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The land for the park was donated by Mildred Overfelt in 1959, in memory of her parents, William and Mary Overfelt, early San Jose pioneers that started grain and dairy farms in the 1850s. [1] Mildred specified the park was intended "to provide a place of rest, relaxation, aesthetic, and other enjoyment for the people of San Jose" and no sports ...
Hellyer County Park [1] is one of 28 [2] Santa Clara County Parks. The park is located just off of Highway 101 in San Jose, California, United States. The 178-acre (72 ha) park is home to Hellyer Park Velodrome and Cottonwood Lake. Other recreational opportunities at the park include picnicking, hiking, fishing, biking, and a playground.
Santa Clara County bought 490 acres for $4 million to expand Mt. Madonna County Park. [8] Restored Casa Grande landmark reopens at Santa Clara County Park, November, 2010. [9] 14 miles of new trails coming to Santa Clara County park. [10] Silicon Valley holdout: 287-acre farm in the heart of sprawl on the way to becoming public park. [11]
South Bay Shores is a water park located at California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, California. The water park is owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and opened as Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay in 2004. The name was shortened to Boomerang Bay in 2007. For the 2021 season, it was expanded and renamed ...
San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018. [18] San Jose is notable for its innovation, cultural diversity, [19] affluence, [20] and sunny and mild Mediterranean climate. [21]
Heinlenville (Chinese: 海因倫鎮; [5] also called the Sixth Street Chinatown 六街唐人埠 and San Jose Chinatown 散那些唐人埠 [6]) was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave in San Jose, California. Established in 1887 and demolished in 1931, it was the last and longest-lasting of San Jose's five Chinatowns.
Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259 as of the 2020 census. [4]
Alum Rock (/ ˈ æ l əm /) is a district of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. Formerly an independent town, it has been a neighborhood of San Jose since the 1950s, [3] though some portions are still unincorporated as a census-designated place. [4] Alum Rock is one of San Jose's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican-American ...