History and Heritage in Menlo Park, CA

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Housed in the old San Mateo County Courthouse, the History Museum is where they preserve the rich history of th...

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- George Washington Patterson came west in 1849 to seek his fortune in the goldfields of California. Instead he ...

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In 1894 Andrew Hallidie, inventor of San Francisco?s cable cars, built an aerial tramway on his hillside property, Ea...

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Celebrate the birth of our nation by learning about a founding father and enjoying one of his favorite trea...

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Otis M. Carrington is best remembered as one of the world?s foremost composers of operettas for children. In 1912, Mr...

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Near "El Palo Alto" the tall tree, the Portola Expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had...

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Hendy Stamp Mill During the California Gold Rush, Hendy Iron Works built mining and stamp mill machinery exclusively....

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About three hundred feet south of this monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw m...

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The 1959 invention of the Planar Process by Jean A. Hoerni and the Integrated Circuit (IC) based on planar technology...

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Principal of Sequoia High School Superintendent of Sequoia Union High School District 1921 1948 In the room at the fo...

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Bring your favorite Tinkerbell to dress up in magical fairy costumes, complete with tutus, wands, and wings...

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At this site in 1959, Dr. Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation invented the first integrated circuit t...

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Southern Pacific constructed this station in 1888 to meet the needs of the new town of San Carlos. The use of the Ric...

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I have loved these awesome doors since that winter day in 1949 when I first stood below them outside the Rodin Museum...

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Poet. Born Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett at Cohnadatia Hall in Durham, England,, family wealth from Jamaican sugar ...

San Mateo County History Museum