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LODI ENERGY CENTER PROJECT(LEC);CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT the San Joaquin Valley and served as feeders to this main line. In 1903,the Western Pacific Railway incorporated and between 1905 and 1909,the company constructed a railroad that ran from Oakland through the San Joaquin Valley and into the Sierra Nevada Mountains (Smith 2004). During the American period, in addition to cattle and sheep ranches, a growing number of farms appeared. A rural community cultural pattern existed in the study area from approximately 1870 to 1930. This pattern consisted of communities made up of population aggregates that lived within well-defined geographic boundaries, shared common bonds, and cooperated to solve shared problems. They lived on farmsteads, tied together by a common school district, church, post office, and country store. These farmsteads and dispersed farming communities gave way to horse ranches, dairies, and nurseries, which in turn were replaced by the establishment of the roadside service complex. The roadside service industry thrived in the highly mobile, mechanized pre- and post-war society, which was linked by state and federal roadways. City of Lodi In 1859, a small group of families established a school on a site near Cherokee Lane and Turner Road, in the present day City of Lodi. By 1869, settlers Ezekiel Lawrence, Reuben Wardrobe, A.C. Ayers, and John Magley offered the Central Pacific Railroad 12 acres of a 160 acre town site to build a rail station. The railroad accepted and when surveyors began laying out streets, settlers came from Woodbridge, Liberty City, and Galt to create present day Lodi (Hillman and Covello 1985). Lodi was initially called Mokelumne and Mokelumne Station for the nearby river. It is not clear where the name Lodi originated and several stories are told to account for the name. These stories include a local record setting horse named Lodi who reached fame in 1869, the first site where Napoleon won military victory in Lodi, Italy, and several families from Lodi, Illinois, who settled in present day Lodi, California (Hillman and Covello 1985). The city was officially incorporated in 1906, additional public buildings were built from 1906 to 1915, including a public library and a hospital, and the city purchased Bay City Gas and Water Works in 1919 (Hillman and Covello 1985). Early industries in the Lodi area included saw mills,flour mills,vineyards,orchards, and cattle ranching. The City of Lodi now claims approximately 70,000 individuals and is considered a part of metropolitan Stockton. Lodi is likely best known for its wine production and is referred to as the Zinfandel Capital of the World. The Grape Festival is held every September in Lodi and a Spring Wine Show occurs near Easter. The Robert Mondavi Winery is located in the Lodi area. Other industries in the Lodi area include the Lodi Iron Works, General Mills, the Holz Rubber Company, and Kubota Tractors. CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY RESULTS On June 26 and July 25, 2008 Natalie Lawson, M.A., RPA performed a cultural resources pedestrian inventory of the LEC project site and associated proposed underground high pressure gasline in order to identify prehistoric or historic cultural resources. The "project