The winner of the Morgan Hill Centennial Crossword Puzzle
contest is Elena Moreno of Oak Park Drive in Morgan Hill, who
sucessfully solved the puzzle and delivered her entry to the Morgan
Hill Times office. Moreno will be receiving her $50 gift
certificate for a local restaurant. Congratulations, Elena, and
thanks for playing.
ACROSS
4 Northern area of town known for its rodeo, later annexed in 1958.
5 Vasques who went on a 21-mile raid.
9 65 people said yes to it.
10 Charles of nature, not of corn flakes.
13 Largest landowner in the world in his time.
15 First name of Morgan Hill’s wife.
16 She has been forever immortalized thanks to this Morgan Hill avenue.
20 Country whose name identified the first Morgan Hill bank.
21 Modern name of the “royal road.”
22 Morgan Hill died here, not in his town.
23 This now-closed downtown landmark opened in 1923.
24 She fought a lion and the lion won.
DOWN
1 He brought the Sun to Morgan Hill.
2 A building and town official.
3 First Morgan Hill church (hyphenated).
4 Patriarch of the first family in Morgan Hill, who now shares the name of a Morgan Hill school (ironically, not located in MH).
6 A Hilly home.
7 Morgan Hill’s first name.
8 Coe Park before Henry & Charles bought it.
11 The tribe who originally inhabited the Morgan Hill area.
12 He had a really long house.
14 The town’s name according to the railroad.
17 He was a flowery figure in Morgan Hill.
18 It was oddly 24 years younger than the city.
19 The Union before Lewis H. Britton took it over.
