***** WHO'S WHO 1-c James Lick 2-c The French prune 3-b Portola 4-c MacArthur Park in Palo Alto 5-b Paul Masson 6-c Palo Alto 7-a Grizzly bear 8-b Akron 9-a Oak Hill Memorial Park 10-b Their son
***** WHAT'S IN A NAME? Los Altos - the heights The Alameda - grove of poplar trees Milpitas - little corn fields El Camino Real - the royal road Santa Cruz - holy cross San Jose - St Joseph Palo Alto - tall tree Santa Clara - St Clare Los Gatos - the cats San Andreas - St Andrew
***** UNUSUAL ENDINGS
1. Charlie, a woman, drove the Santa Cruz-San Jose line 1868 - 1879.
2. No one knows. Bierce left 1913 to fight in the Mexican War and was never heard from again.
3. Her last words were, "I've been poisoned. This is a horrible death to die." Minute amounts of strychnine were found in the bottle of soda she had been drinking.
4. Novelist Gertrude Atherto
5. Sarah Winchester
6. First outlaw publicly hanged in Santa Clara Valley.
7. Elisha Stephens, first English-speaking settler of the West Valley. Stevens Creek, Stevens Creek Dam, and Stevens Creek Boulevard all bear his misspelled name. There were no settlers within 2 miles of his home when he left.
***** SAN JOSE 1. Not continue Hispanic customs and traditions 2. Heavy rainstorms BOOKS History of Santa Clara County Eugene T Sawyer History of San Jose Clyde Arbuckle Ohlone Indians were the valley's first inhabitants DISNEYLAND ANSWERS 1. Mr Toad's Wild Ride 2. Jungle Cruise 3. Nautilus, Triton, Sea Wolf, Skate, Skipjack, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Ethan Allen 4. Country Bear Jamboree 5. It's a Small World 6. 999 but there's always room for 1,000 7. Burl Ives 8. 18 teacups 9. Cheese, of course 10. The Dapper Dans 11. Mark Twain's Riverboat 12. A very small basketball court 13. Tarzan 14. Carl's Jr hamburgers 15. Never. Walt Disney said it would always be changing.