Gilroy Hot Springs

The Gilroy Hot Springs presentation is scheduled for the Historical Society’s next  meeting on Wed. Sept. 8, 2010 at 7 pm in the Milpitas Library Community Room, N. Main Street. In a corner of Santa Clara Valley there exists an exceptional historical site that very few know anything about and one that far fewer have ever [...]

Foothills Tour June 26

The Milpitas Historical Society will be hosting a Foothills Tour on Saturday, June 26th. If you wish to attend this tour please contact Barbara Bowman at 942-1492.

Tour of Filoli Home June 5, 2010

Saturday, June 5th there will be a docent-guided house and garden tour of Filoli in Woodside. Filoli’s 16 acre English Renaissance Garden is nationally recognized as one of the finest examples of garden architecture from the Golden Era (1890-1940.) The house, designed by Willis Polk and noted for its elegant interiors, is an interpretive museum [...]

May 12th Meeting speaker George House

The program for the Historical Society meeting on May 12, 2010, is going to be a look into the past with speaker George House. This 83 years young gentleman grew up in Milpitas. He is full of stories to relate about his life growing up on Main Street and his neighbors. At fifteen he worked [...]

Quilting Talk and Field Trip

The Milpitas Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 14th at 7 p.m. in the Milpitas Public Library multi-use room 160 N. Main Street.

30th Year Celebration March 6, 2010

Milpitas Historical Society’s 30th Anniversay Celebration and Milpitas Grammar School Reunion At the November meeting our new president made a motion which passed to have some kind of celebration. Since so many members are former Milpitas Grammar School students, and 2nd and 3rd generations of the pioneers who settled in our town, the Society’s anniversary [...]

Next Meeting Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Guest Speaker – Robin Hays Where – Milpitas Community Library When – 7:00 PM Robin is a licensed acupuncturist and herbal medicine specialist who has been practicing in Milpitas for the last 24 years. She specializes in all types of health conditions as well as allergies. Robin will take questions from the audience and explain [...]

Happy Birthday to our January ‘Kids!’

Special 80th birthday for Eugenia Egbert! Carole Fried Don Egbert Dorothy Cestaric Margaret Kruse Rachel Martinez Mary Ellen Hagen Leslie Stobbe Wanda Olinger

Alviso Adobe Tour, Saturday, June 27, 2009

Mark your calendars! We will be touring around the grounds of the Alviso Adobe before restoration starts, and then move on to the last working apricot orchard in Milpitas, which is owned by members Kelly and Diana Silva. We’ll also visit the St. John’s Cemetery across the street, which is the resting place of many [...]

Next Meeting Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Guest speaker is Greg Armendariz, who will be giving an update on the restoration of the Alviso Adobe. At the Milpitas Community Library auditorium, 7 p.m.