Do You Know Juana Briones?

A street, creek, park, and elementary school bear her name in Palo Alto—but do you actually know Juana Briones (1802–1889)? Juana defied social expectations as a healer, rancher, landowner, entrepreneur, and mother of 11 children. She rode horseback across the Bay Area, helping everyone who needed her—no exceptions. But how did she become one of California’s first landowners? What did she do to raise funds to send all her children to school? Learn all this and more as we see historic artifacts from Juana's life, and participate in hands-on activities!

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