History Articles in BPA Newsletter, Barron Park Neighborhood, Palo Alto, California, USA

From the BPA Newsletters

• Barron Park History Book Planned
• Josina Bol Dies February 16 (1996): Sixty years on Roble Ridge
• Old Barron Park Water Company
• Cornelius Bol Park
• Josina Bol Dies
• Nearly a Century of "Progress" on El Camino Real (from the files of the Palo Alto Times)
• Juana Briones Home Threatened
• The "Donkey Pasture" becomes a park / Barron Park Taxes Itself / The Barn Burns Down / Construction begins / Community Picnic and Park Dedication / ...
• The Day The Bol's Barn Burned
• More on the 1920's and 1930's: "The Pit", Buena Vista Auto Camp, and Away from the Highway
• Creeks: Channels and Flooding
• An Estate is Sold in 1919 / Colonel Jones, Our "Founder" Dies in 1929 / A Dairy is Sold and Residents Protest Zoning in 1939 / We Gained Our Own Fire Department in 1949
• Six People who Speak of our Past: Josina Bol, Chatham Forbes, John and Bertha Freund, Doris Greenbaum, Ernest and Lena Johnson, Joe Weiler
• A Railroad Ran Through Here
• Lost Neighborhoods: Maybelle of Memory / The Robles Family / The Maybelle Tract / The Irven Subdivision/ Apricots or Seeds and Flowers? / The State "Borrow Pit" / The Barron Park - Maybelle Improvement Association / Loma Vista ­ Lest We Forget
• Barron Park vs. Palo Alto: Annexation Battles: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
• The Fetes in Bol Park
• The "El Camino Strip"
• Barron Park History - multiple snippets
• Traditions of Barron Park - 20 interesting (or not-so-interesting) facts or myth about Barron Park
• History of landowners
  • Part 1: Puichon Indians, Santa Clara Misson, Jose Pena, Rancho Santa Rita
  • Part 3: Juana Briones - A Fascinating Character
  • Barron Park Pioneers: A Lawyer Founds Mayfield Farms (Elisha Crosby) (part 1 of 2)
  • Barron Park Pioneers: A Lawyer Founds Mayfield Farms (Elisha Crosby) (part 2 of 2)
  • Barron Park Pioneers: Sarah Wallis, part 1 of 2
  • Barron Park Pioneers: Sarah Wallis, part 2 of 2
  • The Day theBarron Mansion Burned (November 29, 1936)
  • The Briones House - Legacy and Landmark
  • Descendants of Edward Barron: Ivancovich Family Photo Gallery has extensive family history
• Street Names, Origins of: Interesting snippets of local history.
  • Carlitos Court, Julie Court, La Jennifer, Shauna Lane (from BPA Newsletter, Fall 1996)
  • How Did Your Street Get It's Name?: Arastradero Road, Arbol Way, El Cerrito Road, Encina Grande Avenue, La Mata Way, La Para Avenue, Manzana Lane, San Jude Avenue (Winter 1997 issue of BPA Newsletter)
  • History of the Land is Hidden in Our Street Names (from Winter 2002 BPA Newsletter)
  • How did your street get its name? - part of a continuing series (from Summer 2004 BPA Newsletter)
  • History of Palo Alto Street Names (Palo Alto Historical Association)
  • Possible candidate names for the small cul-de-sac at 797-801 Matadero Ave, currently called Emma Court (Brain-storming, many are humorous)