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Stockton City Map Page 66 San Francisco Section

POINTS' OF INTEREST, STOCKTON, CAL.
Stockton (pop. 26,000, alt. 17 ft.), the capi- a year later. In keeping with its historic
tal of San Joaquin county, is situated in an background, the people of Stockton some
extensive fertile plain on a tributary of the years ago built a $500,000 hotel of Spanish
San Joaquin river, 48 miles southeast of Sac- renaissance style, typifying the early Cali-
ramento. It is about three miles east of the fornia missions. Facing the plaza, it is
San Joaquin river, with which it is connected within a stone’s throw of where the gold
by a navigable channel. Steamboats ply daily seekers disembarked for the mines.
between here and San Francisco. Radiating In Stockton is the largest state hospital for
from this point in every direction is a 350- the insane, surrounded by magnificent
mile system of paved highways built by the
grounds and supplemented by a farm of more
county at a cost of $2,500,000. Stockton is than 500 acres. In point of volumes, Stockton
the gateway to the Yosemite valley. Lake has one of the largest libraries in the state.
Tahoe, Calaveras Big Trees and the Southern Other points of interest are the mineral baths
mines on the "Mother Lode,” the country of and natatorium. The Stockton golf and coun-
Mark Twain and Bret Harte. try club embraces
101 acres on the banks of
In 1843 Capt. C. M. Weber was granted the San Joaquin river, 4 miles from town.
48,000 acres surrounding the present city of From the broad verandas of the club house
Stockton by the Mexican government. Four one may gain sortie idea of the beauties of
years later he founded the town site which he innumerable points along .the river with its
renamed in honor of his friend, Commodore 400 miles of tributary, navigable waterway*
Stockton, of the U. S. Navy. Just a few winding in and out thru the famous Delta of
blocks from the business district, still extant, the San Joaquin, the "Holland of America.”
is the old home of the founder of the city,
The practical minded can see extensive in-
one of the points of historic interest. One of dustries of many types in Stockton; combined
the beneficent acts of Captain Weber was
harvesters, “caterpillar” tractors, boat build-
the donation of ten blocks scattered thru the
ing works, wineries, etc. Finally the visitor
city for park purposes. They have been beau- should see the Stockton chamber of com-
tified and maintained fittingly.
merce, located at the top of the city’s tallest
Stockton was the outfitting post for the skyscraper. From the roof above is a pan-
orama of city and county that will remain
miners during the gold rush of ’49. The city
was organized in that year and incorporated long in memory.
The route chart, page 4, will give you quick reference to main routes
between towns.