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	Alum Rock Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I SHAGGED BUSHES MOM THA HOE By atsham Shakeel 10N the gay Alum Rock Park, founded in 1872, was the first municipal park in the U.S. state of California.
		Alum Rock Park was originally known simply as "the reservation"; it received its current name around the turn of the 20th century when people mistook the white powdery appearance of a large rock near its entrance to mean that it contained alum.
		By the 1960s, the park attracted so many visitors from the rapidly growing Santa Clara Valley that its facilities became overburdened and the natural scenery was damaged.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alum_Rock_Park (752 words)

	Alum Rock, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alum Rock is a census-designated place and neighborhood of San Jose, California.
		Alum Rock was named after a rock formerly thought to be composed of alum in nearby Alum Rock Park.
		In the 1980s and 1990s, Alum Rock's neighborhood became increasing older and more populated with Latino immigrants as "white flight" affected the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alum_Rock,_California (556 words)

	Alum Rock Park History
		Alum Rock Park already had a history before it was designated as a public park by the California State Legislature in 1872.
		Alum Rock Park already boasted a rustic hotel and the health benefits of the mineral springs were well-known when the California Legislature cleared the title to the land and deeded it to the City of San Jose in 1872.
		Curiously, the histories of this era of Alum Rock Park are free of references to swimming accidents except for a brief mention of a little girl who lost the sight of one eye when some unidentified particles flew into her eye while she was negotiating the so-called death defying slide.
	www.nnvesj.org /Archives/ARPHistory.htm (7205 words)

	Bay Area Bike Rides - Alum Rock Park
		Nestled within the Alum Rock Canyon in the foothills of the Diablo Range, the Park's 720 acres of natural, rugged beauty, provide visitors with many leisure outdoor activities including hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, family and group picnicking, and of course just relaxing.
		The park which was founded in 1872, was simply referred to as the "reservation." The name Alum Rock was derived from a huge rock that was believed to contain a high percentage of alum.
		The park became so overcrowded that the facilities could no longer be properly maintained, and the plant and animal communities were severely endangered.
	www.fearme.com /biking/alumrock.html (660 words)

	Alum Rock Park
		This is around the ranger station in the central area of the park.
		In the second shot is Alum Rock, named after the element of aluminum, which it is rumored to contain.
		Alum is a sulfate in which a trivalent metal (aluminum, chromium, or iron) combines with a univalent metal like potassium or sodium, so it doesn't necessarily contain any aluminum, but that's what I recall reading about it.
	www.gatetrails.com /exhibits/042alumrock.html (627 words)

	Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alum Rock Park must be seen during all its seasons to be truly appreciated.
		Alum Rock Park is California's first and oldest municipal park.
		While visiting Alum Rock Park, please help protect our valuable park resources and wild life; and assure an enjoyable visit for you and all of the park's visitors by complying with the following rules and any posted regulations.
	www.sanjoseca.gov /prns/regionalparks/arp/arpindex.htm (1139 words)

	Alum Rock Park: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alum Rock Park was the first municipal park in California California quick summary:
		The park was originally known as "the reservation"; it received its current name around the turn of the 20th century when people mistook the white powdery appearance of a large rock near its entrance to mean that it contained alum alum quick summary:
		Griffith park is a large park situated in the santa monica mountains in los angeles, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alum_rock_park.htm (1708 words)

	Alum Rock Park
		Go up into the parking lot and continue through until the parking area ends; look to the left and you will see several trails connecting the road to an elevated fire road.
		Eagle Rock is very short climb on a fire road the never levels until the top.
		For people who ride to the trails,climb Alum Rock ave to the closed entrance.2nd route would be Penintencia Creek road to the back entrance.
	www.mtbr.com /trails/California-BayArea/AlumRockPark.html (1482 words)

	YSI at Alum Rock Park, San Jose, CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alum Rock Park, YSI's Nature Center has been open to the public since 1953.
		Once home to the Ohlones, Alum Rock Park features rugged ridges with spectacular views of the Santa Clara Valley, geologic formations including mineral springs and evidence of seismic events, and many remnants of native flora and fauna.
		YSI's Alum Rock Nature Center has exhibits of the animals that populate the Mount Hamilton Range in which it is located.
	www.ysi-ca.org /AlumRock/ARHome.html (281 words)

	Alum Rock Park
		California’s oldest municipal park (1872) is nestled within the Alum Rock Canyon in the Diablo Range foothills.
		Some called the park "Little Yosemite." Although little is left of the resort, the park retains its natural beauty, unique geological formations, and resident wildlife, including hundreds of ground squirrels, many curious deer, and an unusually large contingent of raptors, especially red-tailed hawks, and turkey vultures.
		In addition to the Alum Rock Center, YSI has similar natural history centers at Sanborn County Park in Saratoga and Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos.
	www.mnn.net /alumrock.htm (1114 words)

