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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valley of Heart's Delight canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural region
ⓘ
historical region name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Campbell
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Cupertino ⓘ Los Gatos ⓘ Milpitas ⓘ San Jose ⓘ Santa Clara ⓘ Saratoga ⓘ Sunnyvale ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
evokes pastoral and agricultural heritage
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symbol of pre–Silicon Valley era ⓘ |
| declineCause |
expansion of technology companies
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industrial development ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| economicBase |
agriculture
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canning ⓘ fruit processing ⓘ packing houses ⓘ |
| followedBy | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Santa Clara Valley ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Mediterranean climate
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extensive irrigation systems ⓘ fertile soil ⓘ |
| heritagePreservedIn |
historical societies
ⓘ
local museums ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
post–World War II suburbanization
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rise of electronics industry ⓘ transition from agriculture to high technology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
apricot orchards
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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
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late 19th century ⓘ mid 20th century ⓘ |
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