The next Milpitas Historical Society meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 9, at 7:00 pm in the Community Room (auditorium) of the Milpitas Library. The topic of the meeting will be Mt. Umunhum, the second highest peak you see looking south in the direction of Santa Cruz. The history of Mt. Umunhum and its [...]
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The Wild West Returns The next Milpitas Historical Society meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 11, at 7:00 pm. Our presenter at this meeting will be John Boessenecker, a writer, attorney, and charismatic speaker, who will tell the story of the famous California outlaw Tiburcio Vasquez, the subject of his latest book, Bandido: The [...]
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Our next Milpitas Historical Society meeting, will be held on Wednesday, March 14, at 7:00 pm, in the usual place, the Community Room (Auditorium) of the Milpitas Library. Our speaker will be John Kimball, a history fan, Valley resident since 1950, and the presenter of two historical films to the Society last year. He will [...]
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On Thursday, February 16, the Society held its annual installation dinner at the Omega Restaurant and heard fascinating tales from keynote speaker Richard Santos, District 3 Director of the Santa Clara County Water District. Mr. Santos told about growing up in Alviso, his family history, and the family connection to Alviso, going back over a hundred years. Mr. Santos’ brother, sister, [...]
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Annual Gala Installation Dinner February 16, 2012 Key Note Speaker: Richard Santos, President of the Santa Clara Valley Water District Oath of Office Administered by: Mayor José Esteves Omega Restaurant 90 South Park Victoria Drive 6:30 Cocktails 7:00 Buffet Dinner Tri-tip steak, Chicken Jerusalem, Pasta Primavera Cost: $24 per person Send your check and reservations to: Milpitas [...]
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You’re invited to the 2011 Annual Milpitas Historical Society’s Christmas Party Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:00 pm until 3:00 pm Our hosts will be Kim Parker and Peter Herrera at The Last Word Ranch (historically the Belshaw House) 430 Evans Road Milpitas, CA Potluck Dishes and Holiday Ham (Please bring a canned donation for the [...]
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The next meeting of the Milpitas Historical Society, on Saturday, June 18, will be a tour of the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto. This will be a regular meeting that will feature a field trip instead of a speaker presentation. Members and friends interested in this tour will meet at 2:00 PM in [...]
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The Milpitas Historical Society will be sponsoring a “Community Tour” on Saturday, July 2, 2011. The tour is open to the public as well as to members of the Historical Society. Those interested will meet at the historic Alviso Adobe on Piedmont Road at 9:30 am for an informational talk by Greg Armendariz, our City [...]
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There will be no Milpitas Historical Society meeting in July or in August and no newsletter for those months. We’ll get together again in September for a fascinating presentation on our area’s history by Rodger Skuse, on Wednesday, September 14. Complete details will be in the September newsletter.
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As we announced at our last meeting, the Historical Society has been given the opportunity to display Milpitas history items in the glass cases in the lobby of our City Hall. We are hoping to find bits of Milpitas history that you can loan us (or donate if you prefer) that we can display there [...]
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