Stockton Fire Department History

Links to information on the web that could be useful later.

Geographical:

Map of C.M. Webers Grant, detailed 1859, http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb1580038p/

Badge Production

Original Badge Production from 1888 from Irvine in San Francisco- Now Irvine and Jachens in Daly City. Have designs as far back as 1930’s; single badge reproduction aroung $60 - $80; Cap piece similar price; Currently 4 months behind in production; contacted Rich 7/7/08 : http://www.irvineandjachensbadges.com/index.html

Firemen:

Article from Stockton Daily Independent MONDAY, 20 JULY 1863 about C. M. Weber assalted a clerk attempting to serve him papers and shooting a judge who verbally threatened him. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CASANJOA/2007-09/1188920101

Relation To San Fransisco Fire:

Museum site with links to research about the early years of SFFD; includes development of department, potential relation of east and west coast through gold mining migration: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/fdhist.html

Site Showing Stockton’s First Volunteer Chief Engineer J. E. Nuttman’s Name after he returned to the S.F.F.D. Knickerbocker Engine Co. 5. http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hgefir.htm