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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHF0_san-jose-buddhist-church-betsuin_San-Jose-CA.html
In 1902 a San Jose Buddhist Church was founded as a recognized branch of the San Francisco Buddhist Church. In 1906 property at 630 North 5th Street was purchased and services conducted by the first resident minister from Japan Reverend Honen Taka…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEW_the-burning-of-san-jose-chinatown_San-Jose-CA.html
In Memory ofThe Burning of San Jose ChinatownMay 4, 1887On this site on May 4, 1887 a mysterious fire, deliberately set, destroyed San Jose's Chinatown. This was the largest Chinatown South of San Francisco. A community of bachelors and of familie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEV_chinatown_San-Jose-CA.html
From 1872 to 1887, a large Chinese population occupied this block of Market Street. Despite considerable discrimination against them, the Chinese managed to survive within their insular community. By the late 1880's, as downtown businesses began e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG85_h-g-wades-warehouse_San-Jose-CA.html
Harry George Wade's Warehouse was originally used to store hay and grain bound for San Francisco. It was later used to store stagecoaches for the Alviso to Monterey stage lines. In addition to being used by Wells Fargo and Company for stagecoach r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG83_la-montagne-boarding-house_San-Jose-CA.html
Originally built as a private home, the house was remodeled in 1904 to serve as a boarding house for PG&E employees. It was later purchased by William Clampett and Jane Huxham in the 1920s. During the 1940s, boat restoration work for PG&E was perf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5W_china-camp_San-Jose-CA.html
This building served as lodging for many Bayside Cannery workers who normally lived in San Francisco or other distant cities. In addition to dorm rooms, the building also contained a kitchen and dining hall. During the cannery's operation, this bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5U_bayside-cannery_San-Jose-CA.html
Established ca.1906, Bayside Canning Company expanded to become the third largest cannery in the United States by 1931. Under the leadership of Thomas Foon Chew, Bayside was the first cannery in the world to can green asparagus. The main building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5D_union-warehouse-and-docks_San-Jose-CA.html
During Alviso's years as a major shipping port, this warehouse was used for the storage of goods prior to shipping. It was later incorporated into Bayside Cannery and used as a cold storage and refrigeration plant. Today it stands as one of the ol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5A_alviso_San-Jose-CA.html
∙∙∙Known as the El Embarcadero de Santa Clara in pre-American days. ∙∙∙Was the port of entry for San Jose prior to the coming of the railroad. ∙∙∙Surveyed and platted by C.S. Lyman in 1849.W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9K_site-of-first-mining-in-california_San-Jose-CA.html
Here, along Arroyo de los Alamitos Creek in 1824, Lu Cabolla and Antonio Su?ol first worked New Almaden ore in an arrastra. In constant production since 1845, more than a million flasks of quicksilver valued at over 50 million dollars have been pr…