Menlo Park, California city, survived until 1922, when the original arch was destroyed in an automobile accident. The origin of the name of "Menlo Park, California" ("ca" 1850) pre-dates any work done by Thomas Edison ("ca" 1876) in Menlo Park, New Jersey; Menlo Park, New Jersey was named after Menlo Park, California. In 1917/1918 a large portion of Menlo Park was the site of Camp Fremont, a training camp for, at its height, 27,000 men being sent to fight in World War I. It didn't last long (the camp was dismantled after the war), but army engineers paved the first streets in Menlo
Menlo College provided the funding necessary to convert the Menlo College Dining Commons into the present-day library (Curtis 1984, p. 28). The Princeton Review named Menlo College a "Best in the West" college in their "2019 Best Colleges: Region by Region." U.S. News & World Report has also named Menlo College a "Best Regional College." Menlo College was also recognized as one of the "US News & World Report Best Colleges for Veterans." In 2014, Menlo College earned Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation, a distinction earned by less than five percent of the world's business schools. Menlo College