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Memory farmland at dusk: rows of bulky gray memory buildings, each venting shimmering heat, planted like crops to the horizon under a violet and orange sky with dark hills and transmission towers, and one last fruit tree in blossom

Memory Farms in the Valley of Heart's Delight

Idan Rednaxus · October 1, 2026

Before it was Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Valley had another name. Promoters in the early twentieth century called it the Valley of Heart's Delight: miles of prune, apricot, peach, and cherry orchards between the bay and the hills, among […]

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Posts tagged “santa clara valley”

Memory Farms in the Valley of Heart's Delight