Do you know the way to San Jose?
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Published in Daily Trivia
Located about 45 miles south of San Francisco, San Jose was the first nonreligious community founded in California. Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe was settled in 1777 by enterprising farmers who wanted to make themselves and the bountiful region independent of Mexico and the network of Spanish missions for their supplies. Fruit and olive trees, livestock, grain, hides, and tallow all contributed to San Jose’s early prosperity. It was California's first capital from 1849-1852.
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