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Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, [12] the population was 82,376 at the 2020 census. [8] Mountain View was integral to the early history and growth of Silicon Valley, and is the location of many high technology companies.
Milestones: a history of Mountain View, California. California History Center & Foundation. ISBN 978-0-935089-27-1. "A look back: Timeline of Mountain View history", San Jose Mercury News, March 2007; Nicholas Perry; Kimberly Chan (2012). Mountain View. Then & Now. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-9576-4.
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the Information Age , and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society.
Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres (32,000 m 2; 3.2 ha) at Moffett Field near Mountain View, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The massive hangar has long been one of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley.
The Rengstorff House was one of the first houses to be built in Mountain View, California. It was built c. 1867 by Henry Rengstorff, a prominent local businessman who operated a ferry between San Francisco and Mountain View. It is built in the Italianate Victorian architecture style.
Rancho Pastoría de las Borregas was a 9,066-acre (36.69 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California, United States, given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Estrada. [1] The name means "Ranch of the Ewe/Lamb Pasture" in Spanish. The rancho lands encompassed the present day cities of Sunnyvale and Mountain ...
The Historic Adobe Building, also known as the Mountain View Adobe, is a multi-purpose structure in Mountain View, California.The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 2002.
The first Catholic church in the City of Mountain View was built in 1867 with funds gathered by Rev. Joseph Bixio, S.J., of Santa Clara.The original structure was a little white wooden building, topped by a cross, nestled among tall shade trees and enclosed by a white picket fence at the corner of El Camino Real and Alviso Road.