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Recipients of the Lifetime Presidential Volunteer Service Award (L to R): Art Boudreault, Roy Ichinaga, Ron Horii, Mike Boulland, Ranger John Heenan accepting for Richard and Margaret Brunner, Kitty Monahan, Jaime Day
Pictures and Special Reports
View of Almaden Reservoir from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail
Below are webpages, slideshows, and photo albums of
Almaden Quicksilver County Park by Ron Horii. Note that the Facebook
albums may require signing into Facebook.
Recipients of the Lifetime Presidential Volunteer Service Award (L to R): Art Boudreault, Roy Ichinaga, Ron Horii, Mike Boulland, Ranger John Heenan accepting for Richard and Margaret Brunner, Kitty Monahan, Jaime Day
- Almaden Times Weekly article, "Living
at the
mines, circa 1880-1914: Quicksilver miners worked hard, played hard"
- Almaden Times Weekly article, "History Repeats Itself: Two New Almaden Historic Homes Dedicated With Monuments"
- The History of Mercury Emissions from the New Almaden Mines, Santa Clara County, California by Michael Cox
- Bay
Nature Magazine: Legacy of the Red Ore Almaden Quicksilver County Park
by John Dorrance, 1/1/02
- You can vote to save the Casa Grande! See here for details.
- The County Parks' Healthy Trails program includes 2 trail routes in Almaden Quicksilver.
- NAQCPA has adopted 3 trails in Quicksilver Park: The Yellow Kid, the Great Eastern and Day Tunnel, and the Deep Gulch Trail. The trail group meets on the second Wednesday of the month and drives up to the trail for work from 9 am to 11:30 am. We need volunteers to help in the spring and summer. Contact Kitty Monahan to volunteer.
- Erosion Reconnaissance of the Almaden Quicksilver County Park, Santa Clara County, California, August 2007
- San Jose Mercury News Section, Where We Live, Almaden Valley.
- Open Road TV show on Almaden Quicksilver
- Almaden Resident: Casa Grande in Quicksilver Park set for $5 million building restoration, March 6, 2009.
- Hacienda
and Deep Gulch Remediation Project Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, September 14, 2010
- DAR honor renovation of Santa Clara County's Casa Grande and costuming of Feather Tippetts, 7/7/11
- On November 18, 2014, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors presented the Lifetime Presidential Volunteer Service Award to County Park volunteers (here is the list). They included several NAQCPA members and officers: Kitty Monahan, Mike Boulland, Art Boudreault, Bob Meyer, and Ron Horii. Here is the commendation letter from the President. Above is a picture of some of the award winners.
- Hacienda and Deep Gulch Remediation Project
- Environmental Review Documents for the Calcine Roads Remediation Project
- Almaden Quicksilver County Park Final Trail Master Plan Report, October 1998
- Casa
Grande Historic Structure Report: Volume
1, Volume
2
- Santa
Clara County Parks Links:
- 2014 Santa Clara County Parks Annual Report
- Santa Clara County Parks Donation Program
- Healthy Trails Program
- Parks for Life Challenge
- Park Here brochure
- County Parks Map, activities by park
- County Parks: Weddings and Receptions
- Special Event Permits/Park Use Permits
- Volunteers and Jobs
- Wildflower
Guide
- SF Gate 9/24/14: "Take a trip back in time at Almaden Quicksilver County Park"
- Initial
Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for Calcine Roads Remediation
Project March 2015
- San Jose Mercury News 3/12/15: "Almaden Quicksilver Park: Then and Now in Pictures"
- An episode of Open Road on NBC Bay Area (KNTV) featured the County Parks' Park for Life Challenge. It featured contestants at the Casa Grande and Uvas Canyon. Ron Horii's pictures are shown starting at 5:40.
- Guadalupe River Watershed Mercury TMDL, May 2016 TMDL Implementation Update
- On February 6, 2017, C-Span interviewed Luke Bailey and Kitty Monahan for a story about mining in San Jose. It was part of their 2017 Local Content Vehicles tour of San Jose, featuring the history and literary life of the community.
- The Santa Clara County Newsbeat has an online article and video on the County Parks' PixInParks Challenge, which includes the Wood Road Trail at Almaden Quicksilver. (Still pictures were provided by Ron Horii.)
- The March 3, 2022 issue of Almaden Times Weekly has an article about NAQCPA celebrating 39 years as an organization. Current President Tere Johnson is on the cover. He wrote the article, which talks about NAQCPA's history, accomplishments, and hopes for the future.
- The April 15, 2022 issue of Almaden Times Weekly has an article about NAQCPA past president Kitty Monahan receiving The Preservation Lifetime Achievement Award from the Santa Clara County Preservation Alliance (SCCPA) on at the Preservation Awards Night on May 21. Here are pictures from that event.
