tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16013027.post4490596650433504280..comments2023-06-15T20:57:30.047+10:00Comments on PattycamWatchers: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16013027.post-81174604043380737462007-03-03T16:26:00.000+10:002007-03-03T16:26:00.000+10:00The Truth: According to Stanford University, this...The Truth: According to Stanford University, this eRumor is not true. <BR/><BR/>Leland Stanford was once governor of California and in 1876, he bought the first of what would become more than 8,000 acres of land on the San Francisco peninsula. <BR/><BR/>Leland and Jane Stanford had one son, Leland, Jr., but he never attended Harvard. <BR/><BR/>He died at the age of 15 on a family trip to Italy, but from typhoid fever, not from an accident. <BR/><BR/>Within a few hours of his son's death, Stanford said to his wife, "The children of California shall be our children." <BR/><BR/>That was the beginning of Stanford University, according to the official account.<BR/><BR/>(I still think it's a great story, imagine losing your son at 15, good on them, *claps) Thanks Kevin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16013027.post-11867938247258938372007-03-02T06:37:00.000+10:002007-03-02T06:37:00.000+10:00Ha, love it!!!Ha, love it!!!Beecham Motorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685002483855010916noreply@blogger.com