	AlumRock
		Families drove to the park to enjoy the shade of tall oaks, the coolness of acres of lawn, fountains that oozed mineral water and the huge indoor swimming pool.
		By the time I was old enough to think of Alum Rock Park as my own special island it was beginning to decline.
		The old zoo that housed the bear, gibons and peacocks is gone and all that remains are parking spaces and pictures but once she was truly a treasure to all and for those of us who had the opportunity to come willingly under her spell, she will always remain our paradise.
	my63andme.homestead.com /AlumRock.html (314 words)

	New Neighborhood Voice - Edition 11, Section 2, November 2003
		Alum Rock Park seems to be a "Mike magnet!" Recently, longtime park supervisor Mike Will was transferred to Emma Prusch Park and passed the mantle of responsibility for the park over to Mike McClintock.
		With the Alum Rock Avenue entrance closed by landslide damage, the Penitencia Creek entrance is the only viable entrance so they will have to work out the logistics of keeping traffic moving.
		This was the 18th annual YSI Wildlife Festival in Alum Rock Park and the visitors came from areas all over the valley.
	www.nnvesj.org /Ed11/Edition11S2.htm (8750 words)

	San Jose (California) - MSN Encarta
		The largest of the many parks inside San Jose is Alum Rock Park, where many kilometers of hiking and equestrian trails wind through oak woodlands and chaparral in the mountain foothills.
		Almaden Lake Park is popular for its swimming beach on a lake that filled a former rock quarry.
		County-operated parks near the city include Almaden Quicksilver County Park, which was once a quicksilver mine; Sanborn-Skyline County Park, with groves of redwood trees and sweeping views of the Santa Clara Valley; and the large Joseph D. Grant County Park, on the eastern mountain slopes.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558840_2/San_Jose_(California).html (899 words)

	Metroactive Features \| Notes From the Underbelly
		One might reasonably assume that San Jose politicians are the reason Alum Rock Park is closed at night, by dint of providing no funds for the repair of roads and entrances and generally ignoring the park for the last hundred years or so.
		Clyde Arbuckle described the beloved rock thusly: "The greatest noncommercial attraction was a huge fl boulder, known as the Alum Rock Meteor, on the north bank of the Penitencia at the lower end of the park.
		In 1959, the Alum Rock Meteor was unearthed in a warehouse in Oakland, stored by the city of San Jose for 42 years.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/05.22.03/underbelly-0321.html (633 words)

	Alum Rock Park, San Jose
		Alum Rock Park, dedicated in 1872, is the first and largest park in San Jose.
		Parking is $4 from Memorial Day in March until Labor Day in early September, and free at other times.
		Because of brush-fires, the park may be closed at times from June through October.
	www.planetware.com /san-jose/alum-rock-park-us-ca-sjarp.htm (137 words)

	US State & Town Views/California/San Jose - All Post Cards
		CLEOPARTA'S NEEDLE Popularly termed Cleopatra's Needle, this obelisk, standing in Rosicrucian Park, San jose, California, adjacent to the Rosicrucian Planetarium, one of six in the United States, used for demonstrating the movements of the stars, planets, and the Cosmic bodies, is a reproduction of the great obelisk of Heliopolis, Egypt.
		Alum Rock Park is San Jose's 716 acre municipal playground and was so named because of the huge rock in the lower part of the canyon that contains a large percontage of alum.
		The major portion of the Park was originally a part of the public lands to which San Jose became entitled by virtue of its pueblo origin under the Spanish regime.
	www.cardcow.com /viewall.php?cat=65067 (1096 words)

	Henry Coe State Park
		Between Henry Coe State Park and the preserves of the Midpeninsula Open Space District lies a patchwork of historical and natural areas managed by Santa Clara County Parks.
		Alum Rock is a San Jose municipal park whose short loop, without a lot of climbing, with some singletrack, can be enjoyable as well.
		Directions: Alum Rock Park stretches the length of a tight, steep ravine, tucked away between the base of Mission Peak and the foothills of the Coastal Range.
	www.gatetrails.com /henrycoe.html (5013 words)

	Alum Rock Park
		The first and oldest municipal park in California, Alum Rock Park is nestled within Alum Rock Canyon in the western foothills of the Diablo Range, on the east side of San Jose.
		The park had a rich history before it was designated as a park by the California State Legislature.
		Presently, the park, spread over 720 acres, is a natural, rugged getaway with superb facilities for hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, and family and group picnicking.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3097.html (482 words)

