San Jose - 200 Years - San Jose, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 37° 19.858 W 121° 53.338
10S E 598426 N 4132167
This small Plaza is dedicated to the commeoration of the founding of the town of San Jose...now California's third largest City.
Waymark Code: WMEBFT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Around the corner from San Jose's Convention Center..is this small plaza of a few trees, benchses and a wall..with a few plaques.
One of the plaques reads:

"DEDICATION

THIS PLAZA, COMMEMORATING THE
200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF
THE PUEBLO OF SAN JOSE DE GUADALUPE ON
NOVEMBER 29, 1777 IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
CITY MANAGER A.P."DUTCH" HAMANN (1950-1969),
AND HIS WIFE, FRANCES, WHO PERISHED IN THE AIRLINE
DISASTER AT SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE,
CANARY ISLANDS, MARCH 27, 1977.
DUTCH IS GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZED FOR
HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
SAN JOSE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, INC.
DUTCH AND FRANCES WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED
FOR THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO OUR COMMUNITY.

JUNE 11, 1977"

Wikipedia (visit link) adds:

"San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later became Alta California.[5] The city served as a farming community to support Spanish military installations at San Francisco and Monterey. When California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose served as its first capital.[6]

After more than 150 years as a small farming city, San Jose and the surrounding Santa Clara Valley became the last (and largest) contiguous area of undeveloped land surrounding the San Francisco Bay. San Jose experienced increased demand for housing from soldiers and veterans returning from World War II. San Jose then continued its aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s by annexing more land area. The rapid growth of the high-technology and electronics industries further accelerated the transition from an agricultural center, to an urbanized metropolitan area."
Subject: City

Commemoration: 1977

Date of Founding: 11/29/1777

Date of Commemoration: 6/11/1977

Address:
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Detail Photograph:

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Web site if available: Not listed

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