Valley of Heart's Delight

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The Valley of Heart's Delight was the former name for California’s Santa Clara Valley, once famed for its vast orchards and fruit production before becoming the heart of Silicon Valley’s tech industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
historical region name
associatedWith Campbell
Cupertino
Los Gatos
Milpitas
San Jose
Santa Clara
Saratoga
Sunnyvale
culturalSignificance evokes pastoral and agricultural heritage
symbol of pre–Silicon Valley era
declineCause expansion of technology companies
industrial development
urbanization
economicBase agriculture
canning
fruit processing
packing houses
followedBy Silicon Valley
formerNameOf Santa Clara Valley
hasCharacteristic Mediterranean climate
extensive irrigation systems
fertile soil
heritagePreservedIn historical societies
local museums
historicalContext post–World War II suburbanization
rise of electronics industry
transition from agriculture to high technology
knownFor apricot orchards
blossoming fruit trees in spring
canning industry
cherry orchards
dried fruit industry
fruit production
orchards
plum orchards
prune orchards
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Santa Clara County
Santa Clara Valley
United States of America
surface form: United States
modernIdentity Silicon Valley core
nameRefersTo abundance of fruit blossoms
beauty of the valley in spring
partOf San Francisco Bay Area
precededBy ranching economy
replacedBy Silicon Valley
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
mid 20th century

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Santa Clara Valley historicallyKnownAs Valley of Heart's Delight