The internet is filled with things. Here is one of them.
The Long and Winding Road2023 Aug 29
This 1998 article in Palo Alto Weekly (a small local newspaper) celebrating Page Mill Road contains another snippet, adding some more color to this story I'm stumbling my way into. The article is short, but it teaches us that "Page Mill is one of the oldest thoroughfares in the area. It was carved out in the early 1860s as a route for lumber harvested in the nearby hills. The main user at the time was William Page, a New York-born businessman who owned timberland in the Pescadero area and a large mill near California Avenue, in what was then the settlement of Mayfield. As late as 1918, people remember Page's horse-drawn wagon lumbering over the hills along Page Mill, bells attached to animals' harnesses to warn travelers of their approach along the steep and narrow road."
This 1998 article in Palo Alto Weekly (a small local newspaper) celebrating Page Mill Road contains another snippet, adding some more color to this story I'm stumbling my way into. The article is short, but it teaches us that "Page Mill is one of the oldest thoroughfares in the area. It was carved out in the early 1860s as a route for lumber harvested in the nearby hills. The main user at the time was William Page, a New York-born businessman who owned timberland in the Pescadero area and a large mill near California Avenue, in what was then the settlement of Mayfield. As late as 1918, people remember Page's horse-drawn wagon lumbering over the hills along Page Mill, bells attached to animals' harnesses to warn travelers of their approach along the steep and narrow road."