The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Crows Landing was founded on the San Joaquin River, as a river landing or crossing, by John Crow, who was born in Missouri in 1830 and died in California in 1917; John Crow's father, Walter Crow, had left Missouri to mine gold in California in 1849. John Crow emigrated from Missouri to California in a covered wagon
with his wife Margaret Malinda Bodenhamer, born in 1837 in Quincy, Illinois and died in California in 1918. The Crows had 12 children, but not all survived to adulthood.
In 1887, Crows Landing was relocated to its present site, 4 miles west of its original location, to be served by the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Members of the Crow family still live at Crows Landing and operate a walnut farm.
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Nothing in Crows Landing is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Crows Landing has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Plaza Building in Patterson, 6.1 miles away.
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