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- In the 19th century, Cupertino was a small rural village at the crossroads of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga-Mountain View Road (also known locally as Highway 9; later Saratoga–Sunnyvale Road, and then renamed to De Anza Boulevard within Cupertino city limits).
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Cupertino owes its earliest mention in recorded history to Spaniards with a pioneering spirit. In 1776, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition from Sonora, Mexico, up the coast of California, aiming to establish a presidio (fort) on San Francisco Bay.
In the 19th century, Cupertino was a small rural village at the crossroads of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga-Mountain View Road (also known locally as Highway 9; later Saratoga–Sunnyvale Road, and then renamed to De Anza Boulevard within Cupertino city limits).
In the 1970s, Cupertino renamed their section "De Anza Blvd" because it didn't like how the main arterial in the city was named after two neighboring cities. San Jose followed suit not long after.
From 1963 to 1965, SR 85 was a 10-mile highway that entirely on surface streets from US 101 near SR 237 to I-280 along Mathilda Ave and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road (a portion of which was later renamed De Anza Blvd) while the current freeway was being planned.
Sep 29, 2011 · Much of the signage through the heart of Cupertino is named after the diverse European immigrants who settled the land. Many of today’s streets, boulevards and drives were once lanes that wound...
Cupertino in the 19th century was a small rural village at the crossroads of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga-Mountain View Road (also known locally as Highway 9; later Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road, and then renamed to De Anza Boulevard within Cupertino city limits).
Nov 25, 2010 · Franciscan priest Pedro Font, diarist and cartographer to Spaniard Don Juan Bautista de Anza's 1776 expedition, dedicated the creek to St. Joseph of Cupertino, Italy, when he and its other...
