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A Shepherd Watches, A Shepherd Sings
- Reminiscences of the author's youth as he assists his father, a Basque
immigrant to California, with their sheep business.
Central California Traction Company
- Central California Traction had its origins in 1902 as a streetcar service in
Stockton, CA. Conceived by Howard H. Griffiths to compete against Stockton's
venerable, narrow-gauge Stockton Electric RR, Griffiths' vision became reality
in 1905 with the incorporation of the Central California Traction Co
Charter and Ordinances of The City of Stockton
- This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant
marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced
by the scanning process
Children of The San Joaquin Valley - Dorina Lazo Gilmore was raised in a Chinese-Filipino--Hawaiian-Italian-family and spent much time in a kitchen with her mother, aunts and grandmothers. Dorina loves creating healthy recipes and sharing stories in her kitchen with friends and daughters
- See Lathrop California
Commodore Robert F. Stockton, An American Naval Hero
- A reprint of the rare 1856 book 'A Sketch in the Life of Commodore Robert Field Stockton.' An unchanged, word for word reprint.
Discoveries in The San Joaquin Valley Grapevines - A wonderful book for involving young readers. Whether they are English Language students or not, all kids love the language repetitions and tempo of the key phrases. Any child that's ever gone with their family during the
grape picking season will quickly identify.
Downtown Stockton
- Images of America - In the hundred years from 1850 through 1950, Stockton blossomed from just being a depot for the gold rush to a flourishing California metropolis. Taking advantage of its wealth of water and fertile soils, Mediterranean-type climate, efficient transportation system and hard-working population, Stockton quickly turned into an epicenter for the worlds breadbasket
Durham's Place Names of California
- California's South Sacramento Valley: Includes Colusa, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba & Yolo Counties (Durham's California Place Names)
Exploring California Folklore
Fat City
- Billy Tully and Ernie Munger are two young men living in the Northern
California delta town of Stockton. Their world is the violent one of boxing, but
their struggles for survival are more universal than just any conventional story
about men battling professionally in the squared circle. You do not have to be a
fight fan to appreciate this arresting work.
Filipinos in Stockton
- The first Filipino settlers arrived in Stockton, California, around 1898, and
through most of the 20th century, this city was home to the largest community of
Filipinos outside the Philippines. Because countless Filipinos worked in, passed
through, and settled here, it became the crossroads of Filipino America.
Garden of The Sun - A comprehensive book examining San Joaquin Valley history beginning with a in-depth look at the Native Indigenous American tribes in the region and their dealings with each other. It goes on to explore the Spanish occupation, a look at the trapping activity, the influx of settlers coming from the eastern States, and the shaping of sprawling cattle ranches.
The Great Central Valley - A
splendid and evocative book by Gerald Haslam,, Stephen Johnson, and Robert Dawson- who are all all Greater Central Valley California natives--is the first book to delve into detail the social and rich natural history of the agricultural heartland of the state.
Highway 99 - Springing from the the Yokuts' Indians myths to poems and stories by renowned contemporary writers, this collected works showcases the best writings of the Great Central Valley of California and provides an opulent look at the region s emotional and physical and landscape. In bygone days, one rarely thought there was any literary significance created in the California Central Valley, an expansive agricultural area nestled between the Pacific coast and the Sierra Nevada mountains
Irrigation of The San Joaquin Valley - Prolonged irrigation of agriculture land in numerous arid and semiarid regions of the globe is at risk due to a combination of multiple interrelated factors, including a shortage of fresh water, poor drainage, high water tables, along with soil salinization and poor groundwater resources. Nowhere else in our nation are these concerns more readily visible than in the California San Joaquin Valley.
Jessie's Grove
- Joseph, Jessies father settled in the Lodi area during the 1860s search for land. He found a spot on a ranch of 320 acres in the center of the appellation of Lodi where oak trees were growing the tallest. Jessie, who had become a natural environmentalist in the 1800s, acquired her fathers appreciate of nature along with his love for those priceless oak trees growing on the family ranch
Lodi, Images of America
- From its start in 1859 as a small pioneer village to its progression into a modern agricultural and industrial city The City of Lodi has been promoted for years as an enviable place to raise a family. The rich soil on the southern Mokelumne River bank has benefited several generations proud of this city located at the uniting of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
Stockton Boyhood - Collection of illustrations for Stockton Boyhood including views of the town of Stockton, Calif. (based on old paintings), a carte de visite of Carl Ewald Grunsky and other views.
Stockton, Heart of The Valley - The southern region of the Great California Central Valley is termed the San Joaquin, and the northern region is called the Sacramento, both being named for their primary rivers. The entire California Great Valley is a desert prairie, geologically it's an ancient seabed situated in a trough enclosed between uplifted mountains to the East and West, about 450 miles in length and 90 miles wide in parts with the total area about the area of Egypt.
Stockton (Then & Now)
($21.99) - Cities fly high, flame out and rise all over again. A new book containing Stockton photographs
, compares historic locations with current-day images captured from a
similar vantage point, to grasp a better understanding of needed rebirth.
Stockton in Vintage Post Cards - Stockton is a contemporary California city, where almost 300,000 people call home. However few people recollect the elements of its bawdy bygone days. impact by it's strategic waterways and productive soil, Stockton was an attraction to a succession of farmers,, miners, industrial entrepreneurs, shipbuilders and gold miners. Over the decades Stockton has developed from it's rough and ready ship harbor days to a transportation and agricultural, business center.
Thomas Guide, San Joaquin County - Northern San Joaquin Valley Thomas Guide replaces the San Joaquin and the Stanislaus & Merced Counties Thomas Guides. 2,2221 new streets and updates! Communites covered include: Escalon, Fair Oaks, French Camp, Kettleman City, Lathrop, Lockeford, Lodi, Manteca, Morada, Ripon, Stockton, and Tracy in San Joaquin county, and Atwater, Ceres, Delhi, Dos Palos, Gustine, Hughson, Livingston, Los Banos, Merced, Modesto, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Riverbank, Salida, Turlock, Waterford, and Winton
Tracy Historical Images of America
- Simply an outstanding collection of photos, the Historical Society of Tracy enlightens us the intriguing account of an industrialized center that has hung on to much of its rural-town ambiance. Readers can delve into Tracy's organizations, businesses, schools, churches, dairiy farms, nfluential people and prominent buildings, showcased in striking vintage photographs
Valley Fever - Sunny Frazier, a former journalist, Navy Veteran and Narcotics secretary composes mysteries in California San Joaquin Valley settings. Her novels most often feature Christy Bristol, an astrologer along with a Sheriff's Dept. clerk. Additionally, Frazier is the acquisitions editor with Oak Tree Press. Having cyber marketing expertise and winner of short story contests, Sunny Frazier frequently speak at writers' conferences.
See French Camp
The Valley Road - A reproduced book that published prior to 1923. One may may find occasional imperfections like blurred or missing pages, errant marks, poor pictures, etc. that were either initiated during the process of scanning or was there in the original book. The publishers believe this work to be culturally important.
See article on Lockeford
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