TOP LEFT: 石 c なた Just two communities, Alviso and 加ル催、 . 召 wa / ks East Palo Alto, exist on these 10W , OV / イ acce 、ゞを / みド flood-prone shores. With the reglon s lowest land prlces, historically they BELOW: Sa ″ 20 〃 have provided affordable housing for ル″ e c 、な〃 10W income families. As the port for わ毋 , w げ co / 0 尾イ San Jose, Alviso thrived in the days 0f steamship commerce, but the once evg 〃 0 / es / 〃 the S ″〃 . bustling wharves fell silent under competition om the railroad. East Pa10 AIto grew after WorId War Ⅱ as house s squeezed out truck farms and nurseries. Recently the city moved tO enhance its economy with high-rise offices and 。、 big-box" retail stores. Commercial activity iS concentrated near the Port 0f Redwood City, alongside Highways 101 and 237 , in the Moffett Field complex, and in a few remalmng active salt ponds. The Don Edwards San Francisco LEFT CENTER: ~ ー c んん Bay National Wildlife Refuge based in ルイ〃 ta ハん . The Fremont manages the South Bay public wetlands 仕 om Redwood City t0 the wa / 夜・ 's edge. Alviso to Hayward. lt is charged with the largest wetlands reclamation LOWER LEFT: 犬 4 ″′ 04 イ pro 」 ect outside 0f the Florida 'g 励ビ d な″イ 挈 an 翔 ara / ん / / 0 Everglades in order tO preserve D ″川わ al ・ / 0 〃 Bridge. habitat, save threatened and endangered species, protect birds BELOW: ~ に ' 、〃 4 0 ら mi grating along the Pacific flyway, 犬イル 00 イ夜ゆ . and provide opp ortuniti e s for nature study and interpretive programs. 召のリ〃 ar ⅲ 4. / と c ″″た & 29

を : ド を。 LEFT: 2 ′た 0 ー 0 ′ c 4 ′雇 レ花 w 0 川 , 4 / / 〃 0 〃 / 火 044 力の″の〃〃な . BELOW: ん 0 〃 2 ″ ~ ′ & 可アハ / 2 〃 e 立ノ al 〃立〃面 . public buildings and ornate Victorian home s sprouted among the tre e s. The Chamber of Commerce coined the slogan "Valley 0f Heart's Delight" t0 promote the area as an idyllic place tO live and tO visit. Springtime blossom tours and festivals attracted visitors 行 0 m around the world. Agriculture and fruit processing prospered until the 1950S when defense-related technology firms established during the war expanded intO the orchards. Housing tracts, highways, and shopping centers followed. Like islands in an ocean of concrete and asphalt, a few "heritage orchard" plOts are malntained as reminders of that bucolic era. 町鰤行 第 T 0 ド℃ V GA 0 こ 民リ RS こ費 V 0 ′し P をし凵 E ラよい一、崧物、要 0 ′′第 4 んぐ第 - 第第「 00 0 要第 0 ′ 04 い′・ 、は一製ま 30 高ぐ、こて 0 : 、し滝 0 をを編編、第 0 0 気第破釭を : 調こ 0 、 0 、 0 ムしし要 0 ・ 0 洋 04 、当、も 0 、物引 ! 、物・ ! を 4 ! 0 第を物器第 0 ・ みミ 0 ( れ哀 0 ー 0 1 第純一 0 第、 1 物を、一をム第 LOWER LEFT: んみ , ' 、 / OW ビド CO 〃〃〃ビ〃 ~ 0 ′ 4 / es 444 Ca / . LEFT: ーに′″ ag ツ・ wo / 〃 g ア・″″ / 尾 e 、ゞ 、Ⅲ " 0 〃〃イ & 毋 , v 記ビ 550 E. 火夜〃ⅲ g / 0 〃 Dr. BELOW: ん 0 、″ ″な加〃 0 〃 . The ノ . G 〃わ夜プ & ⅲ / ん / io ″ ( 790 〃〃イ 0 尾ん al eq ″ゆ〃肥〃 / 補挈 / の ,.

