I used to live in Stockton. The caterpillar tractor was invented there by Benjamin Holt. His story is very interesting too, if you ever want to cover it.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Well I did a whole show on the Stockton Rural Cemetery and talked about Holt at his grave. Check it out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqxnrtOviN2sYs4.html

@LuckyBaldwin777

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy Thanks for the reply. I'm kinda new here and haven't seen that one yet. I'll remedy that now. Thanks for the link.

Native Californian here (San Jose) - just learned a lot about Stockton that I never knew! Thanks!!

I grew up in Stockton and my parents are buried right behind the Weber masoleum. I have loved Stockton's history and it's nice to know a little more details on C.M. Weber. I thoroughly enjoyed this history lesson and look forward to more about some every courageous folks that made their way to and settled in the West. Thank you!

Thank for this. I live in Stockton and my husband's family was related to the Weber family and helped to settle the area in 1853 as well. So, this is a special place.

Very interesting History on the Webers enjoyed it vey much Thankyou Jeff

I live close to mod/stk. THANK YOU for covering this Cemetery. There's a lot of death (very tragic) here

I’ve lived in Stockton majority of my life and it’s so interesting to hear the history of such a frowned upon city. I love my city and I appreciate working to help better the Delta at my job!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kiana. Stockton sure has some unsavory image problems for sure which belie its amazing history. Maybe somebody Stockton (indeed all of California) can clean up its act. The homelessness has become a problem that hasn't been adequately addressed. The same goes for the crime and drugs, which I think are all linked. I truly think there is a spiritual problem at heart.

This is really a good local history lesson. You should have been a history professor. Many thanks for all your efforts.

Terrific video. Interesting Stockton history. A person can walk by those areas today and not realize all of the activities that were happening there a hundred or more years ago.

Interesting to hear about the history of Stockton and Webber. I do like the Mausoleum as well as the story of firing the flag thru the cannon. Also nest to see where Webber lived on the point. Thanks for the history.

As always… Excellent video Jeff!

I'm currently living in Stockton, for the second time. Excellent vlog on Weber and the founding of Stockton. There's so much interesting history in the Central Valley, thanks for the extensive but concise telling of our history. Edit: For a few years, the Stockton Ports were called the "Mudville Nine," speaking of Mudville. And the current ballpark is called Banner Island Ballpark, though it isn't an island any more.

What a nice day to start my Sunday! A nice history lesson on our city. I know that cemetery well; I might go visit Weber on my next visit. You're better than a history teacher on local history. I like the way you narrate and do your research, it's very thorough. Thank you Jeff and Sarah 👏

Thank you Jeff. I really enjoy your very educational videos.

What a wonderful way to start my Sunday. Excellent video about my home state once again. You make me a better Californian. Very good job on editing and choice of music. That really makes a video like this work

Thanks once again, Jeff. I always love learning something new and in fact and am now going to do a couple of searches inspired by this video.

Wow I love California history thank you so much for your amazing video today 😀😀😀😀

I grew up in Chico California where John Bidwell settled. I’ve been through Stockton many times but never knew the history of Charles Webber. I really enjoy this channel for these unexpected snippets of American history

@robertforrest7956

2 жыл бұрын

I currently live in Chico... What a history we have here alone clear through WW2, and continuing today....

Great Job ! I love these stories of history. Thank you Jeff

That was such an interesting episode of history hunter. I never knew that about Stockton and I'm so happy they at least saved of the old buildings. Great job Jeff.

I love that cemetery! I've done a couple photo shoots there and my father and brother are buried there. Just a gorgeous place, I've walked past Weber's monument with not idea till now. They teach you nothing about this in school and I was in Stockton SD for a good amount of my childhood.

Hey Jeff great video Stockton is a neat looking place that's a great part of history you and Sara go to some awesome places thanks for sharing this video you and Sara are awesome randy from Kentucky keep western Kentucky in your prayers God bless.

Thank you for another interesting look into the history of my home state of California.

Again thank you Jeff. Sarah was really missed again. Happy Holidays to you and your families.

