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The Campus Plan. In 1876, Leland Stanford purchased 650 acres of what had been El Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of his Palo Alto Stock Farm for trotting horses.
Stanford's identity marks have a rich history. In November of 1769, Gaspar de Portola and his party camped under a towering double redwood tree located on the bank of the San Francisquito Creek (map). From this campsite his reconnoitering parties discovered and explored San Francisco Bay.