guadalupe river cabins

Guadalupe River Cabins are great ways to spend a holiday, just see this overview for what is in that amazing area of the USA. The Guadalupe River is a short river in California that runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains flowing north through San Jose, California, and emptying into the San Francisco Bay at Alviso. It is located in the Guadalupe Watershed, which is owned and managed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Running generally parallel to the river is the Silver Creek Fault.
Much of the river is surrounded by parks. The river flows through Almaden Quicksilver County Park, home to former mercury mines dating back to when the area was governed by Mexico. The entire 3 miles (5 km) downtown stretch, from Interstate 280 to Interstate 880, is part of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens, one of the largest urban parks currently in development in the United States. Also, the Guadalupe River Trail runs along 11 miles (18 km) of the river bank.

In 1777, Mission Santa Clara de Thamien and el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe were founded along the river, but both had to be moved away from the river because of mosquitos in the summertime and flooding during the winter.

The historic De Anza Expedition covered much of Santa Clara County, traversing western areas enroute from Monterey to San Francisco, and traveling around the south end of San Francisco Bay and thence through the eastern portions of the county on the return trip after exploration of parts of the East Bay. Juan Bautista de Anza camped along the banks of the Guadalupe River on his 1776 expedition. Specifically he used Expedition Camp 97: On March 30, 1776 near the present–day site of Agnews State Hospital (Santa Clara County, 2001)

On July 9, 2005, the fossilized bones of a mammoth were discovered in the Lower Guadalupe River near the Trimble Road overcrossing. The discovery was made by San Jose resident and Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District volunteer Roger Castillo while walking his dog.