Carlmont High School began on former Belmont ranchland and opened its campus in 1953. Here’s how San Carlos and Belmont became “Carlmont”—and why its students became the Scots.
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Before the trains came to Belmont, there was the stagecoach.
Long before commuters waited for trains, Belmont residents and travelers relied on horse-drawn coaches to carry passengers and even the U.S. Mail. Take a trip back to the early 1850s and the days when the Emmett-O’Neill Store at Ralston Avenue and Old County Road was a regular stagecoach stop.
Most Belmont residents drive Waltermire Avenue without knowing the story behind the name. Discover how Edward Waltermire helped build Belmont’s first business district, operated the historic Belmont Hotel, and shaped the community before Belmont became a city.
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