Forbes Mill - Los Gatos, CA
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ucdvicky
N 37° 13.333 W 121° 58.825
10S E 590454 N 4120011
Plaque on an old mill in Los Gatos.
Waymark Code: WM2X6T
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Views: 30
The plaque reads
FORBES MILL
JAMES ALEXANDER FORBES, SCOTTISH IMMIGRANT AND ENTERPRISING
BUSINESSMAN, BOLDLY BEGAN BUILDING THIS GRISTMILL IN 1850. FORBES MILL
WAS PRODUCING WHEAT FLOUR FROM CROPS HARVESTED IN THE SOUTHERN SAN
JOSE AREA BY DECEMBER OF 1855. EBBING WATER SUPPLIES AND INCREASING
DEBTS CAUSED MR. FORBES TO SELL HIS MILL INCLUDING 2,000 ACRES TO
GUSTAF TOUCHARD ON DECEMBER 6, 1858. THE HEADWATER WAS RAISED 200
FEET AND A TURBINE REPLACED THE OLD WATERWHEEL IN 1870. SETTLEMENTS
WHICH THRIVED ON THE SURROUNDING LANDS BECAME KNOWN AS
"FORBESTOWN" AND RENAMED "LOS GATOS" IN 1887.
DEDICATED APRIL 30, 1994
LOS GATOS MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"
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