Moments in History: Leland Stanford, 1824-1893 and Jane Stanford, 1828-1905
Leland Stanford was born into a well-off farming family in New York state. After passing his bar exam in 1848, he moved to Wisconsin to practice law. In 1850, he married Jane Lathrop of Albany, New York. After three years in Wisconsin, Leland moved to California,...
Moments in History: Wong Foon Yen/Fern Mock, 1908-2008
Photo courtesy of Kimberley Wong. Story courtesy of William Warrior. Wong Foon Yen was born in 1908 in China’s Guangdong Province. Her father had moved to California in 1882, briefly returning to China to marry her mother. After fourteen months of married life, he...
Moments in History: 1918 Influenza – From Europe to the Bay Area
By PAHA Historian Steve Staiger and PAHA Board member Leslie Mills Photo: Mrs. Armour and her students at Castilleja School celebrate the end of the war while wearing flu masks, 1919 courtesy of Castilleja School It is likely that more Americans have heard of the...