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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/HM10LW_the-hostess-house-war-and-veterans-memorial_Palo-Alto-CA.html
[Several veterans memorials are located at the base of the flagstaff in front of the Hostess House.] Side A:1861 - 1865McKinley PostNumber 187Dept. of Calif. And Nev.Grand Armyof the RepublicVeterans of the Civil WarOrganized in Palo AltoJanuar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JG_hostess-house_Palo-Alto-CA.html
This building originally served Camp Fremont as a meeting place for servicemen and visitors. When moved from its original site to Palo Alto, it became the first municipally sponsored community center in the nation. It is the only remaining structu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRPA_san-francisquito-creek-watershed_Palo-Alto-CA.html
By the time America entered World War II in 1941, the creek had been straightened at its outlet to the Bay near the Palo Alto Municipal Airport. The Army built Dipple General Hospital on land near the creek in Menlo Park. Later, Stanford Research …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NS_birthplace-of-silicon-valley_Palo-Alto-CA.html
This garage is the birthplace of the world's first high-technology region, "Silicon Valley." The idea for such a region originated with Dr. Frederick Terman, a Stanford university professor who encouraged his students to start up their own electro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15G_john-adams-squire-house_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Designed by T. Paterson Ross and constructed by builder George W. Mosher in 1904, this house is a notable example of California's interpretation of the Greco-Roman Classic Revival movement in America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12I_electronics-research-laboratory_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Original site of the laboratory and factory of Federal Telegraph Company, founded in 1909 by Cyril F. Elwell. Here, with two assistants, Dr. Lee de Forest, inventor of the three-element radio vacuum tube, devised in 1911-13 the first vacuum tube a…
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