Plans Afoot: Guide for Historical Stanford University, Part I
In the back of my mind, I have been thinking about providing visitors to Stanford University with a guide to the historical sites that can still be seen, that haven’t been covered with shopping centers and parking lots. The guide would be provided at my site Http://earthlink.net/~jerryfranks. There is already something there but this guide would be more comprehensive.
It would start out in Palo Alto at the infamous tree which gave the area its name and the reason for being. It is at the end of Alma Street. Somewhat overshadowed now, but at one time, it overshadowed everything in the vacinity. Further down Alma, you can see the old Waterworks, originally designed by Dr. Marx. There are other sites in PA but those come up at a later date, and I want to stick to those associated with 1891: A Novel about Stanford University. The next place to go would be the mausoleum where the Stanfords and their son are buried. Nearby is a statue of the family group. The statue should be in the Memorial Quad where the Roudin statues are located. But that is another matter.
I can see this is going to take longer than I expected, so will continue at a later date. Remember this is a rough outline of what I plan to do.
