Monta Vista
Monta Vista, mountain view, was the first housing tract in the Cupertino area, brought by the electric railway. It stayed out of the city in 1955 and was annexed piece by piece until 2004.
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The electric railway led to the development of Monta Vista, the name of the first housing tract in Cupertino. (City of Cupertino) When Cupertino incorporated in 1955, Monta Vista decided at the last moment not to join; the city annexed it lot by lot, and the last of it in 2004. (Wikipedia)
Orchards and vineyards once covered it. Richard Heney came to the Monte Vista section in the 1880s, lost his first vines to phylloxera and replanted with French rooted vines; his wines won a medal at the Paris Exposition. (Sawyer, 1922)
Its parks include Linda Vista, Varian and Monta Vista parks, and Monta Vista High School opened in 1969. (Wikipedia, Wikipedia)
The Baer blacksmith shop that William Baer’s son Charlie rebuilt in his backyard, now at McClellan Ranch, is one of the last remnants of the old Monta Vista town. (El Estoque)
Cupertino magic: A cherry grove, a creekside ranch and the old West Side
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