Great story! I've been to Stockton a few times, but I didn't know anything about its history. Thanks for sharing...

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and enjoying our video. I hope you learn something new in it.

You always teach me more about Stockton than I knew when I lived there. It was lovely to see all the sights. Great video Jeff!

As usual well researched and a great presentation. Thank you!👍

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the nice review!

Thank you for sharing.

Growing up in the 50's I knew Stockton for two weeks a year when my father took his vacation from lAPD and worked for Santa Fe R.R. as a railroad cop (long story). Old Stockton of today is nothing like those days that's for sure. Thanks for the historical background, I can count on you guys to provide interesting information for us.

Another well researched & captivating historical jaunt. Thanks Jeff & Sarah.

Thank you for such an interesting video. The Webers and other of their kind are the backbone of the civilization we all know today. It's good to learn about and remember so that hopefully, fewer of us take it all for granted. Another great historical video!

@vidguy007

2 жыл бұрын

“The civilization we know today” may not be a good thing Look around

@haroldnelson3734

2 жыл бұрын

GO AHEAD...RAIN ON EVERYONE'S PARADE!!

Again! Superb content Jeff! Thank you for allowing us to vicariously visit home with you each week! We appreciate all you do!!!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much you two! Makes us happy to hear again!

@melindagordonbeck8958

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy ♥️

Thank you Jeff & Sarah. Awesome video as always.

I was a regular at that cemetery. My grandparents and family members are buried there. Once in a while I will stop by the Captain's crypt and pay my respects.

Thank you Jeff. I very much enjoy your weekly history lessons. I have learned so much from your videos. It is so bad that I can hardly wait till my next lesson. Lol... Keep up the good work. You and Sarah are wonderful people. Take care and God Bless you both.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very wonderful comment. It’s heartwarming to know that you look forward to our videos every week. I hope we can keep up the pace. Lol. It is a lot of work but the payoff is knowing that great people like you are not only be entertained but are being educated about our history.

Thank you for this episode. As always I enjoy the history you share from the central valley.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting Dan!

I’ve lived in stockton my whole life i was born in 1991 !! I love watching videos on stockton please make more ! And maybe you can do some in Lodi California also !

It is hard to imagine the courage it took to start a 4 - 6 month adventure in a wagon. If you got sick, more than a cold, you might be left by all the others so they wouldn't catch what you have. Bringing all your possessions along and before the end having to leave them along the trail. Wind storms, wind, indians, if your wagon broke or animals died, you walked. It is an adventure enough to look back from the comfort of your home.

I'm early! Great work, thanks for this history! Keep up the good work!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Thank you so much for getting in early!

Short, cool, informative video. Thanks for posting about Stockton California 👍

You have a knack for packing a lot of history in a short video! Stockton is under rated, needs a little PR, to bring her back thank you stay safe

Thank you Jeff for another great history lesson. Where I'm from in Detroit we had a Webber family there with well-known but they spelled it with two B's. They were tied in with Joseph Lowithian Hudson the founder of Hudson's department stores in Detroit. They were his nephews.

I know my Weber line originated in Germany, to South Carolina, to Tennessee and some went on to California. My Weber line ended up in Washington state because of jobs at the shipyards about 1930 or so. I really do not know enough about that line of family. It is weird, and slightly disturbing, to see your last name on a mausoleum and all those other Webers, who have names of some of my family! Cool to see the street names. And thank you for saying it the way I say it. There’s a Weber State college and they say Weebur, which is probably technically correct but I’ve always hated being called that :-) I’m sure that Charles was probably the German pronunciation of Vaybur being an immigrant. I need to do some genealogy.

I have always been curious about Weber lane and Weber’s Town Mall... had no idea they were connected to the founder of Stockton... Great job as always Jeff!👍👍

Very interesting. Thank you Jeff.

