Timeline of Mountain View, California

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mountain View, California, USA.

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Prior to 20th century

  • The Ohlone tribe inhabited the area, the Tamyen (Tamien, Thamien) people are associated with the Mountain View area.
  • 1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded, and the land that is now Mountain View was used as pasture for sheep and cattle by the Mission Indians.[1]
  • 1842 - Mexico grants 8,800 acre land (part of what is now part of Mountain View and Sunnyvale) to Francisco Estrada and his wife, Inez Castro.[2][3]
  • 1844 - Mexico grants 1,700 acre land grant of Rancho Posolmi, (the Moffett Field area) is granted to local Native American Lupe Ynigo.[3]
  • 1845 - The Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas (Ranch of the Ewe/Lamb Pasture) was a transferred land grant to Mariano Castro, after the death of his relative Francisco M. Estrada.[1][2]
  • 1852 - Stagecoach service begins, and the first stop (near Grant Road and El Camino Real) is formed for service between San Francisco and San Jose. A settlement is formed around this stop.[2]
  • 1854
    • Settlement named "Mountain View", naming is credited by local store keeper and the first postmaster, Jacob Shumway.[3]
    • Public school district opens.[3]
  • 1867 - Rengstorff House (residence) built in Shoreline Park.[3]
  • 1888 - Mountain View Register newspaper begins publication.[4][5]
  • 1893 - Stanford University professors investigate the Castro Indian Mound also known as Indian Hill, Secondino Robles (in the neighborhood that is now known as Monte Loma) to better understand local Native American customs.[6]

20th century

21st century

  • 2002 - Computer History Museum opens at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.[3][33]
  • 2005 - The old pump windmill is relocated to the Rengstorff House, formerly located at Mountain View Grant Road Farm.[34]
  • 2006 - The Jehning Lock Museum opens at 175 Castro Street, featuring one of the largest collections of locks and keys.[35]
  • 2010 - Population: 74,066.[36]
  • 2011 - The Computer History Museum reopens, after a two-year, $19 million remodel.[37]
  • 2014 - John McAlister becomes mayor.[38]
  • 2013 - Google leases the former Mayfield Mall location (corner of Central Expressway and San Antonio Road)[39]
  • 2016

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mountain View History". City of Mountain View. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Perry, Nicholas (2012). Mountain View, Then & Now. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738595764.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Stickler, Diana (2007-02-24). "A look back: Timeline of Mountain View history". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ American Newspaper Annual, N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921 – via HathiTrust
  6. ↑ Cady, Theron G. (1948). "Tales of the San Francisco Peninsula". Monta Loma Neighborhood. Peninsula Life Magazine, C-T Publishers. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  7. 1 2 3 Santuario, Angel (2010-11-07). "Then & Now: Mountain View Union High School". Mountain View Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  8. ↑ "City History". City of Mountain View. Retrieved January 30, 2016. (timeline)
  9. 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Mountain View, CA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ "About the Association". Mountain View Historical Association. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  11. 1 2 Pluralism Project. "Mountain View, California". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ "History". Mountain View Buddhist Temple. 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  13. ↑ "Mountain View, California, United States". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  14. ↑ Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 737, OL 5812502M – via Internet Archive
  15. ↑ American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
  16. ↑ "History". Mountain View Historical Association. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  17. ↑ Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
  18. 1 2 3 "The Silicon Engine: a Timeline of Semiconductors in Computers". Mountain View, California: Computer History Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  19. 1 2 "Cinemas Around the World - Moffett Drive-In Theatre, Mountain View CA". CinemaTour. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  20. 1 2 3 Perry, Nick (2004-10-15). "Mayfield Mall Once a Hot Item". Mountain View Voice. Embarcadero Publishing Company. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  21. ↑ "History". Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  22. ↑ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
  23. 1 2 3 Ratnikas, Algirdas. "SF Bay Area 2000". Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  24. ↑ Smith, Cheryl. "The First Inhabitants of Our Neighborhood History". Monta Loma Neighborhood. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  25. ↑ Gross, Jane; Times, Special to The New York (1989-06-24). "Stanford Agrees to Return Ancient Bones to Indians". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  26. ↑ "Historic Rengstorff House". City of Mountain View. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  27. ↑ "About Us | Mountain View Online". www.mv-voice.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  28. ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, DC. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  29. ↑ "California". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1993.
  30. ↑ "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on January 1997.
  31. ↑ "Museum History". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  32. ↑ "City of Mountain View Home Page". City of Mountain View. Archived from the original on January 1997.
  33. 1 2 "Museum History (timeline)". Computer History Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Inherit The Wind". The Friends of "R" House. 2007. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  35. ↑ "Jehning Lock Museum of Mountain View - Oddball Museums". Waymarking.com. 2012. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  36. ↑ "Mountain View city, California". State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  37. ↑ "Press Releases". Computer History Museum. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  38. ↑ "Clark, McAlister to lead City Council in 2014", Mountain View Online, January 8, 2014
  39. ↑ Avalos, George (2013-08-14). "Google leases huge space in Mountain View". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  40. ↑ "Mountain View: Showalter picked as new mayor", San Jose Mercury News, January 6, 2016
  41. ↑ "Teslas in the Trailer Park: A California City Faces Its Housing Squeeze", New York Times, November 13, 2016
  42. ↑ Golgowski, Nina (2016-11-13). "History Teacher Removed From Classroom For Comparing Trump To Hitler". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  43. ↑ "A 40-Year Teaching Career Ending After Trump/Hitler Comparison in Mountain View". KQED News. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2017-04-15.

Bibliography

  • "Mountain View". San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directory. Polk-Husted. 1909 – via Google Books.
  • Mary Jo Ignoffo (2002). Milestones: a history of Mountain View, California. California History Center & Foundation. ISBN 978-0-935089-27-1.
  • "A look back: Timeline of Mountain View history", San Jose Mercury News, March 2007
  • Nicholas Perry; Kimberly Chan (2012). Mountain View. Then & Now. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-9576-4.
  • Mountain View Public Library. "Mountain View History Center".
  • Items related to Mountain View, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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