Re: silicon valley history

From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Date: Mon May 28 2001 - 18:55:15 MDT


At 02:22 PM 5/28/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I had an idea for those who are coming for E5. There is
>a lotta history around here that isn't being preserved. The
>local historical society is all messed up. They go all out to
>save any house older than 50 years, as if there existed such
>a thing, yet make no effort to preserve the really important
>stuff, such as the garage in Mountain View where Jobs and
>Woz made the first Apple or the house where Hewlett and
>Packard started their empire. However, I believe those
>houses are still standing. I just don't know where they are.
>
>Is anyone interested in a Silicon Valley history tour? If so,
>try to find out where these places are located. Perhaps
>there is a website somewhere? spike

I seem to remember seeing the garage where Hewlett-Packard started out was
on a list of historic places. This might be their first "business"
location, rather than the place they built the first oscillators, though.

Chuck Kuecker



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