Hi Jeff, really enjoyed your KZread video of Charles Weber. I was born and raised in Stockton, Ca and cannot tell you how many times I have been to the cemetery, I have several family members buried there. I no longer live in California, but what a treat to see it, maybe someday in the near future maybe you can make a whole day roaming Stockton, and going to cancuns best restaurant in Stockton. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the memories.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Hey Mary, wasn't there a restaurant along the water front from the side where I was standing? I remember going to one in the early 1980s!

@theartisticcrafter9667

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy there was, but it was moved to miner Ave, due to the cinema being built, Cancun's it a very authentic Mexican restaurant, my husband when alive would only go there, it was opened in the mid 1940'S😃

Very interesting local history. Can’t imagine what made him turn sour and eccentric in his old age. He had certainly been through a lot in his lifetime!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

We can only surmise! He may have had some kind of mental issue. Maybe he was like a lot of folks who think money will make a person happy!

@brandtlucasbrandt

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a stroke he kept secret. There are cases of persons personalities flipping after strokes. I remember my neighbor was the generic "get off my lawn" grumpy old man growing up, but after a stroke it was as if a switch went off in his brain. If you never met him before you'd think he was an old Ned Flanders.

This one was really enjoyable to watch. Growing up in Modesto and visiting Stockton and Weber's Town Mall, I always said to my dad ( Charles Webber) that they spelled the name wrong. Later I had a co-worker, she was a Weber with one "B". We joked that we were two "B" and she was not two "B" LOL Just never know how history is around you. On that note, Remember last week I was talking about the Lincoln Hwy? We decided to do some research on it where it passes through Wyoming. Thats a close drive for us now. Holy Mackerel, In doing research on the highway, turns out there is a Lincoln Hwy Loop in Colorado. Even more surprising, I runs 1/4 mile from where we live now. Never know what history is around you until you start looking. I see how you got hooked on it.

Amazing stuff about Stockton, CA! I will share this with my mother-in-law who has lived in her Victorian home in Stockton for 53 years...

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

I really enjoyed the story. The early settlers had to have a lot of courage and determination. It’s hard to imagine California being so rough and unpopulated.

Thanks Jeff, I have been to many of those spots but have never heard the history. Central California Watching

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend! Weber led a very interesting life!

Thank you I new about Weber an aperent first settler in the Stockton area,how ever now I know the real story I like it !! Thank you sir!

Great job. I always wondered about Stockton's history. It is a bit of a gritty town now, but driving through downtown with its old Victorian homes I figured it must of had its heyday. My wife is from Germany, so she enjoyed learning about its history as well. Tom Discovery Bay

Stockton buried in Princeton as you mention. I live nearby. Family lawyer, farmer, and signer of the declaration of independence. Have land to Princetion University. Mansion is Morven. Still there.

Good Job! Lived in Stockton all my life and never knew this information. Looking forward to watching again with my children so that they to can understand the history of where they are from.

Thoroughly enjoyable.Thank you!

Always great videos, I am sure your history lesson about Stockton provides more information than what is being taught in Stockton schools. Stockton seems to always be in the the shadow of neighboring Sacramento so most of us never knew who Weber was and why Stockton is named. My 4x great grandfather was in the US Army in 1849 in California, they may have served together back then. Thank you so much!

My great grandfather raised hogs in Madera county (formerly Fresno county until it was partitioned) and in the fall my grandfather, a teenager at the time, was given the task of herding the hogs' all the way to Stockton for sale and slaughter. they lived on acorns all the way and grandad lived on what game he could shoot and roots & miners lettuce that he could gather. the journey took about three weeks! He was given a percentage of the profits as wages, but he told me he usually blew it all in the fleshpots of Stockton port before having to walk all the way home again. You had to be a tough pioneer to live in California in those days.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Tough is not the word! You had to have an iron constitution! Thanks for your great story!

Thanks for another great history lesson! I never knew the history of Stockton and Webber. I live close to Chico, CA so I’m most aware of John Bidwell. What a journey they all endured to get to their destinations! Took true vision, determination, and grit! Keep the great videos coming! The videos now are a part of my Sunday routine as I prepare for my upcoming teaching week.

