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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QTG_historic-alum-rock-park_San-Jose-CA.html
Founded in 1872 and known as the reservation, Alum Rock Park is the oldest municipal park in California. It was named for a large rock formation believed to contain alum. Even after it was discovered to have been incorrectly identified, the name p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QTF_jean-jacques-vioget_San-Jose-CA.html
Surveyor of Yerba Buena - 1839
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNK_el-palo-nuevo_Palo-Alto-CA.html
On November 8, 1789, Don Gaspar De Portola and his expedition in search of Monterey Bay, camped beside San Francisquito Creek near a century-old redwood tree long a landmark for the Indians. The tree named El Palo Alto, became a symbol for the cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNJ_j-pearce-mitchell-park_Palo-Alto-CA.html
J. Pearce Mitchell Park, built in 1957, was one of the first of a new type of community park based on active recreation for leisure living. The design for this park and its playground served as important examples for many other parks and playgroun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSM_history-of-tower-well_Palo-Alto-CA.html
This tower well symbolizes what is best about a forward thinking, progressive city government that chose local ownership of essential utility services. Due to the foresight of town leaders such as Stanford Engineering professors Charles "Daddy" Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PMD_mayfield-fire-bell_Palo-Alto-CA.html
From 1907 to 1925 this bell was used to summon the volunteer firemen of the town of Mayfield. First used at College Avenue and El Camino Real. The bell was transferred to the town hall at El Camino Real and California Avenue in 1921. When Mayfield…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJ6_mayfield-school_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Mayfield's first school built in 1855 it was a two-room log cabin which was soon outgrown. Mayfield later built two new schools to serve the increasing population of young people and even offered some adult education in mathematics. In 1923, on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJ4_the-crossroads-of-mayfield_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Long before Stanford University and the City of Palo Alto existed, this area of the Mexican land grant, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito Creek was a crossroads of travel and commerce. In the 1850's, it would take Juana Briones three days to trave…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJ3_town-and-gown_Palo-Alto-CA.html
On October I, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building. The University was named after Jane and Leland Stanford's only child, Leland Stanford, Junior. Stanford University and Palo Alto have been interconn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PGE_juana-briones-park_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Rancho La PurÃsima Conceptión was granted to a former Santa Clara Mission Indian, Jose Gorgonio, by Governor Alvarado on June 30, 1840. In 1844, Gorgonio and another Indian, José Ramon, sold the grant to Dona Juana Briones de Miranda, who…