	(San Francisco) Bay Area Backcountry: San Jose
		On weekdays, it is possible to have the park all to yourself, while on weekends the parking lot is crowded with the cars of mountain bikers (excellent trails for biking, by the way).
		Part of the East Bay Regional Park District - this is the western end of the Ohlone Trail.
		It is possible to walk or bike to Uvas Canyon County Park and Mount Madonna County Park from the Forest of Nisene Marks.
	www.hknot.com /bab/bb37121a1.html (986 words)

	Alum Rock Park Pictures
		The park is 720 acres with elevations ranging upto 2,000'.
		The view from the Alum Rock Ave entrance (no cars, they have to park at the end of the road).
		The view from the Alum Rock Ave entrance.
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/AlumRock/AlumRock.html (227 words)

	Busy being born: Hiking -- Alum Rock Park Archives
		I chose Alum Rock Park, which is run by the city of San Jose.
		It used to be a major tourist destination around the dawn of the 20th century; the park has a bunch of mineral springs that were once believed to healing properties (back when, you know, there we no real cures for anything).
		The trails aren't especially long but they are steep in places because the park's in a valley and the trails go up the hills on either side.
	tommangan.net /archives/cat_hiking_alum_rock_park.html (432 words)

	Metroactive \| Silicon Valley \| Best of the Millennium
		One of the oldest parks in San Jose, Alum Rock in its heyday featured fountains of mineral springs where people could "take the waters" (sip them) for curative purposes or soak in them in gender-specific bathhouses.
		In the 1960s, the facilities were closed and the park switched over to being a natural trail park, home to bobcats and bobkittens, mountain lions, coyotes and even, on the back side, bald eagles.
		For years a huge fl boulder known as the Alum Rock Meteor sat on the north bank of Penitencia Creek at the lower end of Alum Rock Park.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.30.99/cover/best-millennium-9939.html (2609 words)

	Hunter, Pet, Non-Injury, Probable Mountain Lion Encounters
		Park officials closed Cuyamaca Rancho State Park for two weeks in September after a cougar chased two horseback riders, behavior that was considered unacceptable.
		Dan continued tossing rocks at the lion, but he was so nervous he couldn't hit her.
		He was jogging on a popular trail in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado, when, by chance or instinct, he glanced over his shoulder and saw a cougar directly behind him, on its hind legs, in the final stage of attack.
	www.cougarinfo.org /attackex.htm (8849 words)

	Wild Recovery 2005: Alum Rock Park
		Alum Rock Park is the oldest city park in Califronia.
		We will start from the parking area and hike up the North Rim trail, from there we take the Mineral Springs Loop trail to the South Rim trail.
		The hike is about 7 miles with an 1800 feet elevation gain, which makes it a level 3B on the new scale, or a level 4 on the old scale.
	www.wildrecovery.org /2005/2005_AlumRock.htm (150 words)

	Wildernet - Penitencia Creek County Park
		This linear park and regional trail incorporates parklands and open space from a number of agencies including Santa Clara County, the City of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
		This 4-mile trail follows Penitencia Creek from the 700-acre Alum Rock Regional Park (City of San Jose) to its confluence with Coyote Creek.
		The Penitencia Creek County Park gardens and access point to the trail are located on the northwest corner of Jackson and Mabury.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASCPC&CU_ID=127 (851 words)

	MTBReview.com - Trail Alum Rock Park Reviews
		The other on Alum Rock is frequently closed.
		Not a bad climb up to eagle rock, but be selective in the times that you go.
		My last trip there, I came across a couple of "thuggish" lookin fellas who were standing on the trail tossing rocks off the edge trying to hit some other thuggish lookin fellas in the picnic area.
	content.mtbr.com /cat/united-states-trails/california-trails/california-bayarea/trail/PRD_165210_4519crx.aspx (1210 words)

	Alum Rock Park - Entertainment, Sports & Recreation - San Jose, CA, 95127 - Citysearch
		Nestled within the Alum Rock Canyon in the foothills of the Diablo Range, Alum Rock Park is California's oldest city park, dedicated in 1872.
		This 720-acre city park maintains approximately 13 miles of trails, including six miles of horse trails and three miles of bicycle trails.
		In some spots, mineral water bubbles up from sulfur spings--a reminder of the park's past as a nationally known health spa in the early 1900s.
	www.citysearch.com /profile/1101693 (371 words)

	Alum Rock Park San Jose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The park, named for a giant boulder once thought to be aluminum, is nestled within the Alum Rock Canyon in the foothills of the Diablo Range.
		Dedicated in 1872, Alum Rock Park is California's oldest city park.
		Kids love playing in the stream which runs through the park or on the playground equipment, as well as visiting the Youth Science Institute, which houses a variety of live animals.
	www.exclusivesaratogahomes.com /bay-area/Santa-Clara/san-jose/alum-rock-park.htm (144 words)

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