Bandido: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez

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 [...]

1930s Dust Bowl Film

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 [...]

Join Us Again September 14, 2011

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.

Preserve Your Precious Family Heritage

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 [...]

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.

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.