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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/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 Purísima 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…