History
From the time of the California Gold Rush, what is now Altamont Pass was called Livermore's Pass after Robert Livermore the owner of the Rancho Las Positas and a way station near the Pass. After the railroad was built through the pass in 1869, Altamont, formerly The Summit, was established in 1872. Eventually the Pass took the name of the town.
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