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History

of

Stanislaus County,

California

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

OF

The leading men and women of the County, who have been identified with its growth and development from

the early days to the present time.

History By

George Tinkham

ILLUSTRATED

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY

LOS ANGLES CALIFORNIA

1921

1500 pages on 1 CD

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - Stanislaus County's First Inhabitants

CHAPTER II. - The Advance of Civilization

CHAPTER III. - The River, Pioneer and Mining Towns

CHAPTER IV. - Ferry and Steamer Transportation

CHAPTER V. - The Railroad Era

CHAPTER VI. - Early Organization of County

CHAPTER VII. - Modesto

CHAPTER VIII. - Churches of Modesto

CHAPTER IX. - Stanislaus County's First Newspapers

CHAPTER X. - Stanislaus County Schools

CHAPTER XI. - Crimes and Tragedies of Stanislaus

CHAPTER XII. - Societies and Miscellaneous Events

CHAPTER XIII. - The Progressive Railroad Towns

CHAPTER XIV. - Irrigation in Stanislaus County

CHAPTER XV. - Political Doings in Stanislaus

CHAPTER XVI. - Historic Reminders of Stanislaus

CHAPTER XVII. - Stanislaus County Farm Census

INDEX

Abbott, Adams, Ahlberg, Ahlgren, Ahrendsen, Albertson, Algar, Alquist, Amarante, Anderson, Andrews, Angelo, Anker, Annear, Anspach, Anthieny, Arakelian, Arbios, Arthur, Aspe, Asquith, Austin, Avila, Ayres, Azevedo, Bach, Baker, Bailey, Bangs, Barker, Barmore, Barnes, Barnett, Barnhart, Bartch, Basso, Bates, Bauman, Bavaster, Baxter, Beach, Beard, Beaty, Bechis, Bechtel, Beckner, Beery, Bellaman, Bentley, Berg, Bergman, Berthold, Bettencourt, Bibens, Biesemeier, Billdt, Bishop, Bladt, Blaine, Bledsoe, Blue, Bock, Boden, Boeswetter, Boggs, Bohn, Boies, Bomberger, Bontadelli, Boone, Boothe, Borba, Boren, Borges, Bortle, Boss, Bothe, Bow, Bowles, Bowman, Brady, Bravo, Brazil, Broden, Brodine, Bromley, Broughton, Brown, Brum, Brunold, Bucher, Burk, Busingdal, Butler, Byrum, Cadwallader, Callander, Calkins, Callnin, Camp, Campbell, Capaul, Cardoza, Carlson, Carmichael, Carson, Casey, Caswell, Caulkins, Cavill, Chapman, Chase, Cheney, Church, Chute, Clarin, Clark, Clayton, Cleven, Coffee, Cole, Collins, Conneau, Conner, Conron, Cornwell,  Correa, Correia, Corson, Costner, Cotta, Cottle, Cox, Crabtree, Craig, Crane, Crawford, Cressey, Crigler, Crispin, Crouch, Crossmore, Crow, Crowell, Cruse, Curtis, Dalby, Dale, Dallas, Darr, Date, Davis, Davison, Deardorff, De Diego, Delbon, Demarest, Dennett, De Yoe, Dias, Dickinson, Dickow, Dingley, Dinktlman, Doolittle, Dorsey, Downer, Drake, Drouillard, Ducot, Duffy, Ealey, Eastin, Eckford, Edison,  Edwards, Eklund, Elfers, Elias, Elholm, Elliott, Ellsburg, Elmore, Enos, Enslen, Erickson, Ervin, Erway, Etcheto, Eustice, Evans, Fahey, Falk, Fargo, Farley, Faulkner, Fay, Fellows, Ferguson, Fernandes, Fetterman, Filippini, Fine, Finley, Fippins, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, Fleshman, Flux, Foletta, Ford, Fordham, Fosberg, Foster, Fowle, Fowler, Fox, Frago, Franzen, Frazine,  Frederick, Freeman, Freitas, French, Fries, Frisvold, Fritts, Fuentes, Fulkerth, Furtado, Gabaig, Gabel, Gaddis, Gaffery, Galeazzi, Galvin, Gambini, Gandy, Gant, Garcia, Garrison, Gasner, Gates, Geckler, Geer, Gibson, Giddings, Giles, Giovanetti, Giovannoni, Glass, Godley, Goeffert, Gomes, Gomez, Gondring, Gorham, Gortari, Gotobed, Gotte, Grannis, Grant, Graybiel, Grider, Gridley, Grischott, Grollman, Gronquist, Grossman, Gross, Grothmann, Grundy, Gulart, Gustafson, Haldeman, Hale, Hall, Hallner, Halset, Hamilton, Hammett, Hammond, Haney, Hanscom, Hansen, Hanson, Hardie, Harding, Harman, Harper, Harris, Harter, Harve, Haslam