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	El Palo Alto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		El Palo Alto is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree located in El Palo Alto Park on the banks of San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, California, United States.
		El Palo Alto is 110 feet (33.5 meters) in height (compared to 134.6 feet or 41 meters in 1951), 90 inches (2.3 meters) in diameter, and has a crown spread of 40 feet (12 meters).
		The tree is depicted on the city of Palo Alto's official seal and on the seal of Stanford University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/El_Palo_Alto (345 words)

	Palo Alto, California - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA.
		Palo Alto is located at the northern end of the Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University `(which is technically located in an adjacent area that can receive mail addressed to Stanford, California), and to several successful high-technology companies.
		The northern half of Palo Alto, north of Oregon Expressway, is filled with graceful homes, some of which date back to the 1890s but most of which were built in the first four decades of the 20th century on tree-lined streets.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /p/pa/palo_alto__california.html (999 words)

	Palo Alto, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palo Alto is also generally perceived to have excellent public schools (See: PALY and GUNN) and a high quality of life.
		The latter was the downtown of Mayfield, the former of Palo Alto prior to merging with Mayfield.
		Palo Alto is served by Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County, one of the busiest single-runway general aviation airports in the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palo_Alto,_California (3935 words)

	Palo Alto, California
		Palo Alto is also generally perceived to have excellent public schools and a high quality of life.
		Palo Alto is served by two major freeways, US Highway 101 and Interstate 280, and is traversed by the Peninsula's main north-south boulevard, El Camino Real (California State Highway 82).
		The Palo Alto airport is one of the busiest single-runway general aviation airports in the country.
	creekin.net /c7420-n208-palo-alto-california.html (1278 words)

	Spa Palo Alto -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palo Alto is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area — Stanford, California), and to several successful high-technology companies.
		The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican-American War and was fought on May 8, 1846 on disputed ground five miles (8 km) from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas.
		The Palo Alto was a concrete ship built as a tanker at the end of World War I. She was built by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company at the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Oakland, California.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/135/spa-palo-alto.html (1614 words)

	El Palo Alto: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		El Palo Alto is 110 feet (33.5 meters) in height (compared to 134.6 feet or 41 meters in 1951), EHandler: no quick summary.
		El camino real in california is historically the road built in 1769 by...
		The tree is depicted on the city of Palo Alto's official seal and on the seal of Stanford University Stanford University quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/el_palo_alto.htm (852 words)

	El Palo Alto: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		El Palo Alto, roughly translated, means the tall tree in Spanish (Spanish: The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain).
		The tree is depicted on the city of Palo Alto's official seal and on the seal of Stanford University (Stanford University: A university in California).
		El Palo Alto originally had twin trunks, but a 1887 flood in the San Francisquito arroyo (arroyo: A stream or brook) tore off one of the two.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/el_palo_alto (300 words)

	Palo Alto Historical Association - About PAHA
		The Palo Alto Historical Association, a nonprofit organization, was established in its present form in 1948 as successor to an earlier organization founded in 1913.
		The Palo Alto Historical Association Guy Miller Archives are housed at the Main Library, 1213 Newell Road.
		The Palo Alto Historical Association holds general meetings the first Sunday of the month October-December and February-May at 2 p.m.
	www.pahistory.org /ap.html (373 words)

	Palo Alto Homes For Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palo Alto has a remarkable number of city-owned parks for its size and nearly one-third of its 26 square miles is open space.
		Palo Alto’s San Francisco Bay location and natural environment offer the opportunity to enjoy bird and aquatic life in a natural habitat.
		The El Palo Alto is the tree underneath which Spanish explorer Don Gaspar de Portola made camp in 1769, eventually giving the city its name.
	www.palo-alto-real-estate-and-homes.com /cityprofile.htm (526 words)

	Palo Alto on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In East Palo Alto, Calif., 1 out of 3 drug users may be infected with AIDS virus, study shows.(Origi...
		Palo Alto Medical Foundation, American Red Cross Team Up for 'CPR Saturday'; Free Training to Be Held March 12 at Cubberley Community Center.
		Palo Alto is first city to set up on the Internet.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PaloAltCA.asp (341 words)

