View of the lush woods at Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, [s.d.].

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Photograph of a view of the lush woods at Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, [s.d.]. A large arch, possibly man-made, stands in the middle of the path through the dense trees. The arch is covered in vines. Leaves cover the ground.; "The first known settlers of Los Gatos were the Ohlone Indians. Thought to have inhabited the area for more than 10,000 years, they lived along the Los Gatos Creek near today's Vasona Park. The first white man entered the area on March 25, 1776 when Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and his expedition camped along Los Gatos Creek on their way to establish a presidio at San Francisco Bay. But homesteading didn't begin until the Spanish land grant era. In 1839, Jose Maria Hernandez and Sebastian Fabian Peralta were granted 6,631 acres called 'El Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos,' which translates as 'corner of the cats.' The rancho encompassed most of present day Los Gatos. Sparse settlers began farming and harvesting timber, but it wasn't until James Alexander Forbes built his flourmill in 1855 that an actual village was formed. Over the next 20 years, cattle and sheep ranching became prominent and the town became a favorite stop for lumber teamsters traveling along the new toll road between Santa Cruz and San Jose. Los Gatos incorporated as a town on August 10, 1887, encompassing one square mile on both sides of Los Gatos Creek." -- George G. Bruntz.

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Title View of the lush woods at Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, [s.d.].

Subject Forests and forestry (lcsh), Santa Clara County -- Los Gatos (file heading), Trees (lcsh), woods (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Gatos (city or populated place), Santa Clara (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8540

Identifier 5984 (accession number), CHS-5984 (call number), CHS-5984 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9026 (legacy record id), chs-m8540 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8673 (legacy record id), 1-211- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9026

Unique identifier UC138746

Legacy Identifier CHS-5984.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 37.3 cm at 300dpi

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Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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