Seeing San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley .. . about equally on either side of the creek,and is connected at Main Street by a picturesque archedbridge crossing the stream. The name, Los Gatos, is Spanish, and beingName interpreted means The Cats. In the early days, before there was any settlement whatso-ever, the mountains, canyons and foothills in the vicinitywere thickly inhabited by wildcats; and even now, in themore remote places, they are still quite numerous. Los Gatos has one of the very best high schoolsSchools in the State, and is accredited in more studies by the University of Calif
Seeing San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley .. . about equally on either side of the creek,and is connected at Main Street by a picturesque archedbridge crossing the stream. The name, Los Gatos, is Spanish, and beingName interpreted means The Cats. In the early days, before there was any settlement whatso-ever, the mountains, canyons and foothills in the vicinitywere thickly inhabited by wildcats; and even now, in themore remote places, they are still quite numerous. Los Gatos has one of the very best high schoolsSchools in the State, and is accredited in more studies by the University of California than any otherschool in the county. The grammar schools, too, are theequal of any in the Golden West. There are three publicschool buildings in Los Gatos. The Novitiate of the SacredHeart is a Catholic college wherein young men receive pre-paratory education for the priesthood; it has some of thebest and most learned instructors in the church at its head,and is well known far and wide. Over one hundred stu-dents can be accommodated. [38]. Foothill Scene Near Los Gatos. Photo Mrs. Hare. Copyrighted. John W. Lyndon, PresidentJas. J. Stanfield, Yice-Pres. F. F. Watkins, CashierZ. S. Riqgs, ftsst. Cashier oity lank of Hog (Batoa H00 (&nttiB, (Ealifprma Directors: James J. Stanfield, A. Berryman, John W. Lyndon F. F. Watkins, I. Marks. [39] Palo Alto and Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Seventeen Miles from San Jose, reached via theSouthern Pacific; fare round trip, $1. Commutation ticketsto students, $5 per month. Elevation—25 feet to 400; population, between fourand five thousand. This Place is one of the most phenomenal little citiesin the West, and is the growth of five years. The site of thetown proper is level, ranging upward to the foothills behindthe great Stanford University. The Climate of Palo Alto is very much similar to thatof San Jose. To the south of the town, and toward SanJose, there is one solid stretch of rich orcharding and farm-ing country. It Is Chiefl
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