- The September
15-28, 2023 issue of Almaden Times Weekly has an article
about NAQCPA members restoring the Hacienda Cemetery.
Pictures and Special Reports
View of Almaden Reservoir from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail
- Powerpoint presentation (18 MB) created by Ron Horii, showing activities in all the Santa Clara County Parks.
- Almaden Quicksilver County Park Van Tour 11/17/01
- Facebook: Wood Road Trail Dedication, Almaden Quicksilver, 4/17/04
- Facebook: Wood Road Trail Inaugural Hike Pt.1, Almaden Quicksilver, 4/17/04
- Facebook: Wood Road Trail Inaugural Hike Pt.2, Almaden Quicksilver, 4/17/04
- Pictures from Mike Boulland's and Art Boudreault's book signing at the Casa Grande on 7/12/06.
- Self-running slideshows (Windows only):
- Los Alamitos Creek/Guadalupe River Trail
- Ron
Horii's Outdoor Photography Gallery (includes Almaden
Quicksilver)
- Pictures from the Los Alamitos Creek Watershed Cleanup 5/19/07: Page 1: Preparation, Page 2: Cleanup 1, Page 3: Cleanup 2, Page 4: BBQ Lunch.
- Facebook: Miners' Tools at the Casa Grande, 7/14/07
- Pictures of wildflowers and park views, Spring 2008:
- Part 1 Southside: Deep Gulch, Mine Hill, Wood Road Trails
- Part 2 Northside: Senador, Guadalupe, Mine Hill, New Almaden Trails
- Geocaching Class, Wood Road Trail, June 14, 2008
- Ghost
Tour, Santa Teresa and Almaden, 10/25/09
- Geocaching Class, Wood Road Trail, Jan. 17, 2009
- Pictures from the Healthy Trails Hike, Wood Road Trail, Almaden Quicksilver, 3/28/09
- Kiwanis Ghost Tour of Santa Teresa Park and New Almaden, 10/17/09
- Geocaching Class, Wood Road Trail, Jan. 16, 2010
- Almaden Quicksilver HDR Pictures 2/27/10
- Clean-up of Los Alamitos and Guadalupe Creek Watersheds, New Almaden to Guadalupe Dam 9/25/10
- In
September, 2011, Ron Horii had
a display
of
park pictures at the Santa Teresa Library.
- New Almaden and Randol Trails (Facebook Album), 12/28/11
- Hike
on the New Almaden, Buena Vista, Randol, Capehorn Pass, and Hacienda
Trails 1/27/12
Note: everything from here down is a Facebook album unless otherwise noted. - The
Virl O. Norton Trail, the Easy Part, Almaden Quicksilver, 12/8/12
- Hike
on the Senador, New Almaden, Mine Hill Trails, 12/1/13
- Post New Year's Hike, Almaden Quicksilver, 1/3/14
- Wood Road Trail Hike, 2/14/15
- Almaden Quicksilver National River Cleanup Day, 5/16/15
- 9/11 Service Day at the Casa Grande, Almaden Quicksilver, 9/11/15
- Pierce Ranch and McAbee Road Entrance to Almaden Quicksilver, 10/25/15
- Pierce Ridge Tour, 11/3/15
- Quicksilver Holiday Boutique 12/5/15
- Hacienda
Bell Tower Construction, Almaden Quicksilver County Park (9/20/14 to
1/20/16)
- Anza Expedition Hike, Almaden Quicksilver, 3/26/16
- Almaden Quicksilver North Spring Hike, 4/6/16
- V-O-Cal Trail Day, Almaden Quicksilver, 5/21/16
- Play Like a Miner, Almaden Quicksilver, 6/18/16
- Living History Day at the Casa Grande, 7/2/16
- Stone-Wasserman Breakfast, Casa Grande 8/27/16
- New Almaden Day Jump-In Parade, 9/10/16
- New Almaden Day Carnival, 9/10/16
- Quicksilver Senador Mine Site Restoration, 11/5/16
- Pioneer Day, Almaden Quicksilver 10/8/16 (webpage) (Facebook album version)
- Almaden Quicksilver Holiday Boutique 11/19/16
- Lichen Hike at Almaden Quicksilver, 1/28/17
- Almaden Quicksilver Photo Gallery
- Living History Day, Casa Grande, 3/11/17
- New Almaden Trail, Almaden Quicksilver, 4/25/17
- Play Like a Miner, Casa Grande, 6/24/17
- Almaden Quicksilver Calcine Roads Project, 8/7-8/17
- Volunteer Recognition BBQ, Casa Grande, 8/12/17
- New Almaden Ghost Tour, 10/29/17
- Living History Day, Casa Grande, Almaden Quicksilver, 11/18/17
- Almaden Quicksilver: Norton to Hacienda Trails, 1/7/18
- Views of Rancho San Vicente from Almaden Quicksilver, 1/7/18
- Almaden Quicksilver Plant Hike, 1/14/18
- Almaden Quicksilver Calcine Roads Project 1/21/18
- Living History Day, Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum, 2/11/18
- Almaden Quicksilver, Northside Flowers and Views, 3/8/18
- Almaden Quicksilver Hike: New Almaden to Hacienda, 4/8/18
- Almaden Quicksilver Flowers and Plants, 4/8/18
- Living History Day, Casa Grande, 5/6/18
- Play Like a Miner 7/21/18, see here for pictures of the event, volunteers and staff, and geology exhibit
