Do you know the way to San Jose?
If so, you may also know the way to Carlin Canyon!
The US Geological Survey reports that there's a Carlin Canyon in Santa Clara County,
California, but even folks who live in the San Francisco area aren't aware of it!
We've tried, unsuccessfully, to document the existence of this valley, and have been
unable to do so... until now.
Today, thanks to Liz Carlin, co-founder and co-owner of this Carlin-L list at
Rootsweb.com, we've been able to verify the existence of Carlin Canyon.
Here's the story:
Carlin Canyon is a valley in Santa Clara County, southeast of San Jose. It's not too
far from Los Gatos, Palo Alto, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
Some additional information is available at The Carlin Archives Online,
http://www.carlin.net/attorney/carlin-cities.htm. (When you get to that webpage, scroll
down to the newly-created California section, and you'll see the inf. about Carlin
Canyon.)
Even if you know the way to San Jose, you still may not know how to get to Carlin Canyon.
Here's what Liz Carlin found about getting to Carlin Canyon:
a.. Find the intersection of 85 and 101 just below San Jose.
b.. Go south on 101 about 1.5 miles to Metcalfe Canyon.
c.. Take the road going east about 3 miles and then turn SE for another 3-4 miles to
Shingle Valley.
d.. That's about as close as you are going to get on any kind of road or trail.
e.. Carlin Canyon is about 1.5 miles NE of there and runs into San Felipe Creek.
f.. The whole area is in Santa Clara County.
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Now that we've been able, with Liz's help, to verify the existence of Carlin
Canyon, we'll now initiate an effort to find the name of the specific Carlin person
after whom Carlin Canyon is named. If anyone has some time available to check old Census
data and local property and probate records, please let us know.
And, Liz, thanks enormously for verifying this for us!
Fred
Fredric M. Carlin
44 Avondale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 428-5545
(914) 948-4115
fred(a)carlin.org
(914) 428-5545
(914) 948-4115
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