Images of America: Mountain View
Subtitle: Mountain View
Publisher: Arcadia
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Charleston,SC,U.S.A
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 138
Description: Founded as a stagecoach stop along the El Camino Real in 1852, Mountain View became a diverse and bountiful agricultural community in the "Valley of Heart's Delight." During the depths of the Depression, Bay Area citizens raised almost half a million dollars to purchase land north of town that was offered to the navy. The gamble paid off with the opening of Moffett Naval Air Station in 1933, inaugurating Mountain View's turn toward commercial and residential development. It was in an old apricot storage barn on San Antonio Road that William Shockley founded the first silicon manufacturing company in 1956, making it the true birthplace of the "Silicon Valley."
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgement; title: Introduction; title: 1.The San Antonio District; title: 2.El Camino Real; title: 3.Downtown and Old Mountain View; title: 4.The North Bayshore District and Moffet Field; title: 5.Around Town; title: 6.Coming together