. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . ; * wsi mm. m m wxm issii I? 1 VW mW I :f III. m OF NEW ALMADEN. 55 value is justly appreciated by the people; as is shownby the readiness with which the stock for a railroad toconnect San Jose with San Francisco was taken up. The road is excellent for the entire distance, andthe stage rolled rapidly over it. Three miles from SanJose we passed the mission of Santa Clara, a collec
. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . ; * wsi mm. m m wxm issii I? 1 VW mW I :f III. m OF NEW ALMADEN. 55 value is justly appreciated by the people; as is shownby the readiness with which the stock for a railroad toconnect San Jose with San Francisco was taken up. The road is excellent for the entire distance, andthe stage rolled rapidly over it. Three miles from SanJose we passed the mission of Santa Clara, a collectionof old buildings with a church. Here the land seemedto have been long under cultivation, judging from thelong rows of venerable and gigantic overgrown oakswhich border the road. There were also some finelarge orchards and vineyards here, which belong to themission. But the stage did not stop ; and we had notime to examine it. At half-past four, we reachedSan Jose.* * I cannot refrain from quoting a passage from Vancouver, one ofthe most reliable of the early voyagers to California, giving an accountof his journey from Monterey to Santa Clara. The reader will be struckwith the resemblance between this district as described by him and thebeautiful valley
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