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Palo Alto

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Palo Alto , city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. A local attraction is "El Palo Alto," a tree that is more than 1,000 years old. Nearby Stanford is the seat of Stanford Univ.

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Palo Alto locality not far from Brownsville, Tex., where the first battle of the Mexican War was fought on May 8, 1846. American troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated a Mexican force led by Gen. Mariano Arista, who retreated to Resaca de la Palma.

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Palo Alto

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Palo Alto, California/USA Founded in 1891 and named ‘Tall Tree’, a reference to a tall redwood tree here, from the Spanish palo ‘tree’ and alto ‘tall’.

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