Maruba: Tales of the Mojave Road by Maude Morrow Sharp author signed
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Dual Track and Field Meets held at Stanford Stadium in 1958
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Growing up in the Santa Clara Valley: From Picking Prunes to Submarine Service by Thomas L Allen
Learn more "This book begins with reminiscences of growing up on a fruit ranch (apricots, prunes, peaches, and walnuts) in the Santa Clara Valley, now commonly called Silicon Valley. Our 28-acre ranch was located between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, with a Cupertino address. I was the youngest of five children. As I got older I progressed through the various ranch chores, from cutting apricots and picking prunes off the ground, to picking apricots and peaches from a ladder, and dipping prunes before they were set out on trays to dry in the sun. Other jobs included irrigating, driving the tractor and truck, and setting out smudge pots ahead of an expected frost. My education was at Jefferson Elementary School on Lawrence Road, Santa Clara High School, and the University of California, Berkeley. Having gone through the Naval ROTC program at Berkeley, when I graduated in February 1944, with a degree in Chemistry, I also received a commission as an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve. I v...
John Doble's Journal and Letters from the Mines: Volcano, Mokelumne Hill, Jackson, and San Francisco, 1851-1865 (Paperback edition Illustrated) by John Doble, Charles L Camp
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