This is a handrawn ink on linen draft of a map of Santa Clara College from 1870. This is interesting because it is the only map in the archcival collection that show the campus before the moving of the dormitory called "the Ship," which in this map…
The incorporation of Santa Clara as township; "On July 5, 1852 Santa Clara was incorporated as a township with the approval of the California State Legislature. At that time, Santa Clara consisted of about 2,000 acres with a population of…