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The Monta Loma Neighborhood Association (MLNA) was founded in 1977 and originally served as a "beautification committee". The MLNA hosts several annual neighborhood events, and serves to encourage dialog between the Mountain View city government and the neighbors.
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Native Americans and the land from the current corner of Central Expressway and San Antonio Road was the Castro Indian Mound, also known as Indian Hill, Castro Shell Mound, and Secondino Robles. The mound measured 400 feet long, by 300 feet wide, and 10 feet high.
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In 1989, Stanford University surrendered the collected artifacts and remains from the Castro Shell Mound to their descendants, this includes the remains of 550 Ohlone people.
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and it's thought these cremations were only held for the social elite. The archeologists found a wide variety of items in the mound, including many
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Cremation was also practiced to some extent on the Peninsula for evidence of such disposal has been found in the Castro mound.
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to better understand local Ohlone Native American customs. They discovered this was not only a place to dump cooking
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and his family lived on Diablo Avenue in Monta Loma and he attended the local elementary school.
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but also a Native American burial ground. The Castro Indian Mound showed evidence of
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The neighborhood has one of the best preserved tracts of Mackay homes.
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The Mountain View 1992 General Plan: City of Mountain View, California
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The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
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The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
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In 1947, the mound was leveled and demolished to sell it as
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Jones, Archie Quincy; Emmons, Frederick Earl (1957).
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Monta Loma is located in Mountain View, California
Monta Loma is located in San Francisco Bay Area
37°24′34.7″N 122°05′57″W / 37.409639°N 122.09917°W / 37.409639; -122.09917
Mountain View
California
San Francisco Bay Area
Ohlone
San Francisco Bay Area
Ohlone
Stanford University
shell mound
refuse
cremation
oyster shells
pestles
jewelry
arrowheads
topsoil
World War II
mid-century modern homes
Joseph Eichler
John Calder Mackay
Steve Jobs
Greenmeadow
John Calder Mackay
Mayfield Mall
Saint Athanasius Parish


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