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• 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
• 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
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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.
• Downtown Stockton
- Between 1850 and 1950, Stockton grew from gold rush depot to booming
California metropolis. Capitalizing on its abundance of water and rich soils,
Mediterranean-like climate, hard-working population, and efficient
transportation system, Stockton quickly became an epicenter of the breadbasket
of the world
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
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