Green Acres in Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Juana Briones Park
Photographed By Syd Whittle, November 20, 2015
1. Juana Briones Park Marker
Inscription.
Juana Briones Park. . Rancho La Purísima Conceptión was granted to a former Santa Clara Mission Indian, Jose Gorgonio, by Governor Alvarado on June 30, 1840. In 1844, Gorgonio and another Indian, José Ramon, sold the grant to Dona Juana Briones de Miranda, who lived with her seven children in an adobe house on the top of a hill nearby, at Fremont Avenue and Arastradero Road. Ox-drawn garetta, drying hides, bull and bear fights, vaqueros herding cattle, and family barbeque festivities were familiar sights on the rancho. , This park, dedicated in 1989, was part of that early Spanish life.
Rancho La Purísima Conceptión was granted to a former Santa Clara Mission Indian, Jose Gorgonio, by Governor Alvarado on June 30, 1840. In 1844, Gorgonio and another Indian, José Ramon, sold the grant to Dona Juana Briones de Miranda, who lived with her seven children in an adobe house on the top of a hill nearby, at Fremont Avenue and Arastradero Road. Ox-drawn garetta, drying hides, bull and bear fights, vaqueros herding cattle, and family barbeque festivities were familiar sights on the rancho.
This park, dedicated in 1989, was part of that early Spanish life.
Location. 37° 24.471′ N, 122° 7.644′ W. Marker is in Palo Alto, California, in Santa Clara County. It is in Green Acres. Marker can be reached from Maybell Avenue just west of Clemo Avenue, on the right when traveling east. The marker is located near the northeast corner of the park behind the train play structure. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 609 Maybell Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured
Also see . . . Juana Briones. The National Park Service - The Presidio Brochure gives a short description of Juana Briones and her life in the Bay Area. (Submitted on November 20, 2015.)
Photographed By Syd Whittle, November 20, 2015
2. Juana Briones Park Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2015, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 457 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 20, 2015, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
