Huntington derided the latter project as "the circus." But Leland Stanford Junior University, named in honor of the cherished son Stanford lost to typhoid in 1884, ensured the most famous of the ...

He changed the name to College Terrace after an irate Leland Stanford paid a $1,000 settlement for the right to use the name Palo Alto in selling his University Park lots. Image courtesy Bo Crane.

The report of President Ray Lyman Wilbur of Leland Stanford University describes the addition of several important building units to the university, including the Stanford Union, the Stanford ...

Huntington derided the latter project as "the circus." But Leland Stanford Junior University, named in honor of the cherished son Stanford lost to typhoid in 1884, ensured the most famous of the ...

There are multiple reasons that Silicon Valley is located where it is, but one of the major reasons is Stanford University. And if there is no Leland Stanford, there is no Stanford University.

Leland Stanford Mansion ... through the 1860s. Sadly, Stanford and his wife lost their only child to typhoid fever, which led to them establishing Stanford University in his name.