1920 - Congress enacts prohibition although some farmers pulled up vines to plant other crops, the wine industry in Lodi continued to thrive.1919 - A&W Root Beer is introduced for the first time the brand would expand to become well-known from coast to coast, as well as in many foreign countries.Hale Lincoln School was built on what became Cherokee Lane Farmers and Merchants Bank is founded. 1916 - April, the first city park is established and named for city trustee and second mayor, Frank O.1914 - A jail building was finished near the City hall and the city’s first civic complex was completed.1913 - October 6, Lodi Union High School opens for classes on a 12-acre site located on the corner of Hutchins and Walnut Streets (Note: In 1956 a "west" campus was built on Oak and Pacific Streets where the current Lodi High School stands the older site was designated as the "east" campus until 1962, when it was officially named Tokay High School) The City Hall Fire Station housed the city’s first fire truck, a $5,950 Seagrave.1912 - Lodi’s first City Hall / Fire Station is built at 114 N Main Street for $3,998.company - Lodi Water, Gas and Electric for $35,000 on February 12 the first permanent Lodi Library building on Pine Street is dedicated (now the Carnegie Forum and location of City Council meetings) the first municipal sewer system is built. 1907 - Spring, Lodi’s population exceeds 2,000 at a cost of $500 the mission style arch is built at Pine and Sacramento Streets the Tokay Carnival was held on September 19 to 21 to "advertise to the world the beauty and value of the tokay grape" Central California Traction Company line formally opens Emerson School opens as part of Salem School District located on Hutchins and Elm Streets (note: the school was destroyed in 1954 because it was considered unsafe the City purchased the property in July 1955 and later created a park in its place).On December 7, 1906, Lodi's five-man Board of Trustees meets for the first time George E Lawrence becomes Lodi’s first mayor the first city limits was bordered by Lockeford Street, Hutchins Street, Cherokee Lane, and a line 1,600 feet south of Lodi Avenue Lodi’s population reaches 1,946. On December 6, 1906, the County's order was filed in the California Secretary of State's Office, which is the official date of Lodi's incorporation. On December 3, 1906, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors ordered, decreed, and declared that Lodi was duly incorporated as a municipal corporation.1906 - November 27, residents, by a two to one margin, voted for incorporation and elected the following individuals:.1905 - The Opera House (now Thornton House Furniture) was built on School Street, the Lodi Improvement Club (now the Lodi Woman’s Club) was formed, and in August the Central California Traction Company began construction of an electric passenger rail line linking Lodi to Stockton and Sacramento.Wilton Mason owns the first automobile in Lodi. 1900 - Lodi is the second largest community in San Joