The old port town of Alviso, nestled in the southernmost point of San Francisco Bay, was busy long before the gold rush. It began in the 1700s as a landing for Mission Santa Clara, where Californios drove oxcarts heavy with cowhides and tallow to load aboard ships bound for New England and Europe. Later immigrants disembarked from paddle-wheel steamers to establish farms and businesses throughout the South Bay. Quicksilver from the New Almaden mines, lumber from the Santa Cruz Mountains, and grains and produce of the Santa Clara Valley all passed over these weathered docks. Several prominent entrepreneurs, including James Lick, got a foothold here, and its yacht harbor, now echoing only the slap of wasteblackened marsh water on mud-bound boats, once drew the likes of Jack London to its colorful saloons, gambling dens, and bordellos.
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Filmmaker and photographer Robert Burrill, author of the Images of America volume Milpitas, has teamed up with Lynn Rogers, author and illustrator of several books including Born in Berkeley. Using images gathered from public and private collections, they guide readers through these eddies of time, from a once boisterous past, to the charming bohemian village bordering a wildlife refuge that is Alviso today.
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Food and provisions were key to the pioneers of Early California. In early 1849 only one riverboat booked passage on the San Francisco Bay. "The Southern Route"- a ring around from Mission Dolores to Mission Santa Clara and the Mission San Jose-- located in today's Fremont-- was the road taken by 3/4 of our 49'ers. If you came after 1851 you were a follower. . . Then, the country's economy faced a Civil War, the "Ribbon of Rail" that would bind our new country together came in 1869. . .
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San Jose, San Francisco, James Lick, Port Alviso, Guadalupe River, Alviso Slough, First Street, New Chicago, Alviso Library, John Rock, Santa Clara Valley, Bay Area, Catherine Street, Courtesy William Wulf, Jack London, San Diego, Tom Laine, Bayside Cannery, Courtesy Darrell Severinsen, Domingo Alviso, Station Island, United States, Santa Cru New!
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San Jose, San Francisco, James Lick, Port Alviso, Guadalupe River, Alviso Slough, First Street, New Chicago, Alviso Library, John Rock, Santa Clara Valley, Bay Area, Catherine Street, Courtesy William Wulf, Jack London, San Diego, Tom Laine, Bayside Cannery, Courtesy Darrell Severinsen, Domingo Alviso, Station Island, United States, Santa Cru New!
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- Civil War (The Civil War) by Linda R. Wade on page 77
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