<b>Gilroy</b>, Santa Clara County, California.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S.
	John Gilroy, a Scotch sailor and the first permanent non-Spanish settler in California, was left ashore in Monterey in 1814 by the Hudson's Bay vessel Isaac Todd because he was sick with scurvy. He settled in the Santa Clara Valley and married into a Mexican land grant family, whose rancho eventually became called "Gilroy's" (Gudde, 1969, p. 120). Elevation: 197ft, 60m. Articles that refer to this location: California Highway 152: in Gilroy; U. S. Highway 101: in Gilroy; Literature Referring To This Location: Gudde, Erwin G. 1969 (3rd Ed.). California Place Names. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1969. {TAS}
	No collections made at this location.
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