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SJ COUNTY’S 1st SETTLEMENT

French Camp once bigger than Stockton

This photo shows the student body of the French Camp School in 1919. French Camp boasted of the first school in the South County. The initial school was built in 1850 at a cost of $491. - photo by Photo Contributed

SJ COUNTY’S first SETTLEMENT — This photo shows the student body of the French Camp School in 1919. French Camp boasted of the first school in the South County. The initial school was built in 1850 at a cost of $491. - photo by Photo Contributed

The biggest community for 13 years in what was to become San Joaquin County wasn’t Stockton.

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