Hanford Lennox Gordon was... an officer for the Union Army during the Civil War, he also worked as an attorney, farmer, and rancher.
(In particular, he was mustered into the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry when the regiment was organized at Fort Snelling on April 29, 1861.)
Hanford and his wife, Mary, moved from Minnesota to San Jose in 1887, where they puchased this house, originally located at 5303 McKee Road in northeast San Jose. Hanford owned four ranches, including 100+ acres of olive groves on McKee Road — also known as Pala del Rancho . . .read more
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