Casa de Fruta
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Casa de Fruta is a large roadside attraction located near Gilroy, California in the Pacheco Valley of Northern California, along CA-152. Casa de Fruta was founded as an orchard by the Bisceglia brothers, who were Italian immigrants, in 1908. [1] Three teenaged grand-nephews of the first owner of the orchard opened a roadsite cherry stand in 1943, and eventually sold other fruits. In 1967 the remaining two grand-nephews opened a restaurant, gas station, children's playground, and gift-shop.
The locale was known to American Indians and was first written about when Spanish missionaries discovered the artesian well here in the 1790s. The water source was popular during the Gold Rush. [2]
One reference says the nearby intersection of California State Route 156 and SR152 may be called "The Don Pacheco Wye."[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Myer, Chuck, report: Pacheco Past: A History of the Gateway to Santa Clara County, (San Jose, California: Pioneers of Santa Clara County, 1992), page 13. Name of first owner is from this source.
- ^ Myer, Chuck, report: Pacheco Past: A History of the Gateway to Santa Clara County, (San Jose, California: Pioneers of Santa Clara County, 1992), page 3. This information is repeated in other sources.
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