Thank you for making our city look good.

Another great one Jeff 👍

Thank you Jeff and Sarah this is the most interesting and informative channel on KZread I look forward to watching it every Sunday God Bless and take care.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for watching our videos! We appreciate your devotion!

Great history well told. Thanks Jeff !

I always enjoy watching your channel.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Banjo! I’m happy to hear that!

Hello History Hunters Jeff, Very interesting story on Charles Weber and his family thanks so much for sharing. Have a Wonderful day 🌞 ❤ Your History

I was born and raised in Stockton. My family was first Greek family to settle here in 1899.

Another great video of California’s history. Love this channel!

Thanks Jeff, another super history video.

Hi! Nice vlog! Very interesting and informative. He looked very stern didn't he?. No smile at all. Thanks for the history lesson . Take care and keep on vlogging your great vlogs! Deborah Manitoba Canada

Thanks for another fine vlog about California history

I went to that historic museum at the end of the story in Stockton 2 weeks ago a lot of interesting tractors I really enjoyed this episode thanks

Very interesting. I was to Stockton for a horse show with my Appaloosa colt way back when.

I would like to go back in time and see the country in those days but when I realize how tough life was I'm glad I'm here now. Thanks for the history lesson 😊

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we have no idea how tough life was! Most of us would not have coped well! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Always glad to see your videos ...never disappointed. Thanks Jeff

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you, Betty! Thank you again!

Awesome job guy’s! This was a really cool look into the history of Stockton, California. Thanks for the history education! Look forward to the next one!! Take care now! Frank from Philadelphia, PA.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Frank from Philadelphia. We are glad that you watched and enjoyed this one as well. Hope you’re doing well!

@frankcasey7423

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbenziggy your very welcome! I always look forward to your videos, I always learn something new and very interesting! I’ve been slacking on Sunday’s a bit because my shift hours at work changed and I’ve been watching your videos a day or two later.

This was a cool episode I never really think about Stockton as such a historic place given its current condition.

Boy Jeff, you just keep knock'n home runs for history! California needs to make you the honorary California history keeper or teacher! Big thumbs up!👍👍👍🤠🇺🇸

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Troy!!!

Awesome new video made my Sunday 😊

I learn so much from your channel. Thankyou History Hunters 🤩🤩

Fantastic, as usual.

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks!

I love your stuff, it’s History, California is rich in history you relate very well.

Thanks Jeff & Sarah for the video I really enjoyed the story!!!

Another fine example of how a video should be done! History is amazing. I love seeing how a city started way back when and what it is today. Just crazy. I'll have to see if you've done one for Los Angeles if not you should. Like always thank you for taking us on the adventure. Oh and I love seeing the before and now photos.

even though I am familiar with Northern California history as a resident of Stockton, I always learn something new from your videos, great work!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks, Sandy!

Awesome History lesson Jeff

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy! Nice to hear!

You really need to come to Chico and cover the Bidwells history, as well as our history through WW2 when we had the Japanese Camp here, and missle silos. Plus the Many movies that have been filmed here!!

I enjoy all the videos today,s video was great seeing Stockton weber grave,s good info

I really enjoyed the episode of History Hunters.

Fantastic! Thanks Jeff

Thanks Jeff and Sarah!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!!

Fantastic history Jeff n Sarah!!

What a great video! Always love that town’s history…🤙🏻

Always a fascinating channel! As a history buff I appreciate your research and efforts. Thanks!

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear! Thank you! History is fascinating!

I really enjoy your videos..you're a great story teller and you have a very pleasant speaking voice. Keep up the good work!

Really interesting Thankyou for another informative show

This presentation was really put together well! Thank you for an interesting show!

This was a sad but very interesting story! What an ending to find out Stockton is buried in New Jersey! Ty for this...

It made my Sunday...your skill and talent are so appreciated 👍

@jbenziggy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for letting us know! I appreciate your kind encouragement!

Another great vlog Jeff 😉👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

Amazing, thank you for sharing this.