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Gilroy is a City located in Santa Clara County in the extent of southern Santa Clara Valley.  Former US Route 101 before the present freeway was constructed was aligned on Monterey Street.  California State Route 152 originally multiplexed US Route 101 in downtown Gilroy on Monterey Street. Part 1; the history of US Route 101 in Gilroy Gilroy's origins date back to Alta California and the arrival of Scotsman John Gilroy.  John Gilroy was a crew member of armed merchant ship Issac Todd which was sent by the North West Company during the War of 1812 to capture American Fort Astoria.  The Issac Todd arrived in the Spanish port of Monterey in January of 1814 where John Gilroy was either left behind or jumped ship to recover from Scurvy.   John Gilroy was a barrel maker and spent the next several years plying his trade in northern Alta California.  John Gilroy eventually came to Rancho San Ysidro (which was on the Spanish El Camino Real) where he converted ...

  California State Route 152 is a 105 mile State Highway which begins at California State Route 1 in Watsonville.  CA 152 travels east over the Diablo Range via Pacheco Pass to San Joaquin Valley where it terminates at California State Route 99 near Chowchilla.   Part 1; the history of California State Route 152 The history of California State Route 152 ("CA 152") is largely tied to that of Pacheco Pass in the Diablo Range.  An established trail over Pacheco Pass had been use by the local Yokut Tribes long before the arrival of Europeans to California.  The first documented European crossing of Pacheco Pass was made in 1805 by a party led by Spanish Army Officer Gabriel Moraga.  Pacheco Pass became a well-established route of travel used by the Spanish, Mexicans and even local drives through the early 19th Century.  Between 1833 and 1836 Ranchero Francisco Perez Pacheco was granted land that would comprise Rancho Ausaymas y San Felipe.  Rancho...