The charming city of Campbell sits amid bustling urban neighbors in California's Silicon Valley. For many years known as the Orchard City, Campbell is still very much a small town clinging fiercely to its identity. Benjamin Campbell founded a hay and grain farm on what is now downtown Campbell in 1851. Shrewdly selling off one of his acres for $5 for a railroad depot, Campbell soon subdivided his ...
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (December 6, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738529176
ISBN-13: 978-0738529172
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.3 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 2063765
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This book is spot on! It provides both facts. and photos from the boom days of the cannery industry in Campbell, California. The book is engrossing, and really grabs your interest. I read it cover to cover, as soon as it arrived. This book puts a h...
esulting town evolved into a rail center for shipping fruit across the continent and around the globe. Campbell Fruit Growers' Union, a large co-operative, sent apricots and prunes to dry yards that were at one time the largest in the world, and canneries like the J.C. Ainsley Packing Company and Geo. E. Hyde & Company became local giants.
