Murphy Avenue was one of the first streets in Sunnyvale. Founders of the area’s farm industry, the Murphys were the largest landowners in California. Murphy Station, land donated by the Murphys, was a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad and eventually became Sunnyvale in 1912. Elizabeth Way and Taaffe Street were named after Elizabeth Yuba Murphy Taaffe, the first child of American emigrants born in California, according to the Heritage Park Museum.