ECV1850 Plaque:
The Port and Town of Alviso

Ken and Darren Alviso, direct decendents of Ygnacio Alviso,
helping XNGH Patrick Aloycious Sweeney with the dedication ceremony.

[ Photo of plaque closeup. ]

The Port and Town of Alviso
The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and The Santa Clara Valley Water District dedicated the Alviso Marina County Park on September 24, 2005. First known to the Ohlone Indians, the lands of The Alviso Marina County Park reflect the area's historic past. In 1838, under Mexican rule the Rancho Rincon de los Esteros was granted to Ygnacio Alviso. He provided a dock that became the gateway for boats trading hides, tallow, hay, grain, produce, lumber, and quicksilver from the New Almaden Mines. Later in 1849 the area was surveyed and The Port of Alviso soon exhibited a brisk commerce including travelers principally bound for San Francisco and Sacramento. The accepted decline of the port began in 1864 with the completion of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad, that bypassed Alviso. In 1871 the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad reached Alviso but did not lend to the area's recovery as hydraulic mining conducted in the Sierra foothills had silting the lower San Francisco Bay. In 1890 flooding of the town doomed a sales promotion of residential lots. Thomas Foon Chew created the Bayside Canning Company in 1906, then the third largest in the World. The cannery closed in 1936 and the port's silting increased as cannery and agricultural users continued to draw upon the Valley's aquifer, causing a decrease in the area's elevation. DEDICATED BY THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY HISTORIC HERITAGE COMMISSION & THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MARCH 25, 2006 SPONSORED BY ALVISO ROTARY CLUB, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850, E CLAMPUS VITUS RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY

The Port and Town of Alviso

The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and
The Santa Clara Valley Water District dedicated the Alviso Marina
County Park on September 24, 2005.

First known to the Ohlone Indians, the lands of The Alviso Marina
County Park reflect the area's historic past. In 1838, under
Mexican rule the Rancho Rincon de los Esteros was granted to
Ygnacio Alviso. He provided a dock that became the gateway for boats
trading hides, tallow, hay, grain, produce, lumber, and quicksilver
from the New Almaden Mines. Later in 1849 the area was surveyed
and The Port of Alviso soon exhibited a brisk commerce including
travelers principally bound for San Francisco and Sacramento.

The accepted decline of the port began in 1864 with the completion
of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad, that bypassed Alviso. In
1871 the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad reached Alviso
but did not lend to the area's recovery as hydraulic mining
conducted in the Sierra foothills had silting the lower San Francisco
Bay. In 1890 flooding of the town doomed a sales promotion of
residential lots. Thomas Foon Chew created the Bayside Canning
Company in 1906, then the third largest in the World. The cannery
closed in 1936 and the port's silting increased as cannery and
agricultural users continued to draw upon the Valley's aquifer,
causing a decrease in the area's elevation.

DEDICATED BY THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY HISTORIC HERITAGE COMMISSION
& THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
MARCH 25, 2006

SPONSORED BY

ALVISO ROTARY CLUB, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850, E CLAMPUS VITUS

RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY

This plaque is located at
the Alviso Marina County Park.
At the north end of Hope Street.
Alviso.
Santa Clara County, CA.

GPS Alviso Port & Town
WGS84 Datum
N 37.42977°
W 121.97927°

Alviso Marina County Park Information.

ECV1850 Plaque: The Port and Town of Alviso

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