In General

• Meaning Of The Name "San Joaquin" (the valley in which Lodi resides)

Pre-Historic Times

• Geological Formations
  • The Yokut Indian Mythological Theory Of Creation
• Pre-Historic Creatures

Native Inhabitants Of The Valley

• Indigenous People Of The Valley
  • The Yokut Creation Story
  • Early Settlers Impact Indian Populations

Settlers Inhabit The Valley

• Explorers And Trappers Discover The Valley
  • 1808: Moraga Explores The Valley
  • 1808: Padre Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta
  • 1826: Jedediah Smith and French Camp
  • 1841: Bidwell-Bartleson Emigrant Party
  • 1843: The Kelsey Family
  • 1844: John C. Fremont Camps Near Lockeford
  • 1845: Charles Weber Barters For Valley Land Grant

• People Of The Valley
  • 1848: California Gold Rush Brings Settlers
  • 1849: Chinese Settlers
  • 1852: African American Settlers
  • 1942: Japanese Residents Interred For WWII
  • 1944: Warren Atherton - Authors "G.I. Bill"

• Cities Appear
  • 1850: Stockton Incorporated
  • 1906: Lodi Incorporated
  • 1910: Tracy Incorporated
  • 1918: Manteca Incorporated
  • 1945: Ripon Incorporated
  • 1957: Escalon Incorporated
  • 1991: Lathrop Incorporated

Agriculture "Grows"

• 1847: First Flame Tokay Grapes Planted In Lodi
• 1855: Agriculture Blossoms
• 1862: The Great Flood
• 1900: Chin Lung - Chinese Potato Farmer
• 1901: Stockton Cannery Opens
• 1904: Benjamin Holt Invents The "Caterpillar"
• 1920: George Shima - The Potato King
• 1935: Tillie Lewis - "The Tomato Queen"

Transportation Brings Change

• 1869: The Railroads
• 1933: Port Of Stockton - Deep Water Channel
• 1942: Wartime Shipbuilding
• 1979: Interstate 5 Completed
• 1980: Highway 120 Bypass Completed
• 1993: Stockton's Crosstown Freeway Completed

Communication In The Valley

• 1881: Stockton Telephone Company
• 1895: First Local Newspaper - The Stockton Record
• 1921: First Radio Station - KWG

Educational Insitutions Appear

• 1850: First Public Schools
• 1924: College Of The Pacific (COP)
• 1934: Stockton Junior College
• 1961: COP Re-Named University Of The Pacific (UOP)
• 1964: Burns Tower Completed On UOP Campus

Athletics In The Valley

• 1946: Amos Alonzo Stagg
• 1958: First U.S. Sub-Four Minute Mile Is Run At College Of The Pacific
• 1985: UOP Women's Volleyball Team Win National Championship