References | San Carlos Life

ABOUT SAN CARLOS

Various Statistics
US Census Bureau, Quick Facts about San Carlos California (2020)
San Carlos Community Profile, by City of San Carlos (Official Government Website)
“San Carlos, CA” Profile by DataUSA.io
“Cost of Living in San Carlos, CA” by ZeroDown.com
“Cost of Living in San Carlos, CA” by C2ER.org

Housing
“San Carlos, CA – Real Estate Appreciation and Housing Market Trends” by NeighborhoodScout.io
“San Carlos Housing Market” by Redfin
“San Carlos Walk Score” from WalkScore.com and “Finding Your City’s Walk Score” from Fidelity Management Website, Philadelphia

SCHOOLS IN SAN CARLOS

School Rankings
“White Oaks Elementary” from US News
“Best Elementary Schools in San Carlos Elementary District” from US News
“Best California Elementary Schools” from US News
“Central Middle School” from US News
“Best California Middle Schools” from US News
“Top 10 Best San Carlos Public Schools (2022)” from Public School Review Website (Since 2003)
“San Carlos School District – School Boundaries and Progression” from San Carlos School District – Official Website
“San Carlos School District – Service Area Maps” from San Carlos School District – Official Website
“San Carlos School District – School Locator” from San Carlos School District – Official Website
“San Carlos School District – List of Schools” from San Carlos School District – Official Website
“Schools in San Carlos, California” from GreatSchools.org

HISTORY OF SAN CARLOS

Unless otherwise stated, all information sourced regarding the history of San Carlos were taken from the following websites:
“City of San Carlos” Website, History Section
“A Short Walk through San Carlos History” – A Book by the San Carlos Villagers
“A Walk back In Time” Website

Photos
1700: Dance of (Ohlone) Indians at Mission in San Jose, New California (1803) by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau, as posted in Wikipedia
1775: Photograph of a drawing by Walter Francis depicting the ship San Carlos entering the bay of San Francisco on August 5, 1775. Photoprint reads: “Drawn for ‘The Beginnings of San Francisco’”, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1795: Don Jose Dario Arguello, as posted in Wikipedia
1821: The Hispanic colonial era Presidio of San Francisco and the Golden Gate. Drawing by Louis Choris – Rurik-Expedition, in November 1817, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1835: Diseños of land grant for the Rancho De Las Pulgas, circa 1840, from San Mateo County Historical Museum, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1850: San Francisco harbor at Yerba Buena Cove in 1850 or 1851 — with Yerba Buena Island, and Berkeley Hills, in the background, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1851: Locomotive Menlo Park, 4-4-0 by Mason (1870), SF&SJ Railroad #11, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1858: Engraved illustration of the original Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, 1887, from “Historical Souvenir of San Francisco, Cal.” published by C.P. Heninger, San Francisco, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1864: Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo County, CA. By Historic American Buildings Survey. Documentation compiled after 1933, as posted in “The Library of Congress” Website
1870: Harvest time at Asa Hull’s farm in the San Carlos area, from San Mateo County Historical Association, as posted in “La Peninsula” – The Journal of the San Mateo County Historical Association, Volume xlii, No. 1, featuring “Agriculture in San Mateo”
1872: Nathanial Brittan Party House, 125 Dale Ave., San Carlos, California, as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1888: Parcel divide of the Phelps Estate as of 1917. Phelps’ sales were largely unsuccessful, and he eventually sold much of his land to Nicholas T. Smith’s San Carlos Land Development Company. 1917; as posted in Wikimedia Commons
1895: Sequoia High School, as posted in “Redwood City Voice” from Medium.com Website, featuring “Historical Blog Series: Sequoia High School”
1915: [Ohio Building being floated to Coyote Point] ca. 1915. from California Historical Society, as posted in “100 Years of Panama Pacific International Exposition” Website
1917: The old office building of Frederick Drake, courtesy of Drake’s Restaurant, as posted in Drake’s Restaurant
1919: Plane taxiing in front of hangar at San Carlos Airport 1920s (San Carlos Enquirer, July 1975), as posted in San Carlos Airport Website, History Section
1921: San Carlos Speedway and Hanger, from the San Carlos Aviation Association Collection, as posted in San Carlos Airport Website, History Section
1927: Inspect Engine 1, a restored 1927 built Seagrave Fire Engine, as displayed in the Museum of San Carlos History. From Museum of San Carlos History, Facebook Page
1928: The original church building in Walnut Street, now named “Casa de Flores”. From Eventective – Casa De Flores, San Carlos
1940: Burton Park, Club House & Amphitheater, Adjacent to south end of Chestnut Avenue, San Carlos, San Mateo County, CA, from Historic American Buildings Survey. From the Library of Congress
1942: U.S. Marine `Raiders’ and their dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting off for the jungle front lines on Bougainville. Source: US Marines. ca. November/December 1943. From the Wikimedia Commons
1944: Promotional image of Ampex products to be marketed in fiscal year 1965 (Ekkehart Willms Collection, History San Jose) From the webpage History of San Jose: Perham Collection of Early Electronics – Ampex
1947: Original headquarters of Varian Associates in San Carlos, California, circa 1949. From “Linear Accelerator Technology and Design” Facebook Page
1959: W. W. Eitel (left), President and J. A. McCullough, Executive Vice President, co-founders of Eimac in 1934, are shown in front of a new 150,000 square foot manufacturing plant in San Carlos, California. From the webpage “Eimac – Engineering and Technology History Wiki”
1980: Front page of “San Carlos Living” Magazine, May 2020 Edition, Celebrating 40 Years of Hometown Days. From the Website San Carlos Hometown Days
2022: City Sign of San Carlos. From the web article “San Carlos Block Party to bring music, games, beer and wine to Laurel St.” by Climate – Online Redwood Website. 12 July 2022