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It was constructed as the Insane Asylum of California at Stockton in 1851. It was on 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of land donated by Captain Charles Maria Weber.The legislature at the time felt that existing hospitals were incapable of caring for the large numbers of people who suffered from mental and emotional conditions as a result of the California Gold Rush, and authorized the creation of the ...
The hospital is one of the oldest in the west, and was notable for its progressive forms of treatment. The hospital is #1016 on the Office of Historic Preservation's California Historical Landmark list, and today is home to California State University Stanislaus - Stockton Center. Nippon Hospital (1919), 25 South Commerce Street.
Pages in category "History of Stockton, California" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. [19] It is the most populous city in the county, the 11th-most populous city in California and the 60th-most populous city in the United States.
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
The following are California State Militia units that were active in the state of California between 1851 and 1861, prior to the American Civil War. Volunteer Companies of the California State Militia 1850-1860
Patty Itliong Serda unveils an exhibit about her father, farm labor activist Larry Itliong, during a ceremony at the Filipino American National Historic Society museum in downtown Stockton on ...
California Musketeers, Company H, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade. San Francisco City & County, 1864–1866 [51] California Rifles, 1863 ? California Rifles (French Guard), Company H, First Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade. San Francisco City & County, 1860-1862 [52] California Tigers, Company D, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade.