9781467131353-1467131350-Belmont (Images of America)

Belmont (Images of America)

ISBN-13: 9781467131353
ISBN-10: 1467131350
Author: Cynthia Karpa McCarthy
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback 128 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781467131353
ISBN-10: 1467131350
Author: Cynthia Karpa McCarthy
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback 128 pages

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Belmont (Images of America) (ISBN-13: 9781467131353 and ISBN-10: 1467131350), written by authors Cynthia Karpa McCarthy, was published by Arcadia Publishing in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Photography & Video, Travel, State & Local, United States History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Belmont (Images of America) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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.

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