tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post4530915130942532212..comments2024-03-03T17:14:05.768-08:00Comments on Robert's Vasona Branch Blog: Campbell: Roosevelt Slept Here!Robert Bowdidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-60912894970186845052014-04-05T09:23:36.215-07:002014-04-05T09:23:36.215-07:00Do know that Roosvelt planted a tree at the origin...Do know that Roosvelt planted a tree at the original Campbell High site across the street (today is a donut shop) and a piece of the tree was planted at the Campbell High site today. When I went to high school there was a plaque at the tree. It is still there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102314815009312144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-19504148993522925592013-06-10T07:24:09.698-07:002013-06-10T07:24:09.698-07:00And the guilt parties come out. One of the organi...And the guilt parties come out. One of the organizers of the Roosvelt visit was George Keffel, a saloon owner in San Jose. He never got a presidential appointment , so I guess the San Jose visit organizers curse took at least one victim.<br />http://sanjosevictorian.com/history.phpRobert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-21494350183070166962013-06-01T12:59:09.407-07:002013-06-01T12:59:09.407-07:00According to the recent book about Sarah W, "...According to the recent book about Sarah W, "Captive of the Labyrinth", there was a family relationship between the Sarah and the President. The book explained the national politics involved at the time (something with the the Winchester Rifle Company as I recall) would not easily allow for a visit. As a result, Sarah did not wave and Teddy's buggy went right by the house,Kenneth Middlebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230667517532123551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-27112914145715240302013-05-05T01:32:43.758-07:002013-05-05T01:32:43.758-07:00The only sidings along there in 1902 would have be...The only sidings along there in 1902 would have been the gravel pit at Camden Ave. and perhaps a packing house near Vasona Junction. I'm betting they put the President either on the siding next to the depot, or on one of the sidings against the Ainsley cannery or the Campbell Fruit Grower's Union. Both plants would have been quiet, as the prunes wouldn't be coming in til late August, and the cannery wouldn't be active til July.Robert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-3534280508101870672013-05-05T01:29:10.018-07:002013-05-05T01:29:10.018-07:00I wonder if the location is the same as where they...I wonder if the location is the same as where they put the circus train in current times, along Winchester ave. I am sure that back then there would have been more tracks and sidings for the Prez train to lay over.<br />LeoIlToscanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071400770380383876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-51812956654619016592013-05-04T11:42:34.856-07:002013-05-04T11:42:34.856-07:00Union Ave. is a good guess for "Johnson Ave&q...Union Ave. is a good guess for "Johnson Ave". The big 1901 county map hanging at the County Administration Building ashows that the area on each side of Bascom between Campbell Ave. and Dry Creek was known as the "Johnson Subdivision". Bascom still existed then as far as Dry Creek, though it was marked as the "San Jose and Los Gatos Road" higher up, zig-zagging at Dry Creek over to Union, then meeting the current Bascom Road again at Union.Robert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-47995637245556803612013-05-01T11:34:54.401-07:002013-05-01T11:34:54.401-07:00I grew up a block or two from Dry Creek ;) No idea...I grew up a block or two from Dry Creek ;) No idea what they meant by Johnson Ave. Union?Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547335123551743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-74883044985804719042013-05-01T08:14:49.080-07:002013-05-01T08:14:49.080-07:00Better link to the presidential visit timeline:
Sa...Better link to the presidential visit timeline:<br /><a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XTAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4645%2C4588891" rel="nofollow">San Jose Evening News, May 11, 1903</a>. (Again, scroll one page to the left - Google News Archive can't link to stories on pages that appear rotated.)Robert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-13693132342502126812013-05-01T08:13:32.385-07:002013-05-01T08:13:32.385-07:00Ah, Roosevelt spoke at the broad gauge depot accor...Ah, Roosevelt spoke at the broad gauge depot according to the previous day's newspaper. (See http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XTAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4645%2C4588891, and go back one page to the sideways front page. The May 11 newspaper is actually digitally stuck to the May 6, 1903 paper.) Between that and a mention of the "presidential train", it sounds like Roosvelt got to San Jose via Watsonville.<br /><br />They also give advance warning of the presidential motorcade (carriage-cade?):<br /><br />* First Street to Santa Clara Street to the Alameda, "one square west on Alviso Street". (Lafayette St.?)<br /><br />* Then Franklin to Lincoln to Los Gatos Road (Winchester) to Campbell Ave and downtown Campbell. (I wonder if Sarah Winchester came out to wave?)<br /><br />* From Campbell: Johnson Ave. (?) to Dry Creek, then to Hicks and Willow Street, past beautiful downtown Willow Glen to Bird, then up to San Salvador, Orchard (Woz Way?), to San Carlos.<br /><br />* Through downtown San Jose to the east side of City Hall, the post office, east on San Fernando to First, north on First to Santa Clara, east to Second, to St. John, to Third, to Empire, to Hotel Vendome, and through the hotel grounds to the Presidential train.<br /><br />Anyone planning to go back in time and attend should be warned that the west side of St. James Park is reserved for the schoolchildren to wave at the President, and the schoolteachers and principals have been asked to keep the kiddies under control.<br /><br />Now, the San Francisco Examiner writer bitched mightily about the dust and the boring orchards,but this sounds like it would have been a pretty nice ride back in the day. <br /><br />I'll also be watching local realtor listings to see which houses for sale on Dry Creek now boast "formerly the site of a presidential motorcade!" I'm starting to understand why all those cities back east brag about which motel George Washington slept at.Robert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-57058202175379592282013-05-01T07:42:38.716-07:002013-05-01T07:42:38.716-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-62701400644942267462013-05-01T07:42:10.539-07:002013-05-01T07:42:10.539-07:00I was assuming the mention of Felton meant Roosvel...I was assuming the mention of Felton meant Roosvelt went on the narrow gauge, but going around the long way could fit. I wonder if any Santa Cruz newspapers of the era online? They might say more.Robert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-69846682504533484282013-05-01T07:32:56.621-07:002013-05-01T07:32:56.621-07:00I love this article, thanks! The Coast Line was su...I love this article, thanks! The Coast Line was supposedly complete in 1903, do you suppose the President's train took the SP to Watsonville and up to Santa Cruz from there? I guess that would have meant backtracking from Campbell back up to the junction. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547335123551743459noreply@blogger.com