History · Mountain View
Mountain View’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mountain View. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
1old images & papers
3recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mountain View was platted in 1888, and named for the panoramic views had from the elevated town site. A post office called Mountain View has been in operation since 1879.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1979Liquor storeCommons
1980–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain View’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLiquor store, 1979: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Mountain View, decade by decade
1970s1 item
1980s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Liquor store (1979) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.