Melville San Mateo is along the east shore of the north end of San Francisco Bay in San Mateo County. I checked Historic Spots in California and did not find either McDowell or Siskon City. Neither are in the Federal Writers Project California Guide. The latter book does list a Macdoel in Siskiyou County. This is up along the Oregon border. Ralph Anderson Boulder, CO rkaboulder@bwn.net