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1919 Map of New Almaden

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of New Almaden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1928
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1928

About this map

Mine Hill and the historic quicksilver operations at New Almaden dominate this landscape within the Santa Cruz Mountains during the early twentieth century. The map reveals a transition from the agricultural lands of Santa Teresa Valley and the Rinconada De Los Gatos into the heavily forested and steep ridges south of Los Gatos. A dense network of rural schoolhouses, including Summit School, Vine Hill School, and Eureka School, serves the scattered mountain communities and orchards of the Shoquel Augmentation.

Infrastructure of the era is clearly defined, with the Southern Pacific railroad winding through the canyons past Lexington and Alma toward the coast. Recreational and social landmarks such as Cannons Resort and Lovely Glen Resort appear alongside family-named geography like Hester Creek and Moody Gulch, providing a detailed view of the region before modern suburban expansion and large-scale water management projects altered the canyons.