October 17, 2008
While trying to find an old map of Los Gatos online, I stumbled upon some interesting and historic topographical maps of San Jose, Los Gatos, Gilroy, Santa Clara, and other areas nearby care of the USGS. I will place a tiny segment of one here so that you can get the idea and visit the site yourself:
My husband, Jim, loves maps and he tells me that each one of those “dots” visible on the map represents a house. Amazing! Another surprise, to me anyway, is that Kennedy Road looks like it used to be called Rinconada. Other, nearby parts of the map reveal that Camden Avenue was where the rail line used to run to the mines in Almaden and Guadalupe. Cool stuff – hope you enjoy it!
http://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/subindex/hist-sanjose.html#NEW%20ALMADEN
