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Browsing Local History Articles by "Alverda Orlando"
Early History of Davenport, by
Alverda Orlando
Davenport was founded in 1868. The original town was about a mile to the north of the present location near ... [Read more]
Whales Along the Coast of Davenport, by
Alverda Orlando
From the Davenport area you can view the annual southern migration of the California gray whale. The gray whale spends ... [Read more]
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Edited by Keith and Dee Kraft
We took a boat to Alviso. Uncle Elihu Anthony met us there with two horses and a rockaway, [7] and brought us over the mountains by way of San Jose and Soquel to his home on Water Street.
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Excerpted from My Early Childhood Memories: Part Two
