1955 Map of La Honda

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Deep within the Santa Cruz Mountains during the mid-1950s, La Honda serves as a hub for community life and recreation in southern San Mateo County. This survey reveals a landscape of wooded canyons and ridges, notably around Memorial Park and Dearborn Park. Educational and youth-oriented sites are prominent throughout these hills, including the Woodhaven Girl Scout Camp, SF Log Cabin Boys School, and both the Oakland YMCA Camp and San Francisco YMCA Camp. While the Bellvale School is noted as abandoned by this date, new infrastructure like the Pomponio Reservoir indicates changing land use. Economic activities are scattered across the terrain, from the Milky Lane Dairy in the south to several oil wells and oil test wells located along the creeks. Small clusters of settlement like Loma Mar and Redwood Terrace dot the winding roads connecting Pescadero Road to the ridges above.