ECV1850 Plaque:
Site of 21-Mile House


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(Original plaque setting.)



SITE OF 21-MILE HOUSE
 
THIS FAMOUS TAVERN AND STAGE STOP WAS LOCATED
21 MILES FROM SAN JOSE ON THE ROAD TO MONTEREY.
THE 21-MILE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1852 BY WILLIAM HOST
BENEATH A SPREADING OAK THAT LATER WAS CALLED
THE VASQUEZ TREE. THE HOUSE WAS SOLD TO WILLIAM
TENNANT IN NOVEMBER 1852. NOW DESTROYED, THIS
STOPPING STATION WAS A PLACE WHERE HORSES COULD
BE CHANGED, FED, AND STABLED, AND WHERE TIRED
AND HUNGRY PASSENGERS COULD REFRESH THEMSELVES.

CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK No.259
 
PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA
PIONEERS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND MOUNTAIN
CHARLIE CHAPTER No.1850, E CLAMPUS VITUS.
JUNE 12, 1982.

Victorian Bar

Plaque located in the landscaped area
on the south-west corner of Monterey Road
and Tennant Road. (W. Edmundson Avenue.)
Morgan Hill.
Santa Clara County, CA.

GPS
  21-Mile House  
WGS84 Datum
N 37.11277°
W 121.64297°



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