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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1S_from-sea-scouts-to-environmental-volunteers-historical_Palo-Alto-CA.html
In 1941, this unique building stood at the edge of a yacht harbor. It was constructed for the Sea Scouts, a part of the Boy Scouts of America. After 50 years of use, the Sea Scout left the base in 1991. It was five years after Palo Alto residents …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3R_juana-briones-this-is-her-park_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Juana Briones de Miranda lived not far from here at Rancho la Purísima Concepción. From her house on a knoll in the rolling foothills of Palo Alto, she could look down on the very land you're standing on. Of course that would've been when she wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3M_uncle-jims-cabin_Palo-Alto-CA.html
In 1853 James Otterson built a hotel near this corner. It was the first building in what would become Mayfield, later a part of Palo Alto. Travelers between San Francisco and San Jose stayed here, as did lumbermen coming from the hills to the bay.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QY3_play-ball_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Baseball was the country's favorite sport in the 1890's. Communities across America supported amateur baseball teams comprised of local young men. Mayfield's baseball team, the Ringtailed Roarers, played other local teams up and down the Peninsula…
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…
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