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Fruit dryer and orchardist in the Willow Glen area of San Jose.  He's listed as the site of a dryer in the 1893 and 1896 San Jose city directories.
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Sylvester Newhall was a fruit dryer and orchardist in the Willow Glen area of San Jose.  His drier appears in both the 1893 and 1896 San Jose city directories. The drier processed 600 tons of fruit in 1897<ref>Pacific Rural Press, Aug 21 1897.</ref>
  
Newhall was a former gold miner who settled in San Jose; he died in 1897.  His [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/snewhall.html biography] tells more.
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Newhall was a former gold miner who settled in San Jose; he died in 1897<ref>Sylvester Newhall [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/snewhall.html biography].</ref>.
 
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==References==
Fruit drier
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said they dried 600 tons of fruit in 1897.
 
 
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Revision as of 04:04, 24 October 2013

Summary
Main Location

San Jose, CA

Sylvester Newhall was a fruit dryer and orchardist in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. His drier appears in both the 1893 and 1896 San Jose city directories. The drier processed 600 tons of fruit in 1897[1]

Newhall was a former gold miner who settled in San Jose; he died in 1897[2].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1893 Lincoln Avenue at Coe Avenue

Location of current supermarket.

San Jose 1896 Coe Avenue near Bird Avenue

References

  1. Pacific Rural Press, Aug 21 1897.
  2. Sylvester Newhall biography.