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OCEAN SHORE R. R. AND GRANADA

THE WHISTLE OF THE FIRST OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO GRANADA ECHOED OFF NEARBY HILLS 21 JUNE

1908. ON BOARD WERE 500 SAN FRANCISCANS, GREAT, GOOD-TIME-LOVING PEOPLE, WHO WERE TREATED TO FREE PICNIC LUNCHES AND SALES

PITCHES FOR BUILDING LOTS. THE MAIN GRANADA STATION WAS JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET OCEANWARD.

GRANADA, DESIGNED BY DANIEL H. BURNHAM, FAMED ARCHITECT OF THE 1905 SAN FRANCISCO PLAN, BOASTED CURVED STREETS LINED WITH

CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND NEW EUCALYPTUS TREES. WHEN THE LAST TRAIN WHISTLE BLEW 16 AUGUST 1920 ONLY A FEW HOMES HAD BEEN

BUILT HERE ON BURNHAM’S MAGNIFICENT BOULEVARDS. THE OCEAN SHORE R.R. NEVER MADE IT NON-STOP TO SANTA CRUZ,

ITS INTENDED DESTINATION. THE TRACK STOPPED AT TUNITAS CREEK, SOUTH OF HALF MOON BAY. PASSENGERS RODE STANLEY STEAMERS TO

SWANTON AND THEN ANOTHER OCEAN SHORE TRAIN TO SANTA CRUZ. OCEAN SHORE’S MOTTO WAS “REACHES THE BEACHES” BUT THE RAILROAD

WAS CONTINUALLY PLAGUED BY LANDSLIDES ALONG ITS OCEAN-BLUFFS ROUTE. IT FINALLY SUCCUMBED TO THE AUTOMOBILE. DURING THE 12

YEARS IT OPERATED THE OCEAN SHORE R.R. CREATED A DEFINITE MARK ALONG THE RUGGED SAN MATEO COUNTY COAST.

CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM

DEDICATED 24 SEPTEMBER 5999 (1994) BY YERBA BUENA NO. 1

ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPSUS VITUS