Talk:Chiriaco Summit, California

Note

I'm surprised no one has written an article about U.S. 60/70. The US Route 60/70 designation appears on a 1958 state highways map and is also designated as "Legislative Route 64". The variant name, "Shaver's Summit" is confirmed by the 1958 map. It's not in the possessive form in the USGS data set. I think the U.S. Board on Geographic Names avoids that form. David Jordan 21:51, August 20, 2006‎ (UTC)

If you carefully watch the "California's Gold" episode linked in the "External links" section, at time index 26:32 it shows an old black-and-white photograph of Joe Chiriaco's original filling station, atop which a sign reads "Shaver Summit". From the vehicles in the scene, I'd guess it was taken in the late 1930s. Also note the pumps are the old Visi-Bowl Gravity Gas Pump type, with calibrated glass reservoirs on top, before electric pumps with digital meters were introduced. These were commonly used into the 1930s, and in remote locations without electric grid power, even into the 1960s. — Quicksilver^{T @} 16:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Pronunciation

In the California's Gold episode linked in the "External links" section, Margit Chiriaco, Bob Chiriaco and Huell Howser pronounce "Chiriaco" as if it were spelled "Chiraico", instead of the original Italian pronunciation. — Quicksilver^{T @} 15:40, 8 April 2015 (UTC)