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Darius Ogden Mills |
In 1866, wealthy banker, Darius Ogden Mills purchased a portion of the land, the borders today would be defined by Skyline Blvd, Millbrae Ave, US 101 and Trousdale Ave, from the Sanchez family. He built a dairy and a summer mansion. The estate, complete with three lakes, was named Millbrae adding the Scottish word "brae" meaning rolling hills to the name of its owner. Unfortunately, the Mills mansion burned down during a realistic "fire drill" in 1954.
Daily Alta California, Volume 42, Number 13772, 16 May 1887
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From the turn of the century to about 1950, Interurban #40, a streetcar, traveled from San Francisco to San Mateo, linking the city in both directions. Mills Field Municipal Airport was opened in 1927 on land leased from Ogden Mills. In 1931 the name was changed to San Francisco Municipal Airport. Greatly expanded in the late 1940s the airport was designated as and "International" airport in 1955 and today is the second largest airport in California.
Residents of Millbrae debated incorporation for over a decade before presenting their charter in Sacramento on January 14, 1948, W.F. Leutenegger was elected mayor to represent Millbrae's nearly 8,000 residents and a new school, Green Hills Elementary opened in anticipation to meet the needs of the growing city and the post-war population explosion. The new city's chief industries were agriculture, floriculture, dairy, and porcelain manufacturing.
Today Millbrae has a population of over 21,000 within its 3.26 sq mi borders.
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