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Pueblo Lands of San José

Field-Notes of the Exterior Boundaries of the Pueblo Lands of San José, situated in the County of Santa Clara, and finally confirmed to the City of San José. Surveyed under Instructions from L. Upson, United States Surveyor-General, by G. H. Thompson, Deputy-Surveyor. Survey commenced July 9, 1866.

Commencing at a point on the Guadalupe River as near as could be ascertained where the last live-oak on said river was in March, 1838, and which is the same point described in the decree as the termination of the northwest boundary line of the Pueblo Lands. (All traces of said tree are now gone, but the point established is well known to be about the point where it formally stood.) At which point is set a redwood post, marked “P. S. J. 1.” Thence from “P. S. J. 1.” in the direction of a live-oak tree in the mountains, which is plainly seen from this point, N. 61 ½°, E. 554 chains (variation 16° E.), to a live-oak about 20 inches in diameter, standing on the summit of a rocky chemisal point on the west side of the summit of the ridge. (This tree was pointed out as the tree described in the decree as the point of beginning, or N. E. corner of said Pueblo Lands.) Said tree is also the N. E. corner of the Rancho Los Tularcitos, and is marked “T.” Thence from said tree, following the line of the Rancho Los Tularcitos, as finally surveyed, S. 42  20´, E. 176.60 chains, along the top of the ridge to a post in a stone mound, marked “T. No. 3,” corner No. 3 of the Rancho Tularcitos; also, a post is set in the same mound, marked “P. S. J. 3;” thence leaving the line of the Rancho Los Tularcitos, and continuing along top of ridge S. 52 , E. 400.68 chains, intersecting the line of the Rancho Ca ñada de Pala, 46.00 chains S., 61 ½° W., from corner No. 3 of said Rancho, at which point of intersection is a post marked “P. S. J. 4;” thence through the Rancho Ca ñada de Pala S. 33 ¾° E. 649.71 chains to corner No. 7 of the Rancho Ca ñada de Pala, and corner of Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30 in Township 7 S., Range 3 E., a post being fixed in mound of stone, marked “P. S. J. 5.” Thence along the hills called San Felipe, leaving the Rancho Ca ñada de Pala, S. 24 ½°, E. 1134.40 chains, to a monument of stone about six feet high, and about eight feet at the base, on the summit of a rocky hill inside and near the northern boundary of the Rancho San Francisco de Los Llagas. (This monument was pointed out as the S. E. corner of the Pueblo Lands of San José, and answers to the description of the same given in the original survey and report of the Commissioners, of March, 1838.) Thence through the Rancho San Francisco de Los Llagas, S. 70 ½°, W. 554.00 chains, to a post on a steep hillside, on the north side, and about five chains from the head of branch of the Los Llagas, marked “P. S. J. 9;” thence over rough, brushy mountain, through the Rancho Los Uvas, N. 58  24’, W. 1074.24 chains, to a large live-oak-tree called “El Encino,” near the summit of a high spur of the Sierras, which was pointed out and described as one of the original boundaries of the Pueblo Lands of San José; said tree is seven feet in diameter, and is a very prominent landmark, marked “P. S. J. 11;” and running thence, descending the steep side of the Sierras, N. 10 ¾°, W. 333.75 chains, to a post in mound of stone, marked “P. S. J. 14,” on the summit of a small isolated hill in the valley. (This hill was pointed out as being the hill described in the decree, and in the Commissioners’ report of 1838, and was at that time established as one of the boundaries of the Pueblo Lands of San José.) Thence N. 15 ¾°, E. 347.47 chains, to a large monument of stone in a willow swamp, at the source of the Guadalupe River, one of the original boundary monuments of the Pueblo Lands of San José; a post is set in said monument of stone, marked “P. S. J. 16,” and the line running thence through willow swamp, N. 72°, E. 10.12 chains, to Station No. 16 of the Rancho San Juan Bantista, [sic] on the bank of the Guadalupe River; thence general course northwesterly, with the meanders of the Guadalupe River, to the point of beginning.

The total number of square miles within the lands confirmed to the Pueblo is one hundred and one and seventy-six one-hundredths.