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Valley of Heart’s Delight

The old name for the orchard-covered Santa Clara Valley, famous for its spring blossom.

As the orchards around Cupertino flourished, the valley became known for its spring profusion of blossoms, and visitors came by electric railway and later by car to see them. Members of the Cupertino Historical Society still hope it can be the Valley of Heart’s Delight and Silicon Valley at the same time.

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What was the Valley of Heart’s Delight?

The Santa Clara Valley in its orchard years, before it became Silicon Valley.

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