Biography covers Gilroy’s namesake
Much of the life of Gilroy’s namesake is unknown to many people, said Phill Laursen of the Gilroy Historical Society.
As the city’s sesquicentennial wraps...
Immigrants play big part in Gilroy history
For nearly a century, the two blocks of Monterey Street south of 7th Street in Gilroy were home to two thriving groups of immigrant...
Holsclaw Road: From Gold Rush to the Civil War
Three brothers left their 11 siblings and parents at a northwest Missouri homestead in 1849 to head west to California, in search of gold....
John Gilroy: Cattle, soap, wheat and tobacco
In 1833, John Gilroy described himself as a soap maker and millwright. In 1842, there were several references to the flourmill of William Mathews...
The Santa Clara Valley
By: Gilroy Advocate, October 1868
It is not our purpose at present to say much in regard to the claims of the valley of Santa...
Early settlers mired in decade-long lawsuit
Nine years after Gilroy was incorporated as a city, most of its landowners didn’t know the exact boundaries of their properties.
But when the so-called...
