Most of the land owned by Juana Briones--more than 4,000 acres--became the town of Los Altos Hills. But the house she built about 1845 ended up in the city limits of Palo Alto. It was finally razed in 2011. Photo courtesy of the Palo Alto Historical Association Archives.
I've recently written a new book called Historic Bay Area Visionaries, which includes the stories of six people from California history I know you will want to meet. They include an Ohlone Indian named Lope Inigo, California pioneer Juana Briones, poet Robert Louis Stevenson, heiress Sarah Winchester, immigrant millionaire Thomas Foon Chew, and silent film star Charlie Chaplin.
Each either lived his life or spent time in the San Francisco Bay Area and each had an important impact. The story of Juana Briones, a woman who was born in California in 1802 is especially interesting. I've written a three part series on her for a Los Altos Hills publication.
Click the link "The Woman Who Owned a Town" for Part One of her story:
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