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See also:SAN JOSE , a See also:city and the-See also:county-seat of See also:Santa See also:Clara county, See also:California, U.S.A., situated in the See also:coast ranges, about 46 m. S.E. of San Francisco and 8_ m. S.E. of the See also:southern end of San Francisco See also:Bay, in thej See also:heart of the beautiful Santa Clara Valley. Pop. (189o) 18,o6o; (1900) 21,500, of whom 4577 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 28,946; See also:land See also:area (1go6), about 6 sq. m. It is served by the Southern Pacific railway, which has See also:car shops and terminal yards here. The city lies mainly on a gently rising See also:plateau (See also:altitude, 90 to 125 ft.) between the See also:Coyote and Guadalupe See also:rivers. It is a popular See also:health resort.
Besides St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James and City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall parks in the city, San Jose has See also:Alum See also:Rock See also:Canyon See also:Park, a See also:tract of woo acres, with sixteen See also:mineral springs, in Penitencia Canyon, 7 M. See also:east. This park is connected by electric railway with the city. San Jose is the seat of the University of the Pacific (Methodist Episcopal), which was founded at Santa Clara in 1851, removed to its See also:present site just outside the city in 1871, and had 358 students in all departments in '1909-1910; of the See also:College of Notre See also:Dame (1851; See also:Roman See also:Catholic), and of a See also:State Normal School. Among charitable institutions are a See also:Home of Benevolence (1878) for orphans and abandoned See also:children, the Notre Dame See also:Institute (for orphans) under the Sisters of Notre Dame, and the O'See also:Connor See also:Sanatorium. The Lick See also:Observatory, opened in 1888 on the See also:top of See also:Mount See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton (4209 ft.) with a See also:legacy of $700,000 See also:left by James Lick (1796–1876) of San Francisco, is 26 m. distant by road, and the New See also:Almaden quicksilver mine (the greatest producer in California and See also:long among the greatest in the See also:world) is about 14 M. See also:south. The Santa Clara Valley has many See also:vegetable and See also:flower-See also:seed farms; it is one of the most fertile of the See also:fruit regions of California, prunes, grapes, peaches and apricots being produced in especial abundance. More than See also:half the See also:prune See also:crop of California comes from Santa Clara county. In 1905 the See also:total value of the factory product of San Jose was $6,388,445 (94.1 % more than in 1900) ; nearly one-half ($3,039,803) was the value of canned and preserved fruits and vegetables, $619,532 of planing-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products, and $518,728 of See also:malt liquors—much See also:barley is grown in the Santa Clara Valley.
San Jose de Guadalupe (after 1836 for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time " de See also:Alvarado " in See also:honour of See also:Governor J. B. Alvarado) was founded in See also:November 1777, and was the first See also:Spanish See also:pueblo of California. The See also:mission of Santa Clara was founded in the vicinity in See also:January 1777, and the mission of San Jose, about 12 M. See also:north-east, in 1797. Near the See also:original site of the former, in the See also:town of Santa Clara (pop. 1900, 3650), a suburb of San Jose, now stands Santa Clara College (Jesuit; founded 1851, chartered 1855). Throughout the Spanish-Mexican See also:period San Jose was a See also:place of considerable importance. In 1840 its See also:population was about 750. In the last years of Mexican dominion it was the most prominent of the See also:northern settlements in which the Hispano-Californian See also:element predominated over the new See also:American element. The town was occupied by the forces of the See also:United States in See also:July 1846; and a skirmish with the natives occurred in its vicinity in January 1847. San Jose was the first See also:capital of the state of California (1849-1851) and in 185o was chartered as a city.
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