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	History and Photo Links
		James Lick donated the free use of a block of land that he owned on Montgomery Street between Sutter and Post.
		The funds from James Lick's $10,000 bequest to the Institute received from his estate in 1883, were utilized for the purchase of technical and scientific books.
		James Lick, a Pennsylvania Dutchman who had died on October 1, 1876 is remembered today in a bronze plaque located in the Lobby of the Institute building.
	www.milibrary.org /hist.html (2442 words)

	Santa Clara County Biographies
		Lick replied that he knew the character of the American Government; that it was not of a nature to let go of a country it had once acquired, and as for being assassinated, he had confidence in his own ability to protect himself.
		Lick, has ever gone out the denial that he was miserly or selfish or forgetful of his duties to mankind, and the claim that beneath the ice of his outward nature flowed the warm currents of a philanthropic heart.
		Lick in regard to his burial-place to be complied with, and on the ninth day of January his remains were brought to San Jose, whence, followed by a large procession of officials and prominent citizens, they were conveyed to the mountain.
	www.calarchives4u.com /Biographies/santaclara/sclara-lick.htm (5973 words)

	Biographical sketch of James Lick
		James might have settled into an unremarkable existence in Stumpstown, working the family farm and building fine cedar chests for the local trade, but, at the age of 21, an ill- starred romance changed the course of his life.
		Even the conservative Lick was infected with gold fever, but a week in the mud of the gold fields convinced him that his future lay not in the glittering metal beneath the soil but in the land itself.
		Lick's infirmity forced him to move to a room in his San Francisco hotel, where he could be more easily cared for.
	mthamilton.ucolick.org /public/history/James_Lick.html (2939 words)

	Building of Lick Observatory
		Shortly before his death in 1876, James Lick, an adopted son of California and one of the state's wealthiest citizens, put his name on a deed of trust which, among other bequests, designated a sum of money for the construction of a telescope "superior to and more powerful" than any yet made.
		Lick's deed of trust did not spell out the details of the new observatory, leaving the Board of Trust great latitude and a great burden of responsibility in carrying out his wishes.
		Lick was immediately impressed by the younger man, and the following year, to Floyd's surprise, appointed him to head Lick's second Board of Trust.
	mtham.ucolick.org /public/history/bldg_the_obs.html (2325 words)

	The Infidels - James Lick (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lick found his time in Buenos Aires to be difficult, due to his ignorance of Spanish and the turbulent political situation in the country.
		Lick himself got a touch of "gold fever" and went out to mine the metal, but after a week he decided his fortune was to be made by owning land, not digging in it.
		James Lick Mansion in Santa Clara is a nationally registered historical landmark, and is leased at very low rates to non-profit organizations.
	www.theinfidels.org /zunb-jameslick.htm (1230 words)

	Learning to Write and Assess Writing Quality
		James Lick's recent school restructuring process, which ushered in the use of two-hour blocks for core classes, has facilitated the implementation of sustained writing periods and related activities as called for by the BAWP model.
		In addition, when students enter James Lick as sixth graders, they, too, are taught the concept of holistic scoring and how to apply the scale to their own and others' writing.
		In 1989-90, the CAP scores of James Lick's eighth graders were a remarkable 56 points higher than those of the previous year's eighth graders--an increase which translates to one full point on the six-point holistic writing scale.
	www.nwrel.org /scpd/sirs/6/snap21.html (3433 words)

	Lick Creek MM Marriage Information A-K
		James ATKINSON of Orange Co., son of John and Mary of Chatham Co. NC, married Rachel THOMAS at Lick Creek MH.
		James CROW, son of Reuben and Abigail of Orange Co., married Mary LINDLEY at Lick Creek MH.
		James JONES of Beech Grove Meeting, Orange Co., son of Evan, deceased, and Sarah of White Lick MM, Morgan Co., married Sarah Ann TOWEL, widow of Jesse, at Lick Creek MH.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/in/county/orange/lickcreekmarr.htm (5109 words)

	James Lick Mansion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James Lick was a native of Pennsylvania and a carpenter and piano maker by trade.
		Lick died in his hotel in 1876 leaving the balance of his considerable fortune to benefit charitable and scientific organizations.
		Lick's most famous bequest was the $700,000 to establish Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton where he is buried.
	home.earthlink.net /~historicbuildings2/lickman.html (292 words)

	National Park Service: Astronomy and Astrophysics (Lick Observatory Building)
		James Lick's body is buried in the base of the pier supporting the 36-inch refractor.
		James Lick took a personal interest in evaluating various sites for the location of his observatory but the final decision in favor of Mount Hamilton, located east of San Jose, in the Diablo Mountain Range, was made by Thomas Fraser, James Lick's foreman at the Lick homestead, and close associate.
		The 36-inch lens for the Lick refractor was cast by a firm headed by Charles Feil, of Paris, France, and ground by the American firm of Alvan Clark, the premier telescope-making firm in the United States.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4b.htm (1842 words)

	American Atheists // James Lick
		James Lick was born on August 25th, 1796 at Fredericksburg (Lebanon County).
		James Lick obtained an ordinary eduction in the schools of his day.
		James Lick carefully surveyed the city and then decided to put his money into land where he thought the city would grow.
	www.atheists.org /Atheism/roots/lick (1287 words)

