Thank you for posting this fantastic, historical article.

Not all of his family and friends are referenced, but Dad’s (Mat P. Katicich, Sr.) good friends, the Pavlinas, and Vidovichs are mentioned in this fantastic article. They were also mentioned in a book, called “Historical Atlas Map of Santa Clara County” [Thompson & West]

I found this quote, in your article, sad but true, for Dad’s family and many of his friend’s parents who farmed fruit in the valley in the early 1920s:
“The 1850s marked the start of 120 years of success for apricot orchards in Santa Clara Valley, spurred by smaller family-owned plots. As railroad production increased, orchardists were able to move produce quickly and establish the agricultural economy. Apricot production reached a peak of 160,000 tons annually from almost 24,000 farms and orchards in Santa Clara Valley, Chapman said. (By comparison, total U.S. apricot production was 41,740 tons in 2021.) In the 1920s, Santa Clara Valley grew 8 million fruit trees each spring.” -Santa Clara Valley used to produce apricots. Today, these city-run orchards serve as relics of a bygone era | News | Palo Alto Online |

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My cousin's in-laws used to own an apricot orchard in Mountain View where Cuesta Park is now situated. Back in the day it was still county.

Removing the orchard was a good call because more people enjoy using the park facilities than they do eating or preserving cots.

In the 70s we used to take the bountiful apricot harvest from the 3 former orchard trees remaining on our lot down to one of the open-to-all apricot drying operations in Sunnyvale(?), cut them open and lay them out on the drying frames, then come back in a week or two to collect our delicious dried apricots. Even up to the 90s there were small remnants of apricot orchards remaining in Palo Alto/Los Altos that would sell fresh apricots at the roadside.