Rancho Corte de Madera
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Rancho el Corte de Madera was a 13,316-acre Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Máximo Martínez. The name translates as "t
1833 diseño of land grant
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Portola Valley, California
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Portola Valley is an affluent town in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 4,456. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, th
Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Portola Valley is named after Gaspar de Portolá, first Governor of the Californias and leader of the Portolá expedition.
The historic Mission Revival style Portola Valley School, built 1909.
The historic Casa de Tableta, built by Californio entrepreneur Félix Buelna in 1851, now named Rossotti's Alpine Inn.