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Excerpt from Handbook and Directory of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo Counties: Including a Map of Each Country The State Normal School building occupies a site in a park, known as Washington Square, comprising about twenty-seven acres. It is a donation from the city to the State tbr this pur pose. The building is exceedingly spacious, being two hundred and eighty-four feet in length, one hundred and sixty feet in depth, and is surmounted by a tower one hundred and fifty feet in height; the basement of brick, the superstructure being of wood, three stories in height. It con; tains a fine exhibition hall. The entire cost of the building was two hundred thousand dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... which it is noticeable. The Corralito Flour Mill has two run of stone, is driven by water-power, and has a maximum capacity of 100 bbls. per day. The climate is mild, and none of the fogs prevail, so common to the coast. Fruit and vegetables, together with small fruit, are successfully cultivated. FELTON Is a thriving hamlet, 6 miles north of Santa Cruz, has two general stores, a blacksmith and butcher shop, two saloons and a hotel, also a fuse manufacturing establishment. In the environs of the town are three saw mills and two lime kilns. Messrs. Blum & Seelye purpose erecting a lime kiln very soon in this neighborhood. Many people are attracted hither by the fame of tho large trees growing in tho vicinity, the largest of which is said to be twenty feet in diameter. Tho Big Tree House, so called from an enormous oak which stands before tho door, is a capital hostelry and entertains many visitors. From here we continue in a northerly direction for a distance of seven miles, to BOULDER CREEK. Tho road leads us by several sa.w mills, not, at present, working. Ono of these, having a tannery connected, is owned by Mr. Peery, who intends beginning operations, actively, in the Spring. All along ihe entire road, grow enormous pine and redwood trees, measuring from six to twelve feet in diameter. They furnish a grateful shade to tho wayfarer. Tho confluence of Boulder and Bear Creeks with tho San Lorenzo River occurs at this point, forming what is expressively termed the "Turkey Foot." The Bear Creek road, leading to Lexington, Santa Clara County, the toll road, owned by Mr. Peery, leading to Saratoga, also Santa Clara County, here form a junction with the Boulder Creek road. The sceuery on these roads, but more especially the...