jefferson115
Youth Village115, 123
Yuba County79
Yugoslavia113
zanja, Mission (canal)5
Zayante Ranch34, 35