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    Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded...
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  • Alviso Diego was a 15th-century Venetian captain who participated in the Fall of Constantinople. After traveling across the Black Sea where he led a flotilla...
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    origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José María Alviso in 1835. Milpitas incorporated in 1954 and has become home to numerous high...
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    The Alviso Adobe Community Park is a 7-acre (2.8 ha) park in the city of Pleasanton, California, United States. It is built around an adobe house constructed...
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    Juan Ignacio Alviso (1772–1848) was a Californio ranchero and soldier. He is the namesake of Alviso, a neighborhood of the city of San Jose, California...
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    and the western boundary of Alviso, and after coursing through San José, it empties into south San Francisco Bay at the Alviso Slough. Much of the river...
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    four-lane expressway with at-grade intersections, known as Alviso-Milpitas Road or Milpitas-Alviso Road depending on different maps showing the description...
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    Suñol, Alcalde of San Jose (granted Rancho Los Coches), and José María Alviso, Alcalde of San Jose (granted Rancho Milpitas).[citation needed] In 1835...
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    expand the city's sewage system, building a new sewage treatment plant near Alviso. At the time, the city's sewage system was insufficient to handle the large...
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    Jose is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into three districts: Alviso, Berryessa, and Rincon / Golden Triangle. North San Jose is bordered by...
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    José María de Jesus Alviso (November 19, 1798 – June 18, 1853) was a Californio ranchero, soldier, and politician. He served as Alcalde of San José (mayor)...
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    near the site of a Native American ranchera, around the Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe called El Alisal (The Sycamores), one of the earliest houses built...
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  • longer standing. In 1854, Francisco Alviso, the son of Pacheco's majordomo (ranch manager), Francisco Solano Alviso, built the adobe ranch house that still...
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    Pollution Control Plant) is a wastewater treatment plant located in the Alviso neighborhood of San Jose, California. The facility treats 110 million U...
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    business was when Thomas Foon Chew, owner of the Bayside Canning Company in Alviso founded by his father, expanded his business by starting a cannery in 1918...
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    California. It was given by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1838 to Ignacio Alviso. The name means Estuaries Corner or Estuaries Bend, in reference to the...
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    The José María Alviso Adobe, located in Milpitas, California, United States, was the home of José María Alviso, an early alcalde (mayor) of neighboring...
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  • The Alviso Mall...
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    of Loukas Notaras and Nicephorus Palaeologus, respectively. The Venetian Alviso Diedo commanded the ships in the harbour. Although the Byzantines also had...
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  • Augustin Alviso's brother, Josef Antonio Alviso (1796–1880). Augustin Alviso was mayor domo of Mission San José in 1840. In 1853, Augustin Alviso bought...
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    was granted to José María Alviso (1798–1853) by the governor of Alta California, José Castro on September 23, 1835. Alviso built the first story of the...
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    Valley, Cambrian Park and portions of Campbell and Los Gatos. Alviso Township: Present-day Alviso. Burnett Township: Present-day Coyote, Santa Teresa and Morgan...
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    In the South Bay, the Guadalupe River drains into San Francisco Bay near Alviso. There are also several lakes present in the Bay Area, including man-made...
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    Airfield, Sunnyvale/Mountain View Yahoo!, Sunnyvale LinkedIn, Sunnyvale Alviso, Northern San Jose (sea access/ main port of goods from Asia in 1800 before...
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    The Tri-Valley features access to many recreational options, including Alviso Adobe Community Park, Blackhawk Museum, Brushy Peak Regional Preserve, Del...
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    to Josefa Antonio Alviso, was the uncle of brothers-in-law Francisco Alviso (1818– ) and Manuel Miranda (1816– ). Francisco Alviso was married to Maria...
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    Esteros, a Mexican-era rancho granted to local Californio ranchero Ignacio Alviso by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1838. The rancho would later come...
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    Huguenot Yacht Club, in New Rochelle, New York 1896 South Bay Yacht Club, in Alviso, California - SF Bay Area 1901 Los Angeles Yacht Club, in San Pedro, California...
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  • grantees. Hoppe was killed in the explosion of the SS Jenny Lind en route from Alviso to San Francisco on April 11, 1853. Hall, Frederic. The history of San José...
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  • Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Manuel Butrón and his son-in-law, Nicolás Alviso. Rancho La Natividad and Rancho Los Vergeles were adjoining ranchos along...
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