Daly City
Down the Old Mission Road, west of the grassy slopes of San Bruno Mountain, and near the village of Colma, stands Daly City; gateway to the famed San Francisco Peninsula. Natured blessed this small piece of the peninsula with temperatures that rarely reach seventy degrees and seldom drop lower than forty. Because of this, residents can see flowers bloom in December as well as in May and vegetables may grow throughout the year. This is a land that is often covered by thick, white fog that forms over the Pacific Ocean, then sweeps in land and crosses the northern peninsula, leaving a belt of cool air between the sunshine of San Francisco's Mission District and the heat of the southern part of the peninsula. Many believe that the secret of the beauty and vitality of San Mateo County lies in the variation experienced in its everyday temperature. From Sickles Avenue, near the county line, Mission Street and San Jose Avenue climb steadily on a collision course to "Top of the Hill, Daly City." After an easterly curve, Mission Street levels off for a block or two before beginning its southerly descent toward Colma and beyond. It is bounded by San Francisco to the north, Colma to the south, San Bruno Mountains to
At that time, nearly everything within the city's limits was residential and most everything outside was agricultural. The land just east of Hillside Boulevard between Daly City and Colma was extensively cultivated and planted to a wide variety of crops. Everything from artichokes to zucchini and even potatoes has been grown there at one time or another. Washing clothes was done on a washboard then run through hand turned wringers clamped to a washtub. Hot water for washing and rinsing had to be heated on the stove then brought to the washtub. Afterward, since the time was still years away from an electric dryer, clothes were dried on a clothesline in one's backyard. The new land was in educational use on May 3, 1925 and the first classes started in the fall of that year. The Class of 1926 was the pioneer graduating class of Jefferson Union High School. But before 1922, all graduates of Daly City and Colma grammar schools went to high schools in San Francisco, South San Francisco or somewhere else. Many eligible students still opted to attend high schools out of town, at least until the actual high school on Mission Street was completed in 1925. The section of Mission Street the lies between about Flournoy Street and Vista Grande Avenue has been known as "Top of the Hill" for longer than anyone can remember. It was the heart of city's business center and its transportation hub from before the city's incorporation in 1911, until sometime after the war. A Daly City branch of the San Mateo County Library was established in 1908, but closed a few years before a new library opened. This new library was named in dedication for John Daly, one of its great supporters. It stands, which stand at the top of the hill, is a remolded and enlarged version of the original building. During this time, things tha
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