October 1937 — In this aerial, the old Bankhead Road still climbs straight up the mountain’s north side toward O’Shaughnessy Point. To the north, US 72 has just been cut across Chapman Mountain, while older segments of Maysville Road still snake up the slope. Surrounding Monte Sano, the west side is open farmland, and to the south Florida Short Route (present dat Governors Drive) and Old Big Cove Pike trace the foothills long before modern development arrives.