Mountain View (Paperback)
by Nicholas Perry

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  Published 2012-10-08
  Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)		$17.15 4 copies from $14.62
 
 
 
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Mountain View earned its name for its scenic vantage point
between the Santa Cruz and Diablo ranges. Founded as a stagecoach stop along the El Camino Real in 1852, Mountain View became a diverse and bountiful agricultural community in the aValley of Heartas Delight.a 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 Viewas 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 aSilicon Valley.a

 
 
 
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  • ISBN-13: 9780738531366
  • ISBN-10: 0738531367
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
  • Publish Date: July 2006
  • Page Count: 128

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