	Palo Alto
		The city of Palo Alto is often considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
		Here is a map of the parks of Palo Alto, a history of Palo Alto parks, and a history of the city of Palo Alto.
		There is a new off-road path that was constructed by the City of Palo Alto in 1999, with a $50,000 grant from the Coastal Conservancy.
	www.abag.ca.gov /bayarea/baytrail/vtour/map3/access/Btpalto/Btpalto.htm (5277 words)

	Palo alto california - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	El Palo Alto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		El Palo Alto is a redwood tree after which the city Palo Alto is named.
		Not as tall as it was when the Spanish explorers led by Gaspar de Portola came through in November 1769, El Palo Alto measures in today at 110.8 feet.
		El Palo Alto sometime between 1902 and 1904
	www.jawed.com /pictures/el_palo_alto (194 words)

	Stanford University Design Guidelines
		In 1876, California Governor Leland Stanford purchased 650 acres of El Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and his famous Palo Alto Stock Farm for trotting horses.
		The Palo Alto name was later adopted by the city that grew up beside the University.
		El Palo Alto lives on, too, as the centerpiece in the Stanford University seal, and one of the Block "S" emblems.
	www.stanford.edu /group/identity/history_tree.html (190 words)

	El Palo Alto Chapter NSDAR - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1769 it was reported that the Spanish explorer, Gaspar de Portola, camped under a famous tree, which he named "El Palo Alto." In 1774, Padre Palou also rested under its boughs.
		It also served as an animal shelter for fifteen years, and in 1974, a small grove of redwood seedlings from the original tree was planted and dedicated at the circular spot in the driveway of the Hyatt Hotel.
		The Stanford-Palo Alto chapter was retained as El Palo Alto, and the second chapter was named Gaspar de Portola and served the northern part of the Palo Alto area.
	www.californiadar.org /chapters/elpaloalto/history.html (340 words)

	El Palo Alto seedlings may go international (October 10, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		El Palo Alto, the "living landmark" of Palo Alto that was a seedling when Christ walked the Earth, may soon become internationally known through the sale of new seedlings.
		Dave Dockter, the city's arborist, announced the impending fame for Palo Alto's old tree during an award ceremony Wednesday evening for Canopy, the tree-advocate group (see story on page 6, second section).
		One El Nino seedling was planted at Mitchell Park in the 1970s, and is now a tall tree.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/2003/2003_10_10.elpaloalto10.html (306 words)

	Palo Alto Online: Triple El, Palo Alto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Triple El is nicknamed after three streets within the subdivision: Elsinore Drive, Elsinore Court, and El Cajon.
		Only in Triple El, the 100 to 125 people participating aren't watching the parade, they're dressing up and marching around, he said.
		In 2005 Triple El celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Halloween-themed party on El Cajon Way, complete with cake and singing "Happy Birthday" to the neighborhood.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /neighborhoods/tripleel.shtml (503 words)

	Palo Alto Library links at JEE 6
		The Palo Alto, Calif., Library Director and City Manager are pushing to close down branch libraries in downtown Palo Alto and near Stanford University.
		The Palo Alto Main Library now has a wireless network as part of the FTTH trial and the generosity of community members.
		FOUNDING OF PALO ALTO's FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY Carnegie Library of Palo Alto A city may well be judged both by the intelligence of the average citizen within its confines and the various agencies which...
	www.jee6.com /digital/Palo+Alto+Library (1565 words)

	Palo Alto ¾ÆµêÌØ¼Û
		Conveniently located less than 2 miles from Stanford University, Quality ¿ÍÕ» Palo Alto is within walking distance from a variety of restaurants and shops.
		The Travelodge - Palo Alto is located in the heart of Silicon Valley and is only 2 miles from Stanford University Campus and Medical Centre.
		Conveniently located three miles from Stanford University, Comfort ¿ÍÕ» Palo Alto is close to the international airports.
	www.hoteldetective.net /Town/CS/Palo_Alto-Hotels_CS.htm (289 words)

	Palo Alto California Information Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palo Alto History: Palo Alto means "Tall Tree." The city claimed the name from its landmark, the 250+ year-old coastal redwood tree, El Palo Alto, which still grows by the railroad trestle near the intersection of El Camino Real and Alma street.
		Palo Alto was a sleepy backwater university town in 1938 when Stanford grads David Packard and William Hewlett teamed up in a drafty garage (at 367 Addison Avenue) and launched a multibillion-dollar global company.
		In so doing, they gave birth to the notion that anyone with a good idea and access to a garage can change history.
	www.losaltos.org (270 words)

	City of Palo Alto - El Camino Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		City of Palo Alto - El Camino Park
		El Camino park is Palo Alto's oldest park, first opening in 1914.
		The park includes a soccer field and softball field with bleachers and lights.
	www.city.palo-alto.ca.us /community-services/pk-elcamino.html (53 words)

	Find in a Library: El Palo Alto [ca. 1900
		Black-and-white photograph of El Palo Alto, the Tall Tree located off Alma Street by the Southern Pacific tracks and San Francisquito Creek.
		It lent its name to the City of Palo Alto.
		El Palo Alto is a redwood tree thought to be over 1000 years old.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/280b0260e042cbd2a19afeb4da09e526.html (100 words)

	Palo Alto Hotel Specials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Super 8 Palo Alto Stanford is conveniently located 25 miles south of San Francisco and 12 miles north of San Jose.
		Conveniently located less than 2 miles from Stanford University, Quality Inn Palo Alto is within walking distance from a variety of restaurants and shops.
		Conveniently located three miles from Stanford University, Comfort Inn Palo Alto is close to the international airports.
	www.hoteldetective.net /Town/EN/Palo_Alto-Hotels.htm (315 words)

	Palo Alto, California -
		Location of Palo Alto within Santa Clara County, California.
		Prior to the construction of this station, fire units worked out of a building that is now marked, "Old Fire Truck House." The old fire station is located on Santa Theresa Street near Tressider Memorial Union: Quad 2 Building 620.
		The Palo Alto City Library has five branches.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Palo_Alto,_California (3844 words)

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		Because the campus was founded in Palo Alto, Stanford took El Palo Alto as a mascot.
		The town was named for a tall redwood tree called El Palo Alto which still stands near the railroad tracks where Alma Street intersects with El Camino Real.
		The tree's name comes from the Spanish for tall tree or tall stick: "palo alto." (As an aside, all campus addresses are in Stanford, Calif., not Palo Alto.
	www.stanford.edu /~calliope/pub/stanford/tree.mascot (2668 words)

	Raven's Roads: El Palo Alto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Then came December 27th, one of those lovely sunny days that often stands in the middle to remind you that this is, in fact, still California.
		The tree is a big, impressive old redwood and there is a marker there to say it was around when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
		I came home all the way on El Camino, stuck behind a wagon in the dirt of which somebody had scrawled "Jesus Saves".
	www.annwn.com /roads2/archive/20040111_elpaloalto.html (536 words)

	Palo Alto - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Palo Alto : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		PALO ALTO : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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	Palo Alto, city, California
		PARK CITY, UT-- Nancy Martin of Palo Alto, California, is wild with excitement after her son, Brian Martin, won the Olympic silver medal in two-man luge with Mark Grimmette at Utah Olympic Park in Par
		Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula Encouraging Healthy Eating Habits at 'Kids in the Kitchen'; California Event Part of 225 City, Four Country Effort.
		Palo Alto, AT&T Spar Over Cable Bill.(Palo Alto, California, City Council questions charge on AT and T Broadband L.L.C.'s customer bills)(Brief Article)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0837415.html (242 words)

	San Mateo County History - Tales of the San Francisco Peninsula by Theron G. Cady - El Palo Alto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Just a short block to the east of El Camino Real (U.S. Highway 101) at the northern entrance to the city of Palo Alto stands the ancient Palo Alto tall tree which gave the lovely college town its name.
		This magnificent tree, which rears its stately head above the live oak and eucalypti around it, was once regarded by the Indians on the Peninsula as the dwelling place of the Great Spirit, and they often held their council meetings beneath its spreading branches.
		Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto historian, is in doubt, for existing records fail to give the exact year the trunk fell.
	www.sfgenealogy.com /sanmateo/history/smcady_p.htm (304 words)

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