Irish immigrants Dennis J. Oliver and his brother-in-law D.C. McGlynn were Menlo Park's first permanent settlers in 1853. They found the tree-studded pastureland of this area reminiscent of "Menlough", their hometown located on the outskirts of Galway, Ireland. This led them to purchase a 1,700-acre tract of land at the southern end of the Pulgas Grant, land on which you are no standing. In 1854 Oliver and McGlynn erected a magnificent, wooden gateway to their property. The name "Menlo Park" was written on the center, main arch in foot-high letters. The gates, as pictured above, stood on the west side of El Camino Real adjacent to this marker. Unfortunately, a motorist demolished the gates in 1922.
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