Stockton, CA

The city of Stockton was founded by Charles M. Weber. Prior to it's official name it was formerly known as Tuleburg & Mudville. It Became Stockton officially in 1849 and was the first town in California with an English name. Weber immigrated from Germany, got a large land grant and started Stockton. When gold was discovered he tried his hand at mining, but soon realized the real glory hole was providing supplies to the miners heading for the gold hills. With it's navigable channel Stockton became a major supply port for the area. The channel brought adventurers & supplies 90 miles inland from San Francisco Bay. Stockton is the 13th largest city in California. Home to Tilli Lewis Foods, she brought in the Roma tomato to grow and can. and became a giant in the food industry. Also home to Caterpillar Tractors, designed with track like a tank to farm the island area around Stockton, normal tractors would sink in the island peat dirt. Today we Grow an abundance of Asparagus, Tomato's, Carrots, Onions, Melons, etc. Stockton is also home to the University of the Pacific, a very prestigious school. A popular locale for the movie industry, many films have been shot here, my favorite of them, "Cool Hand Luke" with Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Strother Martin, Strother Martin's famous line from the movie, "What we have here is a failure to communicate". That is one of my favorite movie scenes. The line itself, the context and Strother's delivery of it.