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| primary_town = San Jose, CA
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| primary_dates = 1893-1897
| data2 = San Jose, CA
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| primary_business = fruit dryer
 
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==Summary==
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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>
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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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].  In  Leigh H. Irvine, History of the New California Its Resources and People, Volume II, 1905, Lewis Publishing Company.</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.
 
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
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| San Jose || 1893 || Lincoln Avenue at Coe Avenue ||  
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| San Jose || 1893 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lincoln%20Avenue%20at%20Coe%20Avenue,San%20Jose Lincoln Avenue at Coe Avenue] ||  
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Location of current supermarket.
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| San Jose || 1896 || Coe Avenue near Bird Avenue ||  
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| San Jose || 1896 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Coe%20Avenue%20near%20Bird%20Avenue,San%20Jose Coe Avenue near Bird Avenue] ||  
 
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==Details==
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==References==
Fruit drier
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"Pacific Rural Press, Aug 21 1897":
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said they dried 600 tons of fruit in 1897.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 09:13, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

fruit dryer
Main Location

San Jose, CA
Active

1893-1897

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. In Leigh H. Irvine, History of the New California Its Resources and People, Volume II, 1905, Lewis Publishing Company.