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| Landmark #644 | Santa Clara County | Visited: August 27, 2016 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A couple of plaques on a boulder! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Martin Murphy, Jr. arrived in California with his family in 1844 in the first wagon train to cross the Sierra Nevada. The founder of Sunnyvale, he constructed here his prefabricated lumber house, brought around the Horn in 1849. Members of the Murphy family lived here continuously until 1953, when the property was acquired by the City of Sunnyvale. The house was destroyed by fire in 1961.
OTHER TIDBITS: This was the same Martin Murphy, Jr. who owned Murphy’s Corral in Elk Grove! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Martin Murphy, Jr. Historical Park Corner of N Sunnyvale and California Aves Sunnyvale, CA 94086 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~352mi (567km) — 5.9hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
