River History

Links to websites with historical info on the river:

http://www.sierrafoothill.org/watershed/historic_conditions.htm

http://www.dumnaindians.org

by James M. Hutchings

NIGHT SCENE ON THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER—MONTE DIABLO IN THE DISTANCE.

The lumbering sound of the boat’s machinery has suddenly ceased, and our high-pressure motive power, descended from a regular to an occasional snorting, gives its a reminder that we have reached Stockton. Time, half-past two o’clock A.M.