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Classic reads
- The South Bay Is All ‘Stevens Creek’ This and ‘Stevens Creek’ That. So Who Is This Stevens Anyway? ↗Who Elisha Stephens was, how his name came to be misspelled across the valley, and the rattlesnake dinners.
- Community members celebrate Diwali at the annual Cupertino Diwali Festival ↗The 17th Cupertino Diwali Festival in Memorial Park.
- End of an Era ↗The City Council approves a new plan for the dead Vallco mall.
- Le Petit Trianon ↗The Baldwins’ 1892 mansion, now the California History Center.
- Cupertino museum displays local history ↗The Cupertino Historical Society’s exhibit on Native Americans, explorers and innovators, with Elisha Stephens’ rattlesnake recipe.
- This retro photo shows how much Apple changed the face of Silicon Valley ↗A 1961 aerial photograph of Cupertino’s orchards beside a modern map.
- Reforging History ↗How the Baer blacksmith shop moved from the Crossroads to McClellan Ranch and was restored.
- Harvest Festival: Cupertino Historical Society members discuss Cupertino’s history ↗Historical Society members tell the story of Blackberry Farm, layer by layer, from the Ohlone to the Nelsons’ pool parties.
- A changing city: The last remnants of the old city ↗Picchetti Winery, the blacksmith shop and an old bike shop: the businesses that outlasted the orchards.
- Main Street Developers Host Final Forum Wednesday Night ↗The plans for Main Street Cupertino, the city’s first modern attempt at a downtown.
- When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect ↗How old spellcheckers turned cooperation into Cupertino.
- Burrel Leonard Photographs and Fruit Labels ↗A finding aid for a Cupertino orchard family’s photographs, prune labels and the birth of Vallco.
- Stern & Price Homes: Bay Area Mid-Century Ranches & Silicon Valley’s Forgotten Modernists ↗The builders of Rancho Rinconada and Cliff May’s Miracle House.
- Picchetti Ranch Preserve ↗The trails, pond and history of the Picchetti family’s ranch on Montebello Road.
- Toyokawa, Japan (Sister City) ↗The cherry trees, the stone lanterns and the student exchange begun in 1979.
- History: Continuing a Legacy of Pioneering ↗The city’s own history, from Anza’s expedition to West Side, the Crossroads and incorporation.
- Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival Honors Sister City ↗The 29th festival and the cherry trees and lanterns Toyokawa gave Cupertino.