A history of Stockton,
since 1849
Postcards, papers and photographs of Stockton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗When Europeans first arrived in the Stockton area, it was settled by the Yatchicumne, a branch of the Northern Valley Yokuts. They built their villages on low mounds to keep their homes above regular floods. The Yatchicumne village of Pasasimas was located on a mound between Edison and Harrison Streets on what is now the Stockton Channel in downtown Stockton.
The Siskiyou Trail began in the northern San Joaquin Valley. It was a centuries-old Native American footpath that led through the Sacramento Valley over the Cascades and into present-day Oregon.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Stockton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewStockton ; June 1st, 1852 /, 1852: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Stockton
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Stockton, decade by decade
CommonsStockton California circa 1860c. 1860
CommonsCentre Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County1866
CommonsCentre Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County1866
CommonsEpiscopal and Baptist Churches, Stockton, San Joaquin County1866
CommonsEpiscopal and Baptist Churches, Stockton, San Joaquin County1866
CommonsGeneral view from the Court House, Stockton, San Joaquin Co…1866
CommonsGeneral view from the Court House, Stockton, San Joaquin Co…1866
CommonsLindsay Point and Slough, Stockton, San Joaquin County1866
CommonsLindsay Point and Slough, Stockton, San Joaquin County1866Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Stockton ; June 1st, 1852 / (1852) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.