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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 ...
Stockton, California circa 1860. In 1846, the first cargo boat ascended the San Joaquin River. In 1848, John Doak established the first ferry service on the river, and the first freight vessel, the sloop Maria, visited Stockton. In 1849, Doak brought lumber from San Francisco to Stockton and began a lumber
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 first floor has a 26x30 ft club room and two libraries (one on each wide of the main entry), and the 40x72 foot second floor ballroom features a 16x25 ft stage. The Philomathean, meaning "lovers of learning", was founded by a group of Stockton women who had been meeting as a history study club since 1893 and wanted their own facility.
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.
The site of the former Weber Point Home is a California Historical Landmark No. 165, listed on January 11, 1935. The Weber Point Home was a built by Captain Charles M. Weber, founder of Stockton. Weber was pioneer of California and built a two-story adobe-and-redwood house in 1850. At the time it was the largest house in Stockton.
Accounts indicate that Stockton insisted on hearing both sides of the debate before making a decision but was swayed to support independence by the powerful argument of John Adams. He concurred in ...
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 ...