HERE ON JANUARY 8, 1847 THE BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA ENDED. THIS ARMISTICE ENDED THE LAST UPRISING AGAINST THE TIDE OF AMERICAN CONQUEST IN THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY.

ON JANUARY 2, 1847 SOMEWHERE HERE ABOUT WAS FOUGHT THE LAST NORTHERN BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN WAR.

MARINE CAPT. WARD MARSTON, COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AGREED TO A TREATY HERE ON JANUARY 7, 1847. UNITED STATES FORCES WERE TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF MEXICAN CALIFORNIANS AND TO END SEIZURE OF THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTIES.

THE BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA WAS THE ONLY CAMPAIGN FOUGHT IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.