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 will [...]

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 how acupuncture works. [...]

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 Milpitas [...]

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.

Tour 3/28/09

Our next tour will be to the California Academy of Science at Golden Gate Park. It has been newly renovated and is now a 400,000 square foot structure housing an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, and a rain forest… all under one roof! We will see penguin feeding, coral reef divers, an albino alligator, and [...]

Meeting 3/11/09

7:00 p.m. Milpitas Community Library
Guest Speaker – Dorothy Wuss
Dorothy’s maiden name was Bernell. Bernell Road in south San Jose was named for her parents. She will be speaking about the De Anza expedition on through to her Bernell history.