California, Stockton History

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1	Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California Captain Charles Weber, the founder of Stockton, donated two lots as a building site for the first Roman Catholic church in the San Joaquin Valley. The location on Washington and Hunter Streets was ideally suited because of its proximity to the Catholic population — mostly Mexican, Spanish, Chilean, and French. The first church was a wooden structure.

Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
Captain Charles Weber, the founder of Stockton, donated two lots as a building site for the first Roman Catholic church in the San Joaquin Valley. The location on Washington and Hunter Streets was ideally suited because of its proximity to the Catholic population — mostly Mexican, Spanish, Chilean, and French. The first church was a wooden structure.

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