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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VV_early-people-of-the-creek_Menlo-Park-CA.html
As the largest local watercourse, San Francisquito Creek played a major role in the lives of native Americans, Spanish explorers and early Anglo settlers of the area.
For perhaps 7,000 years, the native peoples — called Costanos by Spania…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJ6_st-denis-church-and-cemetery_Menlo-Park-CA.html
One half mile south of this site stood the first church in San Mateo County. Dedicated in 1853 by Catholic Archbishop Joseph S. Alemany. He named it after St. Denis to honor the founder, Dennis Martin, pioneer lumberman and farmer, who also establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMROU_san-francisquito-creek-watershed_Menlo-Park-CA.html
After Stanford University opened in 1891, business increased in nearby Mayfield and Menlo Park, towns dating from the 1850s. Mayfield was a farming center, and Menlo Park a summer home to San Franciscans. Residents of both places rejected Senator …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRMT_el-palo-alto_Menlo-Park-CA.html
Under this Giant Redwood, the Palo Alto, November 6 to 11, 1769, camped Portola and his band on the expedition that discovered San Francisco Bay. This was the assembling point for their reconnoitering parties. Here in 1774 Padre Palou erected a cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGMX_portola-journeys-end_Menlo-Park-CA.html
Near "El Palo Alto" the tall tree, the Portola Expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had traveled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco. Finding the bay, too large to go around an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8_menlo-park-railroad-station_Menlo-Park-CA.html
This building, constructed in 1867 by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company, is the oldest railroad passenger station in California. The Victorian ornamentation was added in the 1890s when the station was remodeled to serve the newly-ope…