Milpitas Street Name Stories-Dixon Landing
Posted on April 3rd, 2011 by Ann Zeise
Dixon Landing Road, and Dixon Road, its continuation east of Highway 880, were named for Matthew Dixon, who came west for the gold rush, and in 1861 bought 600 acres of land, on both sides of the Santa Clara/Alameda county line, for his farm. The area was then known as Harrisburg. He built his house [...]
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