6/5/2005
Landmark information
- Location:
Ripon City Park, Fourth and Locust Sts, Ripon - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
1/11/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/5/2005 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 44.138, W 121 7.613
About this landmark
Plaque text:
New Hope - 1846 - First Wheat
Approximately six miles west twenty Mormon pioneers from ship Brooklyn founded first known agricultural colony in San Joaquin Valley. Planted first wheat; also crops they irrigated by pole and bucket method. Erected three log houses, operated sawmill and ferry across Stanislaus. Settlement later known as Stanislaus City.