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:

Regular Meeting February 7, 2010. Special start time of 1:00 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 Honor Spitz

Its a new year already!! Not only that, its a new decade!! So, where did the time go?!! Wasn't it only a few years ago that all of us were worried about and consumed with the dire predictions about Y2K? Surely you hadn't forgotten about that!!

Well, just as quickly as a decade will slip by, so won't another and then another after that. While you and I most assuredly will not be around to usher in the next millennium, others will. And while I can't even begin to imagine what their world will look like, I can say with a fair degree of certainly what some of them will have to look forward to. Bob Weaver and Nick Galiotto continue to work fervently behind the scenes to insure that Mountain View will have a first class museum. Soon we will be forming an Acquisition and Gift Committee with the museum in mind. And, as always, I will continue to "bug" you to jog your memories and contribute a story or two about a favorite Mountain View event in your life.

The coming year promises to bring another star-studded roster of programs for our quarterly meetings. For the upcoming February meeting on Sunday, the 7th, our starting time will be one hour earlier than usual; we will begin the program at 1 PM in order to allow everyone plenty of time to get home and tune in the Super Bowl. How's that for an auspicious start to the new year?