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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17C7_welcome-to-alum-rock-park_San-Jose-CA.html
Alum Rock Park was acquired in stages over many years. The original claim is based on the first land grant by Governor Filipe de Neve, July 22, 1778. Alum Rock Park has survived many challenges to that original grant and on March 13, 1872 the Cali…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17C0_mineral-springs-grotto_San-Jose-CA.html
The mineral springs located in this area have played an important role in the history and development of the park. Between 1891 and 1902, the Parks Commission began developing the park, highlighting the springs. During this period, over 20 differe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BZ_the-flood-of-1911-and-broad-gauge-rails_San-Jose-CA.html
Heavy rains fell during March of 1911 causing rail service from the Penitencia Creek Entrance to the Picnic Grounds to close. The rains continued swelling Penitencia Creek until it overflowed its banks. On March 7 an 8-foot wall of water from the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BY_steam-dummies-25-cents_San-Jose-CA.html
In 1891, Richard Quincey, a local wood and coal dealer, began building the first rail line to Alum Rock Park. Quincey began construction on May 11, 1891 at Santa Clara Street and McLauglin Avenue. By June 26, 1891, had reached White Road and has r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BX_electrification_San-Jose-CA.html
Following the Stock Market Crash of 1893, John Center took over the Alum Rock Railway for Richard Quincey. Shortly after he took over the line, John Center sold it for $1.00 to his nephew, Hugh Center.
By 1896, Hugh Center had the line running …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1429_frontier-village_San-Jose-CA.html
From 1961 to 1980 the park that you are now standing in was home to a one-of-a-kind western themed amusement park called Frontier VillageThe Entrance FortsThe main entrance was built to resemble the gates of an early western frontier fort. The bot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1411_hayes-mansion_San-Jose-CA.html
Mary Hayes Chynoweth, matriarch of the Hayes family, built this 65 room, 41,000 square foot Mediterranean Revival-Style mansion to replace an earlier Victorian one which had been destroyed by fire. While she did not live to occupy the mansion hers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM140Z_the-buena-vista_San-Jose-CA.html
The Buena Vista shaft commenced on July 5, 1882. It became the deepest sunk into the Quicksilver Mining Company's lands, eventually reaching a depth of 2,300 feet, 600 below sea level.
Though not itself a significant source of ore, the Buena Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ZT_winchester-mystery-house_San-Jose-CA.html
One hundred years have passed since Sarah L. Winchester first arrived in the Santa Clara Valley with nearly $20,000,000 and began quietly adding rooms to a small country farm house, then three miles west of San Jose. Ten years have passed since th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ZR_winchester-mystery-house_San-Jose-CA.html
The Winchester Mystery House was the home of Sarah Winchester, heiress to [the] Winchester Rifle fortune, from 1884 until her death in 1922.
Mrs. Winchester was convinced by an occultist that the lives of her husband and daughter had been taken…