	1999-2000 API Growth / East Side Union High / Lick (James) High School
		If data is not present, please see Lick (James) High School's full report from the CDE for explanation:
		Lick (James) High School's Full Report from California Department of Education
		The Academic Performance Index is a set of raw numbers from 200 to 1,000.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2000/10/04/SantaClaraEastSideUnionHighLickJamesHigh.txt (346 words)

	James Lick
		At one point Lick, who found life in Argentina to be difficult for a non-Spanish speaker, went to Europe for about a year.
		This led to the 36 inch refractor on Mt. Hamilton with the reinterred remains of James Lick buried at the telescope’s pier.
		James Lick is reported to have been an atheist.
	ephemeris.sjaa.net /0410/c.html (823 words)

	James Lick Mill, Santa Clara County, California -- National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The major historical constructions are a brick granary and millpond from the original mill built by James Lick around 1855, the large house built by Lick around 1858 and a late Victorian-era office building.
		James Lick was born in Pennsylvania in 1796.
		When he died in 1876, James Lick left an estate of over three million dollars for various public projects, a major part of which went to establish Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton where he is buried.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/santaclara/lic.htm (478 words)

	Atheist Benefactor / Christian Benefactor
		James Lick was a master builder and woodworking craftsman, and his 24-room home, with a fireplace in every room, showed off his skills.
		James Lick's personal workbench, brought from South America in 1847, is displayed in the hallway right inside the front door of the school.
		Lick, who died in 1876, left $100,000 to the city for the creation of "statuary emblematic of the significant epochs in California history" dating back to the missions' early settlement.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /religion/benefactor.html (3164 words)

	Exhibits: Astronomy in California 1850-1950
		Lick Observatory's first director, Edward S. Holden, considered the measurement of "stellar velocities in the line of sight," or "radial velocities," an important program for the Observatory.
		Campbell changed the direction of Lick Observatory research from that of pioneering astrophysical investigation to the steady accumulation of radial velocity data when he assumed the Directorship in 1901.
		Mills was a trustee for the will of James Lick, whose bequest of $700,000 funded the observatory in 1887.
	www.chabotspace.org /vsc/exhibits/califastronomy/lickartifacts.asp (411 words)

	Lick-Wilmerding: History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On September 21, 1874, James Lick established a trust of $540,000 to endow the California School of Mechanical Arts, commonly referred to as "Lick." George Merrill was hired to create and manage the school as the first Director.
		James Lick was born in Fredricksburg, Pennsylvania on August 25, 1796, in a humble settler's cabin.
		James Lick didn't make money in gold, but he shrewdly made a fortune off the Gold Rush.
	www.lwhs.org /glance/history.html (1469 words)

	Jim Heldberg
		James Lick was born to German immigrants in Pennsylvania, August 25, 1796, when America was just 20 years old.
		James Lick Freeway, 10 miles long and 8 lanes wide, is the main highway US-101 coming into San Francisco from the south, connecting the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to downtown San Francisco.
		James Lick Middle School at 1220 Noe Avenue is a well-maintained white concrete structure covering an entire city block.
	www.godlessgeeks.com /JamesLick.htm (1892 words)

	James Lick and the Chocolate Factory at Daily Dish at Epicurious.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though Lick donated much of his fortune to public projects and monuments, his greatest contribution to the world of food came in the form of a letter sent from California to Lima, Peru, in 1848.
		Lick used his savings (and profits from sales of the chocolate) to buy property in and around the expanding city, including much of what would become modern-day San Francisco's Financial District.
		Lick dreamed of erecting a pyramid — larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza — in downtown San Francisco, in his own honor.
	www.epicurious.com /features/news/dailydish/093005 (568 words)

	School Reform: What Matters Most
		Lick is viewed as one of the most successful schools in the Professional Development Initiative’s uneven implementation.
		Lick’s math/science teachers stress that the TSA’s job is not to direct them but to keep them focused—a task too large, they insist, for teachers to accomplish alone.
		After Lick’s faculty was reconstituted in 1988 for low student achievement, a string of principals worked with staff on team building.
	www.catalyst-chicago.org /arch/02-98/028wmmsf.htm (1703 words)

	MercuryNews.com \| 12/31/2006 \| James Lick High learns to fight culture of losing (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James Lick is classified as an underperforming campus, meaning kids inside its boundaries can choose to attend other schools.
		James Lick's players can't afford the luxury because of work and family commitments.
		James, the athletic director, said Lewis taught the players ``what it takes to really be a winner.
	www.realcities.com /mld/mercurynews/sports/16355323.htm (1871 words)

	Lewis and Clark and Big Bone Lick by James Duvall, M. A. Big Bone History, Salt making, Kentucky History, Indians, ...
		The importance of Big Bone Lick went far beyond the local area; it was a place of national and international significance, from a scientific and antiquarian viewpoint.
		The fact that Big Bone Lick was close to the Ohio greatly increased access to it, and so served to increase its importance.
		By thinking about the flow of history around a single salt lick — a geographical landmark as important in its own way as any in our national history — we are in a position to see, almost to feel, the great period of the Western movement in our nation's history.
	www.geocities.com /boonehistory/bigbone.lewisandclark.html (9204 words)

