View east into Laguna Valley
Calaveras Road began as the access road from the Rancho San Miguel (Milpitas Rancho) hacienda down to Mission Road (now Main Street). A narrow path also led up through the Los Coches Creek ravine to Laguna Valley. In 1855, the ranchers and farmers of the Calaveras Valley, petitioned the county to build a road over the hills from Milpitas. It is very steep and winding but offers a stunning view of the South Bay Area. Calaveras Road stretched westward to intersect Main Street, then called Mission Road. As late as the 1930s, ranchers were still driving herds of cattle down Calaveras Road to the train depot on Main Street.
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