Register of the Christian Colony (Acampo, Calif.) Records, 1905-1940
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by
Don Walker
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241
Phone: (209) 463-4119
Fax: (209) 369-2178
Email: dwalker@uop.edu
URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
© 2000
San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum. All rights reserved.
Register of the Christian Colony (Acampo, Calif.) Records, 1905-1940
Collection number: Ms45
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
Lodi, California
Contact Information
- San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
- 11793 North Micke Grove Road
- Lodi, CA 95241
- Phone: (209) 463-4119
- Fax: (209) 369-2178
- Email: dwalker@uop.edu
- URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
- Processed by:
- Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 2000 San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Christian Colony (Acampo, Calif.) Records,
Date (inclusive): 1905-1940
Collection number: Ms45
Creator:
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
San Joaquin County Museum.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research by appointment only.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Christian Colony (Acampo, Calif.) Records, Ms45, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum.
Access Points
corporate name
Colony Church of Christ (Acampo, Calif.)
subject
Real estate development - California - San Joaquin County
geographic name
Acampo (Calif.) - History - Sources
Biography
In 1904 a Stockton (Calif.) bank hired J.P. Dargitz to sell 1000 acres of land formerly belonging to State Senator Benjamin
F. Langford north of the Mokelumne River near Acampo. Dargitz advertised the land in a magazine published by the Christian
Church as available exclusively to members of that denomination. The land was subdivided into ten acre parcels that sold for
between $1200 and $1500 each. A sufficient number of settlers were attracted to the region within a year to warrant establishment
of the Colony Church of Christ.
Members of this church continued to farm the region for more than thirty-five years, until the church property was sold to
the Bruella School District (1940).
Scope and Content
The Christian Colony Records consist principally of the Colony Church of Christ (Acampo, Calif.) records (1905-1940).
BOX 1: CHRISTIAN COLONY PAPERS
1.1: Christian Colony Prospectuses (1906); Church dedication service (1906)
1.2: Member Pledge Card (1905); Members Photograph (c1906); Church Membership Lists (1922, 1925, 1940, n.d.)
1.3: Church Records (1905-1919)
1.4: Church Minutebook (1905-1940)
1.5: Church Draft Minutes; Corresp.; Misc. (1915-1916)
1.6: Church Draft Minutes; Corresp.; Misc. (1917-1919)
1.7: Church Draft Minutes; Corresp.; Misc. (1920-1922)
1.8: Church Draft Minutes; Corresp.; Misc. (1925-1940)
1.9: Church Sale---Corresp.; Deeds; Minutes, etc. (Sp 1940)
