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Joseph D. Grant died in 1942. Santa Clara County purchased approximately 9,553 acres (38.7 km 2) of the land in 1975, and created this public park. Joseph D. Grant County Park is situated in the Diablo Range, near Mount Hamilton. Elevations range from about 1,400 feet (427 m) in Halls Valley to peaks over 2,985 feet (910 m) on the Park's ...
Santa Clara County's first parkland was purchased in on January 24, 1924 from Joseph M. Mac Donough and Bessie P. MacDonough, a 400-acre (160 ha) parcel near Cupertino which eventually became Stevens Creek County Park.
Adam Grant was a founder of Murphy, Grant, & Company, a dry goods store which sold supplies to gold miners, bought his initial holding of Cañada de Pala in 1880. Grant's son, Joseph D. Grant, eventually owned approximately 9,533 acres (38.6 km 2). In 1974, Grant Ranch was purchased by Santa Clara County for park use.
California's Wildlife Conservation Board voted last week to grant more than $10 million to protect a 27,000-acre cattle ranch on the the Central Coast.
Grant Lake, also called Halls Valley Lake, is an artificial lake located in Santa Clara County, California. It is located 1,598 ft (487 m) above sea level within Joseph D. Grant County Park . See also
The County Park is bordered by Los Altos with some parts of the eastern part of the County Park in western Cupertino. The Open Space Preserve is on the west side of the County Park, also bordered by Los Altos Hills, Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, and the Permanente Quarry. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District manages both the 3988 ...
Acquisitions to date include the 1,756-acre (711 ha) Rancho Cañada de Pala, straddling the Alameda Creek and Coyote Creek watersheds for California tiger salamander habitat; a conservation easement on the 3,259-acre Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, which abuts the north side of Joseph D. Grant County Park; a conservation easement on the 28,359-acre San ...
The "ranch" in 99 Ranch means freshness (“as if straight from a ranch,” Alice says) and the "99," in Mandarin Chinese pronounced jiu jiu,is a homophone for longevity. “The double meaning is 99%.