References for this history

The Ohlone Way
The History of Palo Alto
Topo West
The Road to Jaramillo
Guide to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Historical Atlas of California
San Francisco Bay Area -- A Metropolis in Perspective
Draft Cultural Resources Study for the U.S. Geological Survey Environmental Assessment
From Frontier to Suburb
Crossroads
South From San Francisco
San Mateo County -- Its Story
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Biographical Directory of the American Congress
A Brief History of the U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Library: old USGS Topo maps and aerial photos
USGS Admin/Facilities Management historic files
Seismic retrofit summary by Nicholas Forell
Personal visits to National Park Service historic sites
Non-related business at USGS regional centers
Gossiping with "old timers" and retirees--with special thanks to: Paul Bateman, Melvin Beeson, Malcolm Clark, William Glen, George Gryc, Gretchen Luepkie, Michael Moore, Avery Rogers, Howard Oliver, Norm Siberling (Palo Altan now in Denver) George 1. Smith, Ward Smith, Park Snavely, Holly Wagner, George Walker, Jack Vetter, Robert Wood, Clyde Wahrhaftig, Steve Wallace, and Don White.

Also, thanks to Frank Helfrich (Menlo Park Historical Society) for proofreading this document, adding much information as to the fate of the mansion, and providing me access to the surviving photos of the Hopkins mansion, fountain, gazebo, and horsebarn tower. Thanks to Mike Moore (USGS Photo Librarian) for the aerial photos of 1939 and the oblique photo of the Army's Dibble Hospital (circa 1944),

If anyone wishes to offer additional information, vignettes, or interesting details to this history, please call or e-mail Peter Stauffer at <pstauffer@usgs.gov>. My office mailing address is 345 Middlefield Road, MS-951, Menlo Park CA 94025-3591

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