ABOVE: T んⅢ 00 イⅵイ & 00 d w ″ん 2 夜加 d 襯夜℃カ 0 〃 d なビ , 乃・の〃 LEFT: US. ″4g ′ 4 ー〃 g 7849. 励 0 川の Fa 〃 0 〃 立 4 / ″ e E. 面 / 〃 & 立面襯 Sa 〃面 . TOP LEFT: Sa 〃 0 、に ' 、 0 に立わ〃″市〃 g. 夜Ⅵ〃 4 図わ e 卩 79 な ノ 75 &. 面ん〃尾 1847 "Battle of the Mustard Stalks ” in Santa Clara. The area's Spanish- Mexican heritage IS 1 れ OSt evident in the basic north-south road pattern, including EI Camino Real (The King's Highway) and the name s 0 f numerous landscape features and communities. Pro sp ectors om around the world poured into California after the 1848 gold discovery. Santa Clara Valley played an important role in supplying the miners with 応 Od and with mercury 01 れ cinnabar mmes at New Almaden, used t0 dissolve gold 行 om its ore. After the GoId Rush many prospectors discovered a 1 れ ore lasting treasure ln the valley' s たⅲ厄 soil, temperate climate, and abundant artesian water. ABOVE:. Ba ″ 0 / Se 叫ⅲ c 夜 7 / 夜 7 〃 / ・ん al 窺 Ca 襯ⅲ 0 犬 ea / , Sa 〃 Clara. LEFT: 4 第な、れ Sa 〃 70 卩 79 み訪ⅲ″ 〃 za / 夜・な加ノ 985.

ABOVE LEFT : お 4 〃ん by new high-rise Offices, convention 0 / 川催た 4 み〃″市〃 g facilities, hotels, theaters, galleries, and museums. The Tech Museum s scr 叩夜い / 2 & ム / Of lnnovation educates visitors on E. 立〃 Clara. 卩 92 の the role 0f technology in their ABOVE RIGHT: お 4 ″ 0 〃 lives, while The Children's Discovery Museum introduces science tO a young audience (see pages 30 and 31 ). The long neglected Guadalupe 立面〃肥 & 卩め River bank is being landsc 叩 ed int0 a RIGHT: 4 ー〃、〃 0 / ・ linear park with trails linkmg hotels れ卩 89 み図 and re staurants tO the Arena sports venue and beyond. TO attract visitors 月 0 & 外 e / &. at weekends historlc street cars operate on the downtown section Of the light rail mass fransit system linking southern S an Jose suburb s with Mountain View in the north. ・第当第 ! 第・第第峯 ABOVE: S 〃 2 ′′ CO 〃 お〃″市〃 g. / 召 M わⅲ″ drive, 火 C, ⅲな . ル〃〃げ / 4 わ第 99 Ⅳ 0 / 尾 Da 〃肥加ノ 955. LEFT: G 〃 4 記〃 2 に犬加催 ~ 4 . 0 ・んⅵ施 trails な ave ビ dOW' 〃 / OW' 〃 / D な 00 怩り , Meadow. RIGHT: HP 24 ⅵ″ 0 ル Sa 〃面」尾〃 4 挈な v ビ〃″ e , Sa 〃 Clara St. 19

