Historical Markers and War Memorials in Stanford, California
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The industrious Leland Stanford wore many hats over his lifetime-lawyer, merchant, chief railroad builder, governor of California, horse breeder, vintner, university founder and U.S.-senator. His lifelong passion, however, was horses. The son of a . . . — — Map (db m231687) HM
This site was originally inhabited by the Puichon tribe of the Ohlone Indians. There were over 50 Ohlone tribes altogether, each inhabiting a specific part of the Bay Area. The watershed of San Francisquito Creek was the territory of the Puichon. . . . — — Map (db m232021) HM
In a world of critical resource and environmental changes, Stanford is working toward solutions, educating new scientists and accelerating interdisciplinary research and discoveries. In the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford . . . — — Map (db m231890) HM
Stanford University's campus is located within the traditional territory of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe includes members who trace their ancestry through records kept by three Spanish missions established in the San . . . — — Map (db m232002) HM
Stanford's founders believed in the strength of a diverse student body. The university opened in 1891 as co-educational and nonsectarian - forward thinking at the time. Stanford's commitment to inclusion continues today and its campus community . . . — — Map (db m232006) HM
Stanford provides a supportive environment for its rigorous academic life. Grounded in the university's conviction that living and learning should be integrated, nearly all undergraduates live on campus all four years. They learn from each other in . . . — — Map (db m231893) HM
The artworks in this garden were created on location in 1994 by ten artists from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. After six months of chopping and chiseling, socializing and sight-seeing, the artists left not only the artworks you see . . . — — Map (db m232015) HM
The Loma Prieta earthquake left a devastating mark on Stanford, displacing scores of faculty and students from their programs and departments, living quarters, and places of study. In just 15 seconds, 242 buildings were damaged, 20 of them so . . . — — Map (db m231811) HM
In 1884 the French city of Calais commissioned Auguste Rodin to create a memorial honoring heroes of the Hundred Years' War. He depicted the six burghers, or citizens, who in 1347 volunteered to leave the defeated city barefoot, tied by rope at the . . . — — Map (db m231894) HM
I have loved these awesome doors since that winter day in 1949 when I first stood below them outside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia and was terrified at the prospect of writing my dissertation on the Gates of Hell. In one way or another, I have . . . — — Map (db m48162) HM
Posted as a sentry on the dark, damp night of November 17-18 1931,
Gordon Hampton, '35, a frosh of only six weeks on the
"Farm," stood under the adjacent oak tree to sound the alarm of any Cal
attempt to torch prematurely the tower of RR ties . . . — — Map (db m143594) HM
On April 23, 1964 and April 14, 1967, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the Stanford community and local citizens in this Auditorium.
“It may well be that we will have to repeat in this generation, not merely for the . . . — — Map (db m115849) HM
Built with funds raised by Stanford women
Formally opened February 18, 1915.
Presented to the University September 1, 1966, by the Board of Directors of the Stanford Women’s Club. — — Map (db m232008) HM
This building, the gift of Thomas Welton Stanford, was erected in 1893.
It housed the university library until 1919, when it was remodeled to serve as an administration building. Gifts from alumni and friends made possible a second remodeling in . . . — — Map (db m231994) HM
History
The machine that you see inside is a fully functional weight-driven tower clock, commissioned by Jane Stanford in 1899 and built by the Seth Thomas Clock Company in 1901. It was originally housed in the dome above Memorial Church, . . . — — Map (db m232000) HM
Founders Jane and Leland Stanford incorporated engineering in the original Stanford curriculum because they foresaw a need for engineers in the West. Engineering feats and innovations in physics, chemistry and materials science have since followed, . . . — — Map (db m231889) HM