About the San Joaquin
River History & Timeline
1808 Moraga and Spanish Explorers visit the San Joaquin Valley
1810-1840 Native American Devestation, Early white settlers Smith and Carson
1825 Fremont
1849 Gold Rush
1850 Statehood & Mariposa Indian Wars
1856 Big Flood
1863-1864 Disastrous Drought
1855-1890 Miller
1870-1910 Ag and Ranching Period
1870 John Muir begins guiding tours to Yosemite
1890 Riverview Ranch Constructed
1911 Last Steamboat docks at Skaggs Bridge
1913 Raker Bill allows San Francisco to Dam Hetch Hetchy
1933 Central Valley Project began
1937 Flood
1940-42 Friant Dam Construction
1944 Millerton Lake first held water
1947-1962 Rank v. Krug
1965 Fig Garden Reservoir was proposed for the area upstream of Fig Garden Golf Course
1985 San Joaquin River Committee formed
1988 San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust Incorporated
1992 San Joaquin River Conservancy created
1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act signed into law
1997 Flood
2006 San Joaquin River Settlement Announced
2007 San Joaquin River Restoration Program Scoping begins
If you know of other notable events in San Joaquin River history that should be added to this list, please email sweaver@riverparkway.org. Thank you!
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