Gilroy - Gilroy, CA
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saopaulo1
N 36° 59.750 W 121° 34.999
10S E 626061 N 4095347
An ECV plaque in Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy.
Waymark Code: WM7H6M
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2009
Views: 3
"GILROY
JOHN GILROY ARRIVED IN MONTEREY IN
1814 ON ONE OF THE NORTH-WEST Co.
TRADING SHIPS; "ISAAC TODD," WHICH HE
DESERTED. HE THEN FLED TO THE SANTA
CLARA VALLEY, MARRYING MARIA CLARA
ORTEGA AND SETTLING ON RANCHO SAN
YSIDRO. HIS RIGHTFUL NAME WAS JOHN
CAMERON, BUT HAVING RUN AWAY AS A
MINOR, HE CHANGED IT TO AVOID
BEING ARRESTED AND SENT BACK HOME.
THE CITY OF GILROY WAS NAMED
FOR THIS SCOT WHO LIVED IN IDLE
CONTENTMENT, SQUANDERED HIS WEALTH
AND DIED DESTITUTE ON JULY 26, 1869,
AGE 77 YEARS.
PLAQUE PLACED WITH PERMISSION OF
THE GILROY FAMILY.
DEDICATED JUNE 13, 1981
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS.
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY""
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