First Site of El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe - San Jose, CA
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A historical marker marking the First Site of El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe.
Waymark Code: WMA9VD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2010
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Within a year after the opening of the first overland route from Mexico to Alta California, Governor Felipe de Neve authorized the establishment of the first civil settlement in the state on lands including and surrounding the present civic center. Lieutenant Jose Joaquin Moraga, with 14 settlers and their families, arrived in the Santa Clara Valley to found El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe on November 29, 1777.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 11/29/1777
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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