Atherton, Menlo Park, and Redwood City LEFT : ル〃加、 - Ca ′加〃 oldest ん 0 ″卩 86 の ん、、買〃ユゾ V ビ seve ′ / 襯 0 リ , the ん訂 / 0 9 & 4 / ツ〃市の 4 . B ELOW : S 〃〃、 〃わ〃 g. Co / 0 〃 g の夜パ e 工℃ the ル 2 ゞ川 lifestyle 80 胸 / / ow 4 売〃 / 0 ん " ル 0 挈 0 / 加 Ca 〃ル川 Q 〃と 4 04 た g 0 ↓℃ s 加 the ⅵ c 加 / り , Of M 劭 / 0 P 砿ん ' Moore and DePue ( 1878 ) 刀 / / ra イ〃な / 0 可・ Sa 〃 Mateo CO ″〃り , 0 LEFT: おん 0 イ 24 . , 4 0 & / わ / ℃ 4 / 0 〃 ce cov 夜℃イビ尸ビ〃加 s ″ / 4 , 召 4 〃 / 0 Pa BELOW: ノ〃 0 Sc 0 矼 c / ro / 42 ん 0 〃 ogrg 月カ 〃 d 〃 70 Vie 〃 / 0 〃 ee カ eo 〃 Douglass 〃怩イⅲ 帰ゆ ra な 0 火 4 , 4 げ / 0 〃ⅲビ 792 広 . ealthy San Franc1scans seeking esc 叩 e 斤 om the city's chill summer fog followed the advice of Moore and DePue and located their vast 19th century retreats ⅲ the enticing oak groves 0fMen10 Park and Atherton. The estates are smaller today, but many Of Atherton s oaks remain tO shade the sumptuous homes 0f Silicon Valley's successful entrepreneurs and financlers. Named after the father-in- law Of onetime scandalous SOCiety author Gertrude Atherton, the town excludes all commercial businesses. MenlO park combines a prosperous residential community with high- 10

LEFT: 防″ 4 4 石′ 4 財 0 〃セ . 卩 88 の〃か〃 Morgan 〃 / ″ 's 0 〃 e 夜 7 〃〃り ra 〃勧ん 0 ″ , 7 7860 ん〃 / 夜・ 0 火 4 Morgan 〃〃 /. たⅲ厄 soil around Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Gilroy. Affordable homes on large lOts compensate for a SIOW commute north on Highway 101. Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Francisco socialite, married a local landowner's daughter in 1884. They built a spacious Queen Anne-style ranch house, ViIla Mira Monte, that still stands on Monterey Highway overlooking the Morgan Hill distinctive conical peak 0f 日 Toro. Although most agricultural activity is in decline, the town still has a thriving mushroom growing business. Gilroy at the southern end 0f the valley is also プー expanding rapidly as a commuter town but remams proud Of its reputation as "The Garlic C 叩 ital of the World" and the headquarters 0f G01dsmith's seed business. A loss of vineyards t0 development caused large vintners tO 1 ove tO Monterey C ounty, but thriving family- 0 、 vned boutique winerles have maintained the South Valley's role as California's oldest continually ア 0 Ⅲ・なカ west 可 G ・のみ producing wine region. ln addition tO Wine tasting, the area Offers a varlety BELOW LEFT: ーお 4 ー Sa 〃 T 催 4 ん 4 . 0f outdoor pursuits, including golf, R&D w ″ん襯 / Bonfante Gardens family theme park, boating, and hiking. Scenic back roads BELow.Valley 04 . and public parks provide access t0 the 強 Coast Range foothills so admired by John Muir. BELOW: Ga ′〃 c おⅲ , 記 加 w 〃 / ow 〃 Gilroy. 日第 : ル第評 23