- Almaden Quicksilver County Park Views, 10/30/18
- Quicksilver Outdoor Museum and Views, 11/13/18
- Post-Rain Hike on the New Almaden Trail, 3/12/19
- Almaden Quicksilver Hike: Deep Gulch to English Camp 3/14/19
- Late Spring Flowers & Views, Almaden Quicksilver Pt. 1, 5/30/19
- Late Spring Flowers & Views, Almaden Quicksilver Pt. 2, 6/2/19
- Almaden Quicksilver Hike: Mine Hill-Hacienda-Capehorn, 6/20/19
- Casa Grande Fumigation, 7/9/19
- Almaden Reservoir, Alamitos Rd. Fire, Twin Creeks, 7/9/19
- Backyard Birding Basics, Almaden Quicksilver 7/21/19
- Play Like a Miner Part 1, Outside Activities 8/3/19
- Play Like a Miner Part 2, Casa Grande & Blacksmith Shop 8/3/19
- Wood Road Hike, Almaden Quicksilver, 8/30/19
- Almaden Quicksilver History Hike, 9/29/19
- Almaden Quicksilver History Hike, 10/26/19
- Almaden Quicksilver Fall 2019 BioBlitz, 11/16/19
- Victorian Holiday Living History Day, Casa Grande, 12/15/19
- Chinese Lunar New Year Living History Day, Casa Grande, 2/8/20
- Almaden Quicksilver Northside Hike, Flowers and Views, 2/11/20
- Almaden Quicksilver North Side on a Warm Day, 2/22/21
- Almaden Quicksilver Wildflowers on Poppy Day, 4/6/21
- Almaden Quicksilver BioBlitz, 4/11/21
- Hicks Road Wildflower Hotspot, 5/20/21
- Almaden Quicksilver Early Summer Flowers and Views, 6/7/21
- Ghost Tour of New Almaden, 10/30/21
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Pre-BioBlitz Survey, 11/14/21
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Hike, Part 2, 11/14/21
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Winter BioBlitz, 12/5/21
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver North, Wildflowers and Views, 2/15/22
- Facebook: New Almaden Trail Wildflowers, 2/19/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver History Hike, 2/26/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver BioBlitz, 3/19/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver, Wildflowers and Trail Maintenance, 4/15/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Wildflowers and Views, 5/15/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Northside Wildflowers and Views, 5/27/22
- Facebook: Play Like a Miner, Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum, 7/9/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Treefall Accident Investigation, 9/17/22
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver History Hike, Wood Road Trail, 10/23/22
- Facebook: Water in Almaden Quicksilver North, 3/22/23
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver North Side Wildflowers & Views, 4/11/23
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver BioBlitz 4/30/23
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Flowers, Nature Photography Day, 6/15/23
- Facebook: Play Like a Miner, Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum, 7/29/23
- Facebook: Estaban Fortini Tunnel at Play Like a Miner, 7/29/23
- Facebook: Play Like a Miner at the Casa Grande, Volunteers & Staff, 7/29/23
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Calcines Remediation Project, 7/29/23
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver History Hike, 9/24/23
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum @Casa Grande Reopened, 10/14/23
- Facebook: Kitty Monahan Dedication Celebration, Casa Grande, 11/28/23
- Facebook: Kitty Monahan Dedication Celebration Videos, Casa Grande 11/28/23
- Facebook: Chinese Lunar New Year at the Casa Grande, 2/16/24
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver Calcines Removal Project 2/16/24
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver North Trail Conditions & Wildflowers, 2/28/24
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver County Park BioBlitz, 4/29/24
- Facebook: New Almaden Communities History Day, Casa Grande, 5/25/24
- Facebook: Almaden Quicksilver History Hike, 5/26/24
- Facebook: Play Like a Miner, Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum, 7/13/24
- Facebook: Mine Tunnel at “Play Like a Miner,” Almaden Quicksilver 7/13/24
- Facebook: “Play Like a Miner” Volunteers, Staff, & Exhibitors, 7/13/24
For more
information about the organization and activities, send us an email
at naqcpa.newalmaden@gmail.com.
For questions about the website, contact our webmaster,
Ron Horii.
Updated 7/16/24.