, Hatton, Hawkins, Haynes, Head, Hedman, Heier, Heinzle, Heisel, Henshaw, Herr, Hewel, Higbee, Higgins, High, Hilton, Hindman, Hintze, Hirst, Hocking, Hodges, Hogin, Holder, Holeman, Hollingsworth, Holmquist, Holt, Holveck, Horsley, Hoskins, Hosmer, Howell, Hubbert, Huber, Hudelson, Huff, Hughson, Huls, Hultberg, Hunt, Hurd, Hurlbut, Hussey, Ingebretsen, Jacobsen, James, Jarrett, Jenkins, Jennings, Jensen, Jones, Johnson, Johnston, Jons, Jorgensen, Juncker, Kane, Kaiser, Keast, Keith, Kelley, Kennedy, Kerr, Kewin, Kidd, Kiernan, Kiernan, Kilburn, Kilcher, King, Kinnear, Kinser, Kinsman, Kirby, Knapp, Knorr, Knowles, Knox, Knutsen, Knutson, Koehn, Kounias, Krigbaum, Krogh, Kumle, Kyne, La Bree, Lacoste, Ladd, Lafranchi, Laird, Langdon, Larsen, Larson, La Source, Latz, Laughlin, Layman, Lear, Lee, Leedholm, Leek, Leoni, Lesnini, Leverton, Lewallen, Liberini, Linden, Lindwall, Litt, Little, Lock, Long, Longis, Longmire, Love, Lucid, Lucksinger, Lundborg, Lundell, Lundgren, Macauley, Machado, Manning, Marshall, Matlock, Maze, Mazurette, McAlister, McAllen, McBride, McCabe, McCormick, McCready, McDonell, McGee, McGeorge, McGill, McGinn, McGinnes, McHenry, McLaughlin, McPheeters, McPherson, McPhetres, McVey, Mead, Medford, Medlin, Meier, Meikle, Meily, Meinecke, Mendes, Mendosa, Mendonza, Menghetti, Mensinger, Mermann, Mettler, Michael, Millard, Miller, Mills, Minniear, Minto, Mitchell, Moffet, Mondo, Monk, Montgomery, Moore, Morehead, Morgan, Morganti, Morris, Morse, Moulton, Mullally, Mullin, Neece, Needham, Neill, Nelsen, Nelson, Newman, Newsome, Nickelsen, Nickert, Nicolaisen, Nielson, Nylin, Oberg, Oberkamper, Ohlsson, Ohmart, Olds, Oldenhage, Olesen, Oliveira, Olsen, Olson, O'Neal, Orr, Orvis, Osvald, Owen, Paioni, Pallesen, Palmer, Patchett, Pearson, Pelucca, Perkins, Perley, Perry, Persson, Peterposten, Peters, Peterson, Pettit, Pfarr, Philbrick, Philipps, Pike, Pinckney, Podesta, Pollard, Pool, Porter, Price, Prickett, Prien, Prouty, Purvis, Quinley, Quirke, Radavero, Ramazzina, Ramont, Ramos, Ramsey, Randolph, Ravelli, Rebman, Reed, Reeder, Reeves, Reitz, Repass, Reynolds, Rezendes, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Richina, Rickenbacher, Rieger, Roberts, Robinson, Roen, Roessler, Rogers, Roguet, Rohde, Rollo, Root, Rose, Ross, Rossi, Rossini, Rousse, Rousseau, Routh, Rowe, Rushing, Russell, Sachau, St. Clair, Salber, Samson, Samuelson, Sandberg, Sanger, Sawde, Saxer,  Scanloi, Scerpelp, Schafer Schell, Schenon, Schmitzi, Schuller, Schultz, Scoon, Scott, Search, Sears, Seely, Service, Shanahan, Shannon, Sharp, Sieni, Signorotti, Sikes, Silva, Silverthorn, Sisson, Sjostrum, Smith, Snedigar, Snyder, Snygg, Soares, Soderquist, Sollars, Sorensen, Soria, Souza, Smiza, Souza, Spencer, Spenker, Sperry, Sprowl, Spyres, Squire, Stadie, Standiford, Starr, Staudenmaier, Stelck, Stevens, Stewart, Stone, Strader, Strandberg, Summers, Sunderland, Surryhne, Swan, Swanson, Sweeney, Swensen, Talbot, Talbott, Taylor, Tell, Thompson, Thornburg, Thorsen, Threlfall, Tienken, Tobias, Tombaugh, Tomlinson, Toomes, Torgenson, Tornell, Torvend, Townsend, Trask, Trimbly, Trueblood, Tucker, Tupper, Turner, Turpen, Twiggs, Tyrrell, Uhl, Ulch, Ullberg, Ulrey, Ulrich, Updike, Vanatta, Van Eebber, Van der Plaats, Van Vlear, Van Wagner, Varley, Vetter, Vieira, Vincent, Vivian, Voight, Volkman, Vollstedt, Voorheis, Wade, Wafer, Wakefield, Walden, Wallace, Wallin, Walthall, Walther, Walti, Walton, Ward, Warner, Washburn, Watson, Webb, Weichert, Weilberg, Weiss, Welch, Welch, Westrope, Wheeler, Whitmore, Wickstrom, Will, Willeford, Williams, Wilson, Winklebleck, Witmer, Witten, Wolfe, Wood, Woods, Woodside, Woolsey, Wootten, Wren, Wright, Wyant, Yates, Young, Yrigoyen, Zacharias, Zimmerman