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Hands-on History Days: Children’s Holiday Festival

October 27, 2015 by historysanjose

San Jose, CA – October 23, 2015 --- Get into the holiday spirit with History San José at the Children’s Heritage Holiday Festival Saturday on December 5 from 11:00am to 3:00pm at History Park. Visitors will enjoy holiday arts and crafts, rides on a horse-drawn carriage and the historic trolley,…

History Park plays host to Printers’ Fair & ‘Wayzgoose’ Saturday, May 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM

May 1, 2014October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

San Jose, CA – May 1, 2014 --- What is a Wayzgoose, you ask? Some might say a Wayzgoose can be traced to St. Bartholomew’s Day (August 24) when in 1456 a festival marked the completion of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. It has evolved into a festival demonstrating…

History San José and Portraits of the Past to host Reflections of Old San José – a Historic Fashion Show

February 25, 2014October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

San Jose, CA --- February 25, 2014 --- History San José and Portraits of the Past will present a historic fashion show on March 15 at 2 PM in the Renzel Room of the Pacific Hotel in History Park. Reflections of Old San José will benefit HSJ educational programs and…

Haunt History Park is not scary

September 30, 2013October 9, 2015 by historysanjose

San José, CA – September 30, 2013 --- What’s scary about Halloween? Have no fear at Haunt History Park, on Saturday, October 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. Children will be able to trick-or-treat throughout San José’s History Park at Kelley Park in a fun, safe, family-friendly environment. This scare-free…

History San José to host Yard Sale in the Park October 13

September 18, 2013October 9, 2015 by historysanjose

San Jose, CA – September 16, 2013 --- Everybody loves a good bargain. And where else would one find a good book but at a museum? On Sunday, October 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., History San José will host a park-wide yard sale. But the best bargain at…

Celebrating the Sempervirens story — more than 100 years of conservation

May 13, 2013October 9, 2015 by historysanjose

San Jose, CA – May 6, 2013 On May 18, 1900 the Sempervirens Club was founded by photographer and painter Andrew Putnam Hill of San Jose to save the old-growth redwoods in the Santa Cruz mountains. The Sempervirens were pioneers in the conservation movement, and the home of Andrew and…

Caboose arrives at History Park

January 14, 2013October 9, 2015 by historysanjose

On January 14, a railroad caboose was placed on display coupled to the Southern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive alongside Senter Road at History Park creating an attraction to passing motorists. For over a century, cabooses were a familiar sight at the end of trains. Essentially a traveling office, these vehicles…

Remembering our veterans

November 7, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

On Wednesday, November 7, a small gathering was held just outside the History Park fence line to unveil San Jose’s contribution the World War II Walls of Honor initiative. Started as a grass roots organization by HSJ affiliate Spirit of ’45, the initiative strives to capture images and stories of…

El Camino Real bell

August 23, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

In 1769, El Camino Real, or the King’s Highway, was a footpath begun by the Franciscans to link the California Missions north from San Diego to Sonoma. Each mission was situated in areas where large Native American populations lived, where the soil was fertile enough to sustain a settlement. As…

Captain Briggs

June 1, 2012October 7, 2015 by historysanjose

While closing the Pasetta House, my coworker looked at a small wooden statue and commented, “Goodnight Captain.” At the time, I did not think anything remarkable about the small-gnome like figure. This week, I discovered a folder entitled “Cap’t Briggs” with various notes about the statue from its previous owner,…

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