Heinlenville is named after
John Heinlen
Where (city) did John T. Doyle live in 1880-1906?
Cupertino
Name an orchardist who had a packing plant in Campbell.
J C Ainsley
or George Hyde
Did the SCC population increase or decrease or remain stable between 1890 and 1900?
increased
What industry employed more people in Sunnyvale's in the 1890s?
agriculture
(orchards)
What was Leland Stanford's business during the gold rush?
a) store owner
b) musician
c) engineer
a) store owner
What year did Santa Clara incorporate?
a) 1852
b) 1872
c) 1892
a) 1852
Neme of a student in SCVH that hosted a holiday party.
Jasmin
The main street in Heinlenville
a) Detriot Ave.
b) Cleveland Ave.
c) Chicago St
d) Louis St
Cleveland Ave.
What was Doyle's business?
winery
What country received the first canned fruit from Ainsley's cannery?
United Kingdom
What was the average life span of males in the 1890s?
a) 42 years
b) 52 years
c) 62 years
a) 42 years
Name the wheeler dealer that sold tracts of land in 1897 in Sunnyvale?
a) James Murphy
b) Alphonse Schurra
c) Walter Crossman
c) Walter Crossman
1861 was a turning point in Stanford's life because
a) he became the governor of CA
b) he became President of Central Pacific RR
c) he adopted a son
d) both "a" and "b"
d)
Stanford became Governor of CA and President of the Central Pacific RR
Which of the following was NOT an employer in Santa Clara in the 1890s?
a) brick makers
b) college
c) tannery
d) seed farm
a) brick makers
Name of a city that harbored criminals due its hillsides and hide outs.
Los Gatos
What year was Heinlenville demolished?
a) 1891
b) 1899
c) 1911
d) 1931
1931
Doyle's land was sold to George Hensley who did what with the land?
He subdivided it and sold the parcels.
What company did the Farmer Union Packing Co later the Prune and Apricot Growers Union turn into?
Sunsweet
Females in the 1890s lived (on average) until age
a) 40
b) 44
c) 48
b) 44
Frank Chapman Wilson was famous for:
a) ladies luxurious gloves
b) Wonder Walnuts
c) Teeter's Streetcars
b) Wonder Walnuts
What was Leland Stanford's pastime?
a) cycling
b) swimming
c) horse racing
c) horse racing
What products did Enterprise Mill/ Pacific Manufacturing make in the 1890s?
a) windmills
b) coffins
c) sash and doors
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
Malarins and Fatjos were originally
a) Spanish
b) Portuguese
c) German
d) French
a) Spanish
How many lived in Heinlenville?
a) 4,000
b)8,000
c)15,000
a) 4,000
What did Doyle do to obtain water for the vineyards?
a) dug deep wells
b) constructed a dam on Stevens Crk
c) piped water by flume from the Santa Cruz Mtns
b) constructed a dam on Stevens Crk
Benjamin Campbell prohibited the possession of what in Campbell?
a) dynamite
b) guns
c) tobacco
d) alcohol
d) alcohol
What country emigrated more people to California in the 1890s?
Italy
Name a street in Sunnyvale that is named for a U. S. President.
Washington
McKinley
Jane Stanford owned how many acres of land in the Palo Alto area by 1905?
a) 400
b) 4000
c) 8000
c) 8000
Which did Eberhard produce more of in the 1890s:
sheep, calf, or cow hides?
sheep
100,000 hides
Name the Chinatown that existed in San Jose from 1887 until 1902.
Woolen Mills Chinatown