The Alameda Family is proud to be in the fourth generation of Local Family ownership. Our grandfather, Alan A. Alameda started his first funeral home in San Jose. Then in 1969, he established Saratoga-Cupertino Funeral Home, now known as Alameda...
Funeral Homes in Mount Hamilton, CA
We have been serving the local community for over 100 years. Callaghan Mortuary was established and privately owned since 1906 by the Reimers Family. The mortuary was located on the corner of 2nd Street and South L Street in downtown Livermore....
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is conveniently located in the beautiful rolling hills of the East Bay in Hayward, California, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery has been expanded to more fully minister to the local and regional Catholic community. Holy Angels...
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Facts about the city
Mount Hamilton is a mountain in California's Diablo Range, in Santa Clara County, California. Mount Hamilton, at 4,216 feet (1,285 m) is a mountain overlooking Santa Clara Valley and is the site of Lick Observatory, the first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. The other summits along its mile-long summit ridge are known by astronomy-related names.The highest Copernicus Peak at 4363+ feet (1330+ m) is named for Nicolaus Copernicus. Kepler Peak, named for Johannes Kepler, and 4,213-foot (1,284 m) Observatory Peak follow. The latter was more than 30 feet (9.1 m) taller before it was leveled during the construction of the observatory in the 1880s. The asteroid 452 Hamiltonia, discovered in 1899, is named after the mountain. Golden eagle nesting sites are found on the slopes of Mount Hamilton. On clear days, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, the Monterey Peninsula, and even Yosemite National Park are visible from the summit of the mountain.
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History
In fact, Brewer suggested the mountain be named after Hamilton only after Whitney declined to have the mountain named after him (a different mountain was later named Mount Whitney). Brewer invited local San Jose, California Jose preacher (and Brewer's personal friend) Laurentine Hamilton to join his company on a hiking to a nearby Topographical summit Nearing completion of their journey, Hamilton, in good humor, bounded for the summit ahead of the rest of the men and claimed his stake. Whitney on the first California Geological Survey, William Henry Brewer H. In 1861, while working for Josiah Whitney D. Mount Hamilton is a mountain in California's Diablo Range.
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