Author: KELLEY, EDWARD & PEGGY CONAWAY
Title: Railroads of Los Gatos
Description: Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0738546615. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition, with just a tiny bit of rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Los Gatos was not always the gem of the foothills. It began in 1840 as Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos (corner of the cats) , a reference to the high number of bobcats and cougars that often descended from the mountains and attacked cattle there in Spanish colonial days. To the south of the modern township, near modern-day Vasona Park, a single adobe home owned by José Hernandez and his family was the only permanent structure until James Alexander Forbes purchased a parcel of land from the Hernandezes in 1854. Forbes built a flour mill on the property along Los Gatos Creek, and around the mill grew a small settlement of employees, lumberjacks, stagecoach drivers, saloon keepers, and so on. In 1861, John W. Lyndon began buying land across the creek from the mill. His Ten Mile House became the center of the western settlement, with the mill acting as the center of the eastern town. " (from Railroads of the Monterey Bay Area). Very Good+ .
Keywords: 0738546615 Railroadiana Edward Kelley Peggy Conaway Los Gatos, CA Californiana California History
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Title: Railroads of Los Gatos
Description: Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0738546615. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition, with just a tiny bit of rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Los Gatos was not always the gem of the foothills. It began in 1840 as Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos (corner of the cats) , a reference to the high number of bobcats and cougars that often descended from the mountains and attacked cattle there in Spanish colonial days. To the south of the modern township, near modern-day Vasona Park, a single adobe home owned by José Hernandez and his family was the only permanent structure until James Alexander Forbes purchased a parcel of land from the Hernandezes in 1854. Forbes built a flour mill on the property along Los Gatos Creek, and around the mill grew a small settlement of employees, lumberjacks, stagecoach drivers, saloon keepers, and so on. In 1861, John W. Lyndon began buying land across the creek from the mill. His Ten Mile House became the center of the western settlement, with the mill acting as the center of the eastern town. " (from Railroads of the Monterey Bay Area). Very Good+ .
Keywords: 0738546615 Railroadiana Edward Kelley Peggy Conaway Los Gatos, CA Californiana California History
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42514
- Book number: 42514
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