Milpitas Street Name Stories: Downing Road

Posted on March 1st, 2012 by Ann Zeise

Downing Road, which branches off of Calaveras Road in the hills to the east to Milpitas, isn’t really within Milpitas city limits, but it nonetheless commemorates a family and their ranch which was very important to Milpitas history. The William F. Downing family came from Nevada in 1881 and bought land east of the Evans [...]

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Preserve Your Precious Family Heritage

Posted on April 3rd, 2011 by Ann Zeise

The April 13, 2011, meeting of the Milpitas Historical Society will feature Kathleen Orlenko, a professional conservator, who will demonstrate how to protect and preserve your family documents and photographs as well as different ways to store your family treasures. The meeting will be held at 7 pm in the Community Room of the Milpitas [...]

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