LEFT: おーん〃た ノ〃〃 w 〃 's S 〃ノ 0 、 e 召″ d イんな / C ん″℃ん 召ビな″加卩 93 つ , 640 Ⅳ 5 &. 砿 カイり ca 〃 〃夜・″ age Plaza, ノ 700 ん川犬 0 , 4 . ( c 夜 7 / の 4 population t0 over 850 , 000 and making San Jose one Of the most highly integrated cities in the nation. East of downtown, the oldest residential neighborhood 0f Naglee Park is a mixture Of Victorians and modern apartments. A number Of its landmark historic buildings, including the homes 0f poet Edwin Markham and photographer/environmentalist Andrew P. Hill, have been relocated to History Park at Kelley Park. The Shasta-Hanchett, Rose Garden, and 嶬行Ⅱ ow Glen districts contain predominantly Cali fornia Craftsman- era bungalows, small ranch houses, and traditi onal shopping streets 0 f the 1920S and 1930S. Encircling these are endless tracts Of single-story ranch-style homes, apartments , strip mall s , and indus tri 引 parks dating 斤 om the 1950S through the 1970S. More ostentatious houses displaying the new found wealth of the region began tO spread intO the foothills in the 1980S and 1990S. The suburban city of Campbell, a former fruit drying and canning c enter, is completely surrounded by San Jose. A water tower and complex Of brick buildings that housed the Hyde Cannery stand on C ampb ell Avenue as reminders ofthe orchard era. LEFT & ABOVE : Ca 川 2 みに″′のハ . P 翔〃の・ d Tow 夜 0 〃ビッ、〃 co 〃帰 / / の膏 アハ / g ん and / ん g ん′な〃ホⅲ 4 カ〃 d 〃 tal wa / 夜・ / ow 夜・ な . ル 4 ル尾 d 0 〃 / OW 〃 BELOW: Sa 〃〃 4 犬 0 ル . Mixedshopping の 尾ⅵ d 夜ⅲ / complex & の盟パ C 尾〃 d 心 圧ⅲ c ん e 夜・ . ヤ 1 0 物 ~ 21

Milpitas, Santa CIara, and Sunnyvale " & / " 04 〃 d w ″ん ro / 0 0 尾カ・ゞ Q / 、 c ん 0 た e 訂″ / な , ″ な 0 〃 e Q / 、ビ Oldest 〃 d 川 0 訂 〃 g ん第 / 娵 / 0C4 d / ow 加 the 訂 0 . Adams and Bishop ( 1884 ) The Pacific To Ⅲ・な / anta Clara's prolific orchards thrived on deep alluvial soils deposited during f100ds that often inundated the valley and destroyed the first Spanish mission shortly after its dedication in 1777. Founded by Jesuits on a later mlssion site in 1851 , Santa Clara University is the oldest private college in theWest. Santa Clara's first manufacturing p lant, Eb erhard ' s tannery op ened in 1849. 1906 saw the area's first engineering concern, JOShua Hendy's lron Works, established in Sunnyvale. At one time the largest, Ford's Milpitas plant is now the Great Mall shopp ing outl et. Sunnyval e ' s ma. 」 or employer, the Lockheed Martin space and missile plant, ushered in the LEFT: T んおん C 〃み色 0 〃た″図か召 e 〃と〃 Field ove ′・ / 00 ん S 〃 / g カ w の ) 237. をい朝に CENTER: 70 、〃 4 The va / / の膏ア / / 行 was 〃 70 んイ 407 Ea 〃 e 〃みしれ , e , 立〃 1 観厄 ABOVE: 4 0 〃′ go 川 , 0 わん ca 〃 襯夜〃 0 ′・ / / 0 the Sa 〃 Clara し〃ⅳ夜り , 2 ル & ゞ 0 ′ w ん 0 〃 tade ( 加〃。尾めア / g ん ⅲノ 883 ⅲ 4 ん ea ⅵ夜・ / 〃〃 4 わ・〃 7 0 ん / 〃 e he called 4 夜・ 0 〃ん〃 e. LEFT: Sa 〃 C / ″′″ U ⅲハ , C ん〃尾ん 励な尾〃〃 ca 可 / ん 0 〃 7 ビ r 〃 7 な 5 ' / 0 〃 0 ん 4 〃 e / was わ″〃 / 4 / / / 肥 c ビ〃 / 夜・ 研 c 〃加ノ 92 & 5 ℃ c 行 0 〃 Q / ・ビ 0 g ⅲ / わビ wall な

