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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RW_a-sacred-site_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Mount Umunhum holds great spiritual value of local tribal bands such as the Amah Mutsen and Muwekma. This mountain is where visions are sought and communion with the spiritual world is made. It is also where relationships with ancestors and future…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RU_scanning-the-skies_Los-Gatos-CA.html
In the late 1950s, the United States government procured Mount Umunhum to build the Almaden Air Force Station. an early warning radar facility that operated from 1957 to 1980. The station was constructed as part of a west coast network that scanne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RT_early-people-of-mount-umunhum_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Mount Umunhum is a sacred site for today's Amah Mustun and Muwekma tribal bands, who are the living descendants of the ancestral Ohlone tribes native to the region. Along with the eagle, hawk, and raven, the hummingbird plays an important role in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM230W_burrell-school_Los-Gatos-CA.html
In 1852, Lynman J. Burrell settled an area along the Santa Cruz Mountains and eventually establish Burrell Village. Burrell School is the last remaining structure of Burrell Village. Established in 1879, it served Santa Clara and Santa Cruz County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QTI_the-cats_Los-Gatos-CA.html
In 1919, Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Sara Bard Field purchased a beautiful 34-acre site overlooking Los Gatos to establish a refuge for their creative pursuits. Here they commissioned Robert Treat Paine to create two large statures to mark the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11B1_lexington-reservoir_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Watershed: Guadalupe RiverCapacity: 6.5 billion gallonsDepth: 130 feetLength: 2.5 milesBuilt: 1952Lexington Reservoir, named for the historic 1850's town which once stood on the valley's floor, is a significant source of local drinking water. Wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10M7_mountain-charlie-road_Los-Gatos-CA.html
In 1858 the Santa Cruz Turnpike Company awarded a contract in the amount of $6000 to Charles Henry "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan and Hiram Scott for the construction of a road. The road from the Scott house, located in what is now Scotts Valley, to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10M0_lexington-reservoir-county-park_Los-Gatos-CA.html
In 1952, Santa Cruz Mountain rainwater flowing from the surrounding creeks filled the new reservoir and slowly covered what was left of the once prosperous towns of Lexington, Alma and an old portion of Highway 17. Looking out today across the dee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM105I_mountain-charlie-big-tree_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Named for Charles Henry "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan, who was one of the first white settlers in the Santa Cruz Mountain area. One of the largest trees of its species, this Sequoia sempervirens was originally over 300 feet high. The tree stands to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM105H_mountain-charlie-bear-fight_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Near here in Mountain Charlie Gulch on May 8, 1854, Charles Henry "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan and a friend named Taylor were attacked by a Grizzly Bear. The bear sprang from a thicket, both men fired; but the bear grabbed Mountain Charlie, biting…