The next meeting of the Milpitas Historical Society, will be a presentation on researching genealogy, given by Trina Gentry. Ms Gentry serves as Second Vice President and Editor of Connections, a publication of Santa Clara County history and genealogies for the Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society. Her presentation will cover how to work [...]
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By Steve Munzel, President Milpitas is poised at a very important point in our history. For the first time, our city purchased land for use as a park. What will be done with that new parkland on Main Street is now being decided. Generally, our neighborhood parks are all cut from the same mold: there [...]
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Evans Road, which marks the eastern boundary of residential Milpitas in many places, is named for Josiah Evans, one of our early settlers, who owned a ranch that bordered the road. Evans came to Milpitas in 1853 from Ohio after a few years in the California gold fields, during which time he founded the Butte [...]
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