Milpitas Historical Society
Cultural Timeline
1776–1821
(Spanish Period)
1821–1850
(Mexican Period)
1850–1900
(Early Milpitas Township)
1900–1954
(Late Milpitas Township)
Is There More Than One “Milpitas”?
1954–present
(City of Milpitas)
A History of Main Street— (Watch the Video)
Milpitas’s 60th Anniversary
Opportunity of a (City’s) Lifetime
Working for a Milpitas Community Museum
Making The Milpitas Monster Movie
Refurbished Rollin’ Jail
Tripping Through Time
Milpitas Star
Bank of Milpitas Safe
As Goes Milpitas So Goes The State…
Making The Milpitas Monster Movie
People and Places
People
José Maria de Jesus Alviso
William Weller Curtner
Fremont Older and Henry Strickroth
Zeno Ostenberg
Who Was Milpitas’s First Physician? & Early Homicides
Portuguese Pioneers in Milpitas
Places (General)
José Maria de Jesus Alviso Adobe and Rancho Milpitas (one)
Campbell’s Corner and Shaughnessy-Murphy Milk Shed
Drawbridge: Our Local Ghost Town
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Laguna School and First Grammar School in Milpitas
Parks
Alviso Adobe Park
Cardoza Park
Creighton Park
Larry Itliong Park
Bob McGuire Park
Martin Murphy Jr. Park
Augustus Rathbone Park
What is the Oldest Park in Milpitas?
School Name Stories
Samuel Ayer High School
William Burnett Elementary School
Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School
Thomas Russell Middle School
Three Educational Sites Named for Historic Milpitas Residents
John Sinnott Elementary School and Sinnott Lane
Zanker Road and Pearl Zanker Elementary School
Street Name Stories
Abel Street
Carlo Street
Blue Street Signs
Dixon Landing Road and Matthew Dixon
Downing Road and Evans Road
French Court
Gross Street and Mattos Drive
Pimentel Circle and Serpa Drive
Traughber Street and Valencia Drive
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Timeline: 1992-2013
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Milpitas Historical Society
Cultural Timeline
1776–1821
(Spanish Period)
1821–1850
(Mexican Period)
1850–1900
(Early Milpitas Township)
1900–1954
(Late Milpitas Township)
Is There More Than One “Milpitas”?
1954–present
(City of Milpitas)
A History of Main Street— (Watch the Video)
Milpitas’s 60th Anniversary
Opportunity of a (City’s) Lifetime
Working for a Milpitas Community Museum
Making The Milpitas Monster Movie
Refurbished Rollin’ Jail
Tripping Through Time
Milpitas Star
Bank of Milpitas Safe
As Goes Milpitas So Goes The State…
Making The Milpitas Monster Movie
People and Places
People
José Maria de Jesus Alviso
William Weller Curtner
Fremont Older and Henry Strickroth
Zeno Ostenberg
Who Was Milpitas’s First Physician? & Early Homicides
Portuguese Pioneers in Milpitas
Places (General)
José Maria de Jesus Alviso Adobe and Rancho Milpitas (one)
Campbell’s Corner and Shaughnessy-Murphy Milk Shed
Drawbridge: Our Local Ghost Town
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Laguna School and First Grammar School in Milpitas
Parks
Alviso Adobe Park
Cardoza Park
Creighton Park
Larry Itliong Park
Bob McGuire Park
Martin Murphy Jr. Park
Augustus Rathbone Park
What is the Oldest Park in Milpitas?
School Name Stories
Samuel Ayer High School
William Burnett Elementary School
Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School
Thomas Russell Middle School
Three Educational Sites Named for Historic Milpitas Residents
John Sinnott Elementary School and Sinnott Lane
Zanker Road and Pearl Zanker Elementary School
Street Name Stories
Abel Street
Carlo Street
Blue Street Signs
Dixon Landing Road and Matthew Dixon
Downing Road and Evans Road
French Court
Gross Street and Mattos Drive
Pimentel Circle and Serpa Drive
Traughber Street and Valencia Drive
Archive
About
Contact
Founders
Accomplishments
Timeline: 1992-2013
Membership
Products
Donate
Cultural Timeline
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People and Places
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