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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project Prior to 1851, San Joaquin County was considered only good for grazing and hunting.There were immense herds of cattle and some horses ranging the valley. After 1851 the land was increasingly used for cultivation, as disillusioned gold miners turned to the natural riches of the San Joaquin Valley. The more arid soils west of the river were cultivated mainly for wheat;the land east of the river produced wheat, barley, potatoes, corn, fruit, and vegetables (Thompson and West 1880; Lewis Publishing Company 1890). Stockton experienced rapid growth through the turn of the twentieth century. It was not heavily damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the community sent supplies by boat to San Francisco. A large number of people who had been displaced by the earthquake came to Stockton, including a number of people from China.This influx of residents made Stockton's Chinatown the largest in California. Despite the floods in the early twentieth century, there was a Stockton building boom, particularly downtown.At this time, residential development increased in subdivisions around Stockton (Architectural Resources Group 2000). During World Wars I and II, Stockton increased its manufacturing and support for the war efforts though increased ship and tank building. During World War II, civilian shipping to and from the Port of Stockton was suspended, which resulted in greater use of rail and roads for shipping (Architectural Resources Group 2000). In 1933,the Port of Stockton opened, becoming the first and largest inland seaport in California. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Deep-Water Channel to the Port was expanded, which provided manyjobs.The Depression did not hit the region as hard as surrounding areas and an economic boom during this time saw construction of significant private and publicly funded buildings, including a movie palace, railroad depot, a museum, post office, and county hospital (Architectural Resources Group 2000). Stockton has historically been largely an agricultural community due to the rich peat soils and temperate climate. The need for additional housing created urban sprawl that spread housing developments outside of the city limits and into agricultural lands in the 1990s and 2000s (City of Stockton 2020). 4.7.1.5 Known Cultural Resources in the Project Area The efforts to identify cultural resources within the Project Area consisted of a records search of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) at the Central California Information Center (CCIC), a review of historic maps, photographs, records on file with the Office of Historic Preservation, ethnographic information, literature pertaining to the Project Area and surrounding region, a review of geological and soils data, and an archaeological pedestrian survey using transects spaced 15 meters apart and are outlined in the Methods section below. The cultural resources study(ECORP 2020) identified two historic period cultural resources within the project site: GW-001, a road and corral; and GW-002, a segment of the Woodbridge Irrigation District agricultural canal. Biological Resources 4.7-4 October 2021