Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Swords--Spain; Antiquities
Ethel & Grady Lewis show off a Spanish sword that was dug up on their former property, the Neves Estate, after the land was sold to the City of Santa Clara and the City hired contractors to break ground on the land in 1965-67 to build the Santa...
Battle of Santa Clara; Bayonets; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This bayonet was found on the Neves property on land dug up to build the Central Library for the city in the 1960s. A serial number on the bayonet was used to date it and to surmise that it might have been used in the 1847 Battle of Santa Clara....
