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Japanese American Museum of San Jose, [16] Chinese Historical and Cultural Project, and Los Fundadores y Amigos de Alta California [16] established. Fairmont Hotel built. 1988 – Fairmont Plaza built. 1989 – Loma Prieta earthquake. 1990 Tech Museum of Innovation and San Jose International Airport's new terminal [26] open. Population: 782,248 ...
For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. [3] Permanent European presence in the area came with the 1770 founding of the Presidio of Monterey and Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo by Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south.
The Historical Museum of San José, managed by the city of San Jose, was founded in 1949 simultaneously with the State House centennial activities. [1] In 1965, Theron Fox persuaded the city of San Jose to set aside 16 acres (6.5 ha) at the south end of Kelley Park to house the San José Historical Museum, intended to be a historical ...
The Peralta Adobe (Spanish: Adobe Peralta), [3] also known as the Luis María Peralta Adobe or the Gonzales-Peralta Adobe, [4] is the oldest building in San Jose, California. [5] The adobe was built in 1797 by José Manuel Gonzeles, one of the founders of San Jose, and is named after Luis María Peralta, its most famous resident.
Pages in category "History of San Jose, California" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Timeline of San Jose, California; A. Alum Rock ...
The History of Mission San Jose, California, 1797–1835. Academy Library Press, Fresno, CA. Milliken, Randall (1995). A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769–1910. Ballena Press Publication, Menlo Park, CA. ISBN 0-87919-132-5. Milliken, Randall (2008). Native Americans at Mission San ...
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The Roberto-Suñol Adobe, also known as the Roberto Adobe & Suñol House is a historic adobe dwelling located in San Jose, California, within the former Rancho Los Coches. The house was built in 1836 by Roberto Balermino (Tamien of the Ohlone tribe), fourteen years before California's admittance to the Union.