■ー and financial technology, legal, service businesses. LOW profile Offices lining Sand Hill Road house many 0f the nation S most successful venture c 叩 italists. High-tech think tank SRI lnternatio nal i s noted for its work in robotics, computing, and the lnternet. The San Mateo County seat of Redwood City is generally accepted as the northern boundary 0f Silicon Valley. Named for lumber shipped 仕 om its bay-front wharves t0 build San Francisco, the port moved closer to the bay after the creek silted up. County admini strative building s now occupy much 0f downtown. lndustrial parks created by filling the shallow bay shore mudflats have attracted many technology compames, 什 01 れ Video recording moneer Ampex tO computer software giant Oracle. Bay Area contributions tO the science of flight are exhibited at the Hiller Aviation Museum. ABOVE: 44 ″お roa 市Ⅷ , , イル 00 イ夜り ,. 乃ビ g 厩 @当″〃わ 0 / 川 ks these offices as 4 0 〃←ⅲ〃 e ん 0 / わ e 研 dO / - CO 〃 7 act ⅳ / . TOP RIGHT: S 加〃 ん加 4 ′ , 4cc ′ 4 加′ ( S ん , 4C ). Sc 池〃〃 s な / ビ 4 〃 7 s 〃 zas ん夜・ 0 〃 立〃イ〃 / ″ Rd んの d e ア′ US web an イ the 〃 0 〃肥ん℃ w genesis Q / ・川 4 〃 ) , s ー RIGHT CENTER: 300 ″ S 〃イ〃襯犬雇ビ 尾 s 〃 g 夜〃 / 0 の・ん LOWER RIGHT: し & G 0 ん g た記 S 〃” ,. Q / ・ eal ・臾 ct ⅳの , , 34 M イ / ツ犬 4 た〃 / 0 Park. RIGHT: . M 夜〃 0 4 S 加″ 0 〃 T んビ、ゞ ' s oldest ra ″ ro イ 卩 86 刀 welcomed ビ wea ″の , 第・ 0 襯 S ロ〃 F 4 〃 0 な CO / 0 / ん e か S ″〃 7 〃 estates. を物第擎

ーれを第 Twin, 8- fOOt high concrete cats ABOVE: Santa C ′〃こ guarding a gateway on the Santa Cruz Highway inspired the feline inslgnia Ca 0 〃ア・ 0 襯召 / ac た for the town Of LOS Gatos. Mountain 火 4 neal ・カ G 0 & lions still prowl the steep, redwood- TOP LEFT: ん 0 、 Ga 加 S. covered hills above the Forbes FIour bw 〃わ〃肥 . / と召 / Ⅲ℃ Mill Museum on Los Gatos Creek, the カ Canada around which the town grew as a わⅲ / 浦〃 g / Ⅲァ卩 890 ) center Of commerce for west valley orchard farmers. Although severely RIGHT: ん 0 4 〃イん 0 〃化 damaged by earthquakes a number 0f Feline g ″・ホ可 times, many downtown vintage ノ 7525 立〃 0 ・に〃れ ) , buildings have survived and been 豆〃化 7922. restored as restaurants and boutiques. Los Gatos Creek Parkway's 14- BELOW: / 4 、 0 〃 4 ん 4 mile, off-street hikmg and biking trail ~ ″ . 力の Gatos 0 ℃ ・ん w の , / ra 〃 . tO San Jose skirts the downtown area alongside the freeway, and traverses Oak Creek and Vasona Lake Parks, Santa Clara County's most popular fishing and boating spot. At its peak in the 1870S , New Almaden was California's most profitable nmning complex. A lone survwing chimney on the hillside above a narrow canyon south east Of LOS Gatos locates the site Of a warren Of tunnel s exc avated for mercury- producing cinnabar used in refining gold. Casa Grande, the mine head- quarters , and c ottages in the Almaden Quicksilver County Park are listed on the National Register Of Historic Places. 27