Port of Stockton

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The Port of Stockton, is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California that rests on the San Joaquin River before it empties into the San Francisco Bay. The port sits on about 1,200 acres, and occupies an island in the San Joaquin Delta, and a portion of a neighborhood known as Boggs Tract.

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The only natural outlet for the mountains sorounding the Central Valley is an apature where the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers empty through ambayments into the Pacific. It has long been called the 'Delta,' this verdant triangle of land at the heart of the Central Valley. It's about 50 miles, stretching from Susuin Bay on the west to Stockton and Sacramento. Then, in 1846, the first cargo boat ascends the San Joaquin River in 1846. In 1848 John Doak establishes the first ferry service on the river, and the first freight vessel, the sloop "Maria," visits Stockton. In '49, Doak brought lumber from San Francisco to Stockton and begins a lumber business. By the 1850's, the Port has become a center of commodity shipping and the supply center for the goldfields. By the 1860's, the region sees a decline in gold production and an increase in agriculture.