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![Recipients of Lifetime Presidential Volunteer Service Award](NAQCPA-docs/Awards-PB181807.jpg)
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:
- 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 from Hidalgo Mine Trail](P2277069_6_7_8_tonemapped-M.jpg)
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.
- 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:
- 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
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