Editing San Mateo, California (section)

=== 20th century ===
[[File:08181-San Mateo-1906-St. Matthews Church-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|San Mateo Church, {{circa|1906}}]]

In 1893, Pedro Evencio had been called the last of the [[Ramaytush]] Native American of San Mateo.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} Although Joseph (José) Evencio (the younger) was reported to be his descendant living at Coyote Point until [[World War II]], "Indian Joe", (Joe Mestes) was the American Indian who was actually hired by the Howard family to oversee their land holding at Coyote Point. He is reported to have had a tribal affiliation in Montana. His final whereabouts were reported to be a care facility in Oakland after he had been removed from Coyote Point when a Merchant Marine Academy was established there.<ref>Oral history of "Indian Joe" provided by Jim Durant (recording), San Mateo County Historical Association, 1968 (October 2021)</ref><ref>Brown, Alan K. ''Indians of San Mateo County'',  ''La Peninsula:Journal of the San Mateo County Historical Association'', Vol. XVII No. 4, Winter 1973–1974.4</ref>

[[File:USA-San Mateo-Eugene J. Sabla, Jr.-Teahouse and Tea Garden-2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Eugene J. de Sabla, Jr., Teahouse and Tea Garden]]]]
In the early 20th century, Japanese immigrants came to San Mateo to work in the salt ponds and flower industry. Although Japanese-Americans only account for 2.2% of the population today, they continue to be a major cultural influence and a draw for the rest of the region.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/27/new-tech-in-old-buildings-san-mateo-rides-boom-but-keeps-small-town-feel/ |title=San Mateo Rides Tech Boom But Keeps Small-Town Feel |author=Myrow, Rachel |date=January 27, 2015 |newspaper=KQED News |access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> The [[Eugene J. de Sabla, Jr., Teahouse and Tea Garden|Eugene J. De Sabla Japanese Teahouse and Garden]] was established in 1894 at 70 De Sabla Road, designed by Makoto Hagiwara, designer of the Japanese garden in [[Golden Gate Park]] in San Francisco. He arranged for Japanese artisans to be brought to the United States primarily for its teahouse construction.

The parcel was purchased in 1988 by San Francisco businessman Achille Paladini and wife Joan, who have restored it. The garden features hundreds of varieties of plants and several rare trees. A large [[koi]] pond surrounds an island. The property was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url={{NRHP url|id=92000965}} |title=National Register of Historic Places — Registration Form: de Sabla, Eugene J., Jr., Teahouse and Tea Garden |author=Widell, Cherilyn |date=July 30, 1992 |website=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |access-date=March 22, 2015 }}</ref>

[[File:PostcardSanMateoBStreetCirca1909.jpg|thumb|right|Interurban Railroad Car riding in downtown San Mateo, {{circa|1909}}]]
In December 1967, Sgt. Joe Artavia, then serving in Vietnam with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, [[327th Infantry Regiment (United States)|327th Infantry Regiment]] of the [[101st Airborne Division]] wrote to his sister, Linda Giese, who was a resident of San Carlos working in San Mateo,<ref name=SMDJ-20061113>{{cite news |url=http://archives.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=66859 |title=Only San Mateo honored these veterans |author=Levy, Joan |date=November 13, 2006 |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104235313/http://archives.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=66859 |archive-date=January 4, 2017  }}</ref> asking if San Mateo or San Francisco could adopt the company, saying that it would bring "the morale of the guys up as high as the clouds".<ref name=SMDJ-20120526>{{cite news |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2012-05-26/a-letter-home/235101.html |title=A letter home |author=Silverfarb, Bill |date=May 26, 2012 |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> San Mateo passed a resolution on March 4, 1968, officially adopting Alpha Company and letters and gifts began arriving from the citizens of San Mateo.<ref name=SMDJ-20061113 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/index.aspx?NID=3203 |title=The History of Our Adoption of the Screaming Eagles |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2017 |publisher=City of San Mateo |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> Joe would be killed in action on March 24, 1968, less than three weeks after the resolution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualwall.org/da/ArtaviaJG01a.htm |title=Joseph Gregory Artavia |date=September 12, 2015 |publisher=The Virtual Wall |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-joe-artavia-4/139609478/ |title=San Mateo Adopts A Hero's Buddies |first=Will |last=Stevens |date=May 28, 1968 |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref> Linda would travel to Vietnam to meet with the men of Alpha Company for Christmas in 1968 and deliver personalized medallions from the City of San Mateo.<ref name=SMDJ-20061113 /><ref name=SMDJ-20120515>{{cite news |url=http://archives.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=234339 |title=Operation Eagle Visit |author=Silverfarb, Bill |date=May 15, 2012 |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234429/http://archives.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=234339 |archive-date=January 4, 2017  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-24-vw-30878-story.html |title=A Christmas Story : On a Holiday of Peace, Pair Recall Another One--When War Hung Heavy Over Their Lives |first=Paul |last=Dean |date=December 24, 1987 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref> In 1972, San Mateo requested and received permission to have Alpha Company visit the city when they left Vietnam, later holding a parade in January 1972, believed to be the only parade honoring the military during the Vietnam War.<ref name=SMDJ-20061113 /> In 1988, Joseph Brazan wrote a screenplay entitled ''A Dove Among Eagles'' chronicling the adoption of Alpha Company by San Mateo and the real-life romance between Linda and Artavia's commander, Lt. Stephen Patterson.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/29/us/san-mateo-journal-suburb-is-reliving-two-60-s-love-stories.html |title=San Mateo Journal; Suburb Is Reliving Two 60's Love Stories |author=Gross, Jane |date=June 29, 1988 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> The city expanded its support to the entire 1st Battalion in 1991, when they were deployed to Kuwait under [[Operation Desert Storm]].<ref name=SMDJ-20061113 />

[[File:USA-San Mateo-Masonic Lodge-1.jpg|thumb|left|San Mateo [[masonic lodge|Masonic Lodge]], completed in 1910]]