L OOKING B ACK : P HOTOS FROM THE A RCHIVE
February 16
Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
MVHA 2020 V ISION W ORKSHOP +
MVHA W INTER M EETING
206 Castro Street, Mtn. View
Please note new date and location! See page 1
for more info.
March 11
Wednesday 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
MVHA W INTER /S PRING B OARD M EETING
M.V. Library History Center, 585 Franklin St.
All interested members welcome to attend!
April 25
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
M OUNTAIN V IEW S PRING P ARADE
Castro Street - Downtown Mtn. View
MVHA Members pose for a photo after dedicating our fi rst historical marker in 1957.
We are looking for volunteers to be in our parade
Since its founding, the MVHA has helped install historical placards, plaques and
contingent, see page 7 for details.
markers throughout the city. The fi rst historical marker was installed on March 3,
1957, on the west side of the 500 block of Castro Street, marking the cemetery
grounds given by Maria Trinidad Peralta de Castro to the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church as a “burying ground for all religions.” The former cemetery is now
Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Pioneer Park. When the park was built, unclaimed remains were reburied on-site.
MVHA S PRING E VENT & M EETING
Our original marker was eventually relocated to the park’s Church Street edge.
Historic Adobe Building, 157 Moffett Blvd.
Our newest historical marker was installed in Eagle Park in November 2019! For
Details in our next newsletter!
more information on that marker, see page 4.
May 3
MOUNTAIN VIEW
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 252
Mountain View, CA 94042
WEB: www.mountainviewhistorical.org
EMAIL: [email protected]
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