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| Silhouet98 |
Posted - 02/18/2010 : 06:41:30 AM
Hi Paul,
When I looked into this address and realized it was The Cactus I scoured the archives looking for an actual name to the "Frenchie" that I saw mentioned in the post for the scouting mission. No luck yet. I have more links to historic newspapers to search so will continue looking tomorrow. I did find a terrible accident that occurred associated with the construction of an Odd Fellows building, but not in Woodbridge. .
I went further back than the 3 restaurants. Before it was the Odd Fellows it was a one story general mercantile. And before that there was a log cabin on or near that very site.
The history is quite colorful. The place was first settled somewhere around the early 1840's by French Canadian trappers from the Hudson Bay Company. In 1850 the Sargent Brothers settled and harvested a crop of barley. Two years later a Jeremiah H. Woods settled there, camping with his family under a tree while the cabin was built. He and a partner purchased that site from the Sargent Brothers and built a successful business. Woods became the town's founder.
He was something else, tricked a ships captain, sold land lots without title (the government owned the land), built a toll bridge and made 10 grand his first year, etc.....
He was stabbed to death in 1864 over an argument involving the shooting death of his hunting hound.
His estate was in dispute for quite some time. His wife was appointed admin.
PROBATE -
-In the matter of the estate of J.H. WOODS, deceased - application of Mrs. WOODS for letters of administration granted on her filing a bond in the sum of $10,000. Thomas HENDERSON, J.C. FOLGER and John THOMPSON were appointed appraisers.
Here are a few links on the early history:
WOODBRIDGE HISTORY
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORY <http://www.calarchives4u.com/history/sanjoaquin/sanjoa-1923-285.txt>
Article from 1863 mentioning an I.O.O.F. meeting:
1863 abstract <http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=43778>
The following article goes into the history of the Odd Fellows Lodge.
They make mention of a grocery store that had a second story added to it, which they moved too. That was in 1874, The lodge was actually established in 1860 but they were using the Masonic hall on the banks of the Mokelumne. There were several historic floods, two were severe enough to put much of the town under water. John Levinsky's brick grocery store was a smart move.
On a side note, some of the building material used for that second story actually came from an early Catholic church in Woodbridge that had been long abandoned.
Lodi News-Sentinel - Apr 29, 1942 <http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19420429&id=gu00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=i-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=4113,4927300>
I found many deaths in that area, besides the crimes of passion and the founders fatal stabbing, quite a few were children due to accidental drowning, fires, etc.....I suppose much of that was common back then.
But I want to find Frenchie! Since the original settlers were French Canadians it does make sense. If you already have that info please let me know. I am kind of weird like that as for as not wanting to give up until I find what I am looking for! LOL
Hope this is not repeat info for you guys.
Blessings,
Laurie
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