Robert Keahey’s talk titled “California Bound: Opening the West” filled every seat in the museum’s meeting room. He laid out the history of westward migration from 1840 to 1846, but looked back to the 1820s and the Santa Fé Trail as well as the early 1800s and the Oregon Trail, to set the stage ... Read More about Full House for “California Bound” Presentation
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Speaker Night
February 16, 7pm, at the museum SHS Docent Robert Keahey will give a presentation on early immigration to California. Hear about the various routes immigrants traveled, early attempts to cross the Sierra Nevada in wagons, the successful trek of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy wagon train, and ... Read More about Speaker Night
A Sunnyvale Treasure!
“A Sunnyvale Treasure” . . . those are the words one guest wrote in the 2023 visitors’ register after touring the museum for the first time. Those of us who know the museum are well aware of its position as a jewel in Sunnyvale’s crown, and we feel justifiably proud when first-time visitors see it ... Read More about A Sunnyvale Treasure!
Celebrating Fifteen Years of SHS Teas
The hum of happy voices. . . Tea tables, exquisitely set . . . Aproned servers, who rarely allow a teacup to empty . . . Charming ambience and unique decor . . . Delectable, home-cooked food . . . Twice a year, since the Sunnyvale Historical Society (SHS) opened the doors of its brand new museum in ... Read More about Celebrating Fifteen Years of SHS Teas
New Rotating Exhibit: Murphy Wedding
New Rotating Exhibit: Mary Genevieve Murphy Wedding to Henry Ward Wright in 1890 Martin Murphy Jr.’s grand-daughter, Mary Genevieve, had a lavish wedding at her father’s (B. D. Murphy) opulent residence in San José, presided over by Right Reverend Archbishop Riordan. The wedding was the society ... Read More about New Rotating Exhibit: Murphy Wedding
