Learn about how Alma, Middlefield, Santa Cruz, Sand Hill, Willow, Valparaiso and more got their names

Rancho de las Pulgas was a 35,240-acre (142.6 km2) 1795 Spanish land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California to José Darío Argüello.

Directory of various plaques that can be found across town

Notes on the history of Menlo Park's historical churches

He came to San Francisco for the gold, ended up with a paint business, and left us with a fantastically detailed diary of his time in Menlo Park

A list of famous people from Menlo Park

Menlo Park Railroad Station, Church of Nativity, Barron-Latham-Hopkins Gate Lodge

Portola Journey's End, Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments, Menlo Park Railroad Station

These notes are part of a long term project by the Menlo Park Historical Association to identify and document the history of all the plaques in Menlo Park.

A brief review of Menlo Park's first three hotels

Camp Fremont was built in 1914 to train the 41st National Guard Division on the site where Fremont Memorial Park is today.

Rachel Bentley's watercolors and the early years of the Grateful Dead