Belmont, [CA] / Cynthia Karpa McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Cynthia Karpa., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belmont (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.

Belmont (Calif.).

Belmont (Calif.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

Midway between San Francisco and San José, Belmont is where an Italian count reconstructed his villa transported from Italy, where a silver king created "the White House of the West," and where the Warlocks, a fledgling 1960s rock band, honed the sound they would make famous under another name, the Grateful Dead. Spanish explorers called Belmont's vales "la Cañada del Diablo," or "the Devil's Canyon," either after the locally famous winds or because the native Ohlone believed the canyon to be inhabited by spirits. Belmont's historic advantage of being on the bay side of the shortest route to the Pacific coast meant easier access to another type of spirits during Prohibition, fueling a minor red-light district across the tracks on Old County Road. A century or more ago, Belmont's wooded hills attracted sanitariums and prep schools. Today, its woods and trails draw residents from more developed neighboring towns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126).

OCLC:

900734261