French Camp’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of French Camp. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗French Camp was the southernmost regular camp site of the Hudson's Bay Company southern fur brigades sent from Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington), established by Michel Laframboise in 1832. Its Spanish name was preserved in a land grant dated January 13, 1844 as Rancho Campo de los Franceses. It is commemorated as California State Historic Landmark 668:
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart French Camp’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how French Camp’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGENERAL VIEW. From the V. Covert …, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from French Camp
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French Camp, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as GENERAL VIEW. From the V. Covert Martin Collection, Stockton, California - Colonel Noble House, French Camp, San Joaqui… (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.