	City College Settles in at James Lick (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James Lick Principal Janice Daniels asks the neighbors to try to look at the bright side.
		More adults and students are getting to know one another, and because CCSF is on-site, James Lick's building repairs are taken care of more quickly, she says.
		The concession, which is supervised by parents, enables the James Lick kids to earn money for their school by selling muffins, sodas, and other snacks to the City College crowd.
	www.noevalleyvoice.com /2002/May/ccsf.html (692 words)

	Kickin’ At The Lick at www.brendonwilson.com
		Dorothy’s lecture on the history of the Lick Observatory started with background on James Lick, a famed local entrepreneur who left the money required to create the observatory.
		Dorothy gave a lively account of the man’s life and times, culminating in Lick being buried in the base of the 36-inch telescope at the Lick Observatory, and then traced through the history of the astronomers who made their names at the observatory.
		After the lectures, we were treated by the telescopes of both the Lick Observatory and a number of amateur astronomers to views of M11 (The Wild Duck Cluster), M31 (The Andromeda Galaxy), M57 (The Ring Nebula), and M17 (The Swan Nebula).
	www.brendonwilson.com /blog/2004/08/08/kickin-at-the-lick (351 words)

	James Lick Middle School Report
		If you stroll through James Lick Middle School on any school day, chances are you will encounter the school's principal, Janice Daniels.
		Prior to coming to James Lick in 2000, Daniels taught Spanish at James Denman Middle School and McAteer High and served as assistant principal at Aptos Middle School for four years.
		James Lick families once again participated in San Francisco's annual Carnaval Parade on May 25, with a contingent of lively dancers and drummers.
	www.noevalleyvoice.com /2003/June/Lick.html (708 words)

	James Lick PTSA
		James Lick (1796 - 1873) is known by history buffs and scholars as "the generous miser." He gained an impressive amount of wealth in real estate at the beginning of the Gold Rush, had a keen mind for business, but was famous for being very, very frugal.
		James Lick Middle School, like most schools, relies on fundraising as a significant part of its budget.
		James Lick is one of the smaller schools in San Francisco with about 540 students, whereas some middle schools are as many as 1300.
	www.geocities.com /jameslickptsa (2738 words)

	New Page 2
		Like so many major observatories in the late nineteenth century, this one was made possible by a bequest from a very rich man. In this case, James Lick, a successful businessman from the San Francisco Bay area.
		By the time the observatory was completed, James Lick was dead, and his body was placed in a permanent tomb at the base of the pier supporting the great telescope.
		This building houses a 36" reflecting telescope which was built in England in 1876 and acquired by Lick in 1898.
	www.cerritos.edu /ladkins/lick/lick.htm (251 words)

	New Neighborhood Voice - Edition 7, June 2003
		I applaud your interest in James Lick High School and your motivation to undertake a worthy project to further enhance the standing of the school and its impact on the community.
		James Lick High School is representative of the East San Jose Community, combining students of Latin American, Asian American, African American and Anglo-Saxon origins in a harmonious student body.
		First he addressed the need for parent involvement, the abundance of academic interest of James Lick students, the dedicated staff, the need to maintain quality staff, the harmony that exists among different ethnic groups and how warm and caring our students are.
	www.nnvesj.org /Ed7/Edition7.htm (3171 words)

	Lick
		Lick had not had public nights for years, but in 1997 they went at it again with a vengeance.
		Down that road?!") Lick vehicle traffic is subject to uncommon hazards from low shoulders: If my Geo had gone off the unbarricaded edge, it would have tumbled a thousand feet down the hillside.
		One young visitor seemed particularly impressed that the body of observatory benefactor James Lick lay entombed in the pier of the great refractor, the more so when I added that his ghost walked the halls of the building late at night, snatching up unwary astronomers to meet a terrible, unknown fate.
	obs.nineplanets.org /psc/or/j20.html (1513 words)

	BabyCenter \| Readers' Comments - Max or Jamieson?
		I suggest James, as James Lick was a prominent Californian/benefactor in the 19th century, and thus we have James Lick schools, James Lick freeway, and the Lick Observatory.
		Lick is tough to work with- but you should be okay.
		Lick is a very short name and to balance it out I think you need a longer first name.
	www.babycenter.com /comments/1413537?i=260 (1296 words)

	New Neighborhood Voice - Edition 32, Section 2, December 2005
		As the librarian at James Lick High School, I was excited about the opportunity to partner with the staff at the new Roberto Cruz/Alum Rock library and to let you know how wonderful Nora Conte and the entire staff have been to our students and staff.
		All of us at James Lick are so grateful to have our new neighborhood library up and running and to have such wonderful librarians as a resource.
		James Lick has had a wonderful year so far due to a consistent Administration (thanks to Superintendent Bob Nunez) and a dedicated staff, and we look forward to moving our students even further in the upcoming months.
	www.nnvesj.org /Y05/Ed32/Edition32S2.htm (9695 words)

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