| Lindsay Point | |
|---|---|
 City of Stockton in 1895, Lindsay Point is at the end of the Stockton Channel | |
| Location | 425 North El Dorado Street at Stockton City Hall |
| Coordinates | 37°57′25″N 121°17′28″W / 37.957°N 121.291°W / 37.957; -121.291 |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architect | Thomas Lindsay |
| Architectural style(s) | Tule reed hut |
| California Historical Landmark | |
| Designated | March 6, 1935 |
| Reference no. | 178 |
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Lindsay Point was the First Building in Stockton the site is a historical place in Stockton, California in San Joaquin County. Lindsay Point site is a California Historical Landmark No. 178, listed on March 6, 1935. The first settlers arrived at Rancho Campo de los Franceses in August 1844. One of the early settlers was Thomas Lindsay. Lindsay copied the natives and built a tule reed hut. Lindsay was later killed by natives and buried by other settlers. The Lindsay Point is the meeting site of McLeod Lake (Stockton Channel) and the Miner's Channel. Miner's Channel ran between Miner Street and Channel Street. Miner Street sometimes flood, so it was piped and filled in. In 2000 archaeologists did an excavation of the past site of Miner Channel and uncovered artifacts from 1890s to the 1930s. The excavation was done before the new Cineplex complex was built.
Rancho Campo de los Franceses was a 48,747-acre (197.27 km) Mexican land grant in the San Joaquin County, California. In 1844 by Mexican Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted the land to Guillermo Gulnac. The ranch was given the name Campo de los Franceses, because French-Canadian fur trappers who wintered there. Campo de los Franceses in English is “French Camp”. The Rancho Campo de los Franceses covered the present-day cites of French Camp and Stockton. The excavation was done before the new Cineplex complex was built.
A California Historical marker was placed at the Stockton City Hall by The State Department of Parks and Recreation in working with local civic and historical organizations on July 29, 1969.
See also
References
- "First Building in Stockton Site#178". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "Miner Channel Historic Block - City of Stockton, CA". www.stocktonca.gov.
- Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- "Plan del terreno denominado Campo Frances al Este del Rio Sn. Joaquin y pretende Guillermo Gulnac : [Rancho Campo de los Franceses, San Joaquin Co., Calif.]". oac.cdlib.org.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Campo de los Franceses
- "Lindsay Point Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.