Mountain View Historical Association

The Mountain View Historical Association was established over 50 years ago and currently has 299 members. The Association is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of Mountain View by gathering data and cooperating with other organizations to promote and publish the history of this area. Currently, we are involved in fundraising to build a Mountain View Museum at Cuesta Annex to preserve and celebrate the history of Mountain View.

The Association meets four times a year on the first Sundays in February, May, August and November at 2:00 PM. Our meetings are held in the Historic Adobe Building located at 157 Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View and are free and open to the public.

The first Sunday in August is our annual BBQ and raffle. The other quarterly meetings are a mixture of Historical Association business and guest speakers who often augment their presentations with Visuals (videos, slideshows, etc.) on a variety of topics pertaining to local history.

Upcoming Events:

Annual BBQ August 1, 2010. 2:00 PM at the Old Adobe Building.

History Museum Approved

At its Tuesday meeting, the Mountain View City Council approved a Master Plan for the 12.5 Acre parcel known as Cuesta Annex. Included in the Master Plan is the proposal by the Mountain View Historical Association for a History Museum and Education Center.

It has taken us several years to reach this goal, but now we have something definite to build upon. This success did not happen in a vacuum, but was achieved through hard and diligent work by the professional advisors and community members of the Steering Committee, Historical Association members and our many friends within and outside of Mountain View.

We have arrived at a plateau in our journey where we can briefly pause and reflect on how far we have come. With the new year will come new challenges as we begin the next phase with the design review/ EIR process. Our journey will be steep, but we have promises to keep and miles to go before we sleep.

Thank you one and all,

Robert H. Weaver
History Museum Committee Chair
Mountain View Historical Association

President's Message - By Bob Weaver

Your Historical Association has been very busy this summer. With the help of the Fire Fighters Local 1965, Mountain View Fire Department, their $800.00 donation to the Museum project enabled us to purchase the paint and the solar vent system to properly prepare our storage container for items donated to the museum. The firefighters also volunteered to paint the container for us as well. Tom Erichsen donated his time and talent to the project by cutting holes and welding in the ventilation grids, and Tom also fabricated the mounting brackets for the two solar panels that power the system. This outpouring of community support for the museum encourages us.

On June 8, the Firefighters once again answered our call by mustering a small army of men and women at Bill & Loraine Viscoviches home to lower the windmill that John Vicsovich donated to the museum, and place it in the storage container. Photos of these events can be viewed on the associations web page; Museum .

Our August meeting is by tradition our Barbeque. It is symbolic of Mountain Views rich agricultural past and the celebration of Harvest Home. The barbeque is always a very well attended event and I encourage each of you to make your reservations early. We will have raffle prizes and wine for sale, in addition to the traditional bill of fare. I look forward to seeing all of my old friends, and to make new ones as well.

Sincerely

Bob Weaver
Acting President