L OOKING B ACK : P HOTOS FROM THE A RCHIVE
September 28
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
H ARVEST H ISTORY F ESTIVAL
Heritage Park, 771 N. Rengstorff Ave.
1975 eagle mural at Castro St. campus
October 6
Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“B ACK TO THE E AGLE S HACK ” + MVHA Photos of “Fury” the eagle from old yearbooks Modern eagle mural at Los Altos High
In keeping with the “Back to the Eagle Shack” theme of our fall event, let’s
F ALL M EETING
Historic Adobe Building, 157 Moffett Blvd.
See page 1 for more info
December 11
Wednesday 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
MVHA F ALL /W INTER B OARD M EETING
M.V. Library History Center, 585 Franklin St.
All interested members welcome to attend!
February 9
Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
MVHA W INTER E VENT & M EETING
Historic Adobe Building, 157 Moffett Blvd.
Details in our next newsletter!
look back at the history of the eagle as a symbol of Mountain View. Since the
1930s, our community has rallied around the eagle as a high school mascot.
Usually depicted as a bald eagle, the mascot was originally chosen by students
at Mountain View Union High School (MVUHS) on Castro Street and eventually
was nicknamed “Fury.” The eagle complemented the school colors, blue and
gray. The colors were chosen by students in 1902 to symbolize unity within
the campus community; its fi rst two graduates were descendants of Civil War
soldiers, one a Northern “Blue” and the other a Southern “Gray.” Over time,
the eagle became a proud symbol of unity for the school’s increasingly ethnically
diverse student body.
When MVUHS closed in 1981, half of its student population was reassigned
to arch-rival Los Altos High School. To ease the transition for the reassigned
students, Los Altos High adopted the eagle mascot and blue and gray colors.
Part of the old Castro Street campus became Eagle Park, named in honor of
the mascot. Today, the generations of proud MVUHS Eagles from the beloved
Castro Street campus are joined by an ever-growing number of “Mountain
View” Eagles (i.e., people from the city of Mountain View) who are alumni of
Los Altos High School. Either way, the eagle lives on!
MOUNTAIN VIEW
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 252
Mountain View, CA 94042
WEB: www.mountainviewhistorical.org
EMAIL: [email protected]
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