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With the gold rush pioneers came the need to cut trees and make lumber
to build piers, shingles and buildings. In 1849 the huge trees in the hills
near present day Woodside and Portola Valley started providing lumber year
round. A local creek provided semi-deep water to accomodate shipping out
of our town to be. Logs and lumber were hauled using horse and mule trains
to about where the intersection of Middlefield and Broadway are located
today. Lumber ships took the wood down the creek and up the bay to where
it was needed in places like San Francisco and Sacramento. Today our port
is the only deepwater port in the south San Francisco Bay providing access
to shipping of dry and liquid bulk, as well as outstanding water-related
recreational opportunities.
In 1856, the community became the county seat of San Mateo County eleven
years before the town was officially incorporated. There are some historical
homes that may be of interest to history buffs: One is the Lathrop House,
a mansion built in 1863, now a post-Civil War museum on Hamilton Street.
Another is the Filoli home built in the early 1900's located on Canada
Road on a 654 acre property with magnificent gardens that have rare trees,
plants and flowers. It is open to tourists part of the year.
If you are interested in finding a home to purchase in our historic community,
please contact us.
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This CD gives you a few mistakes to avoid. Our agents will inform you of
many more mistakes to avoid, mistakes that you might never find out about
otherwise. As an example, do you know of all the possible home inspections
you might want to have performed? To name a few: termite inspection, property
inspection, roof inspection, chimney/fireplace inspection, foundation inspection.
And did you know that there is a difference between inspectors, and why?
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