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The Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purísima Concepción

The Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purísima Concepción is a California Historical Landmark in Los Altos, Santa Clara County.

West Fremont Road, Los Altos · location approximate

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In 1843 Apolinario Miranda, husband of Juana Briones de Miranda, was sent before the subprefect for not living harmoniously with his wife.... Shortly thereafter Juana and her seven children arrived at Rancho la Purísima Concepción. In 1856 this property was duly confirmed to her. Juana lived in this adobe until she was crippled by rheumatism and had to move.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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Historical maps covering this location

1848 · Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · Map of the mining district of California (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1865 · The Central Part of the State of California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Plat of the Rancho La Purisima Concepcion, finally confirmed to Juana Briones : [Santa… (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)

Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco, 1873, covering the location of The Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purísima Concepción, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco, 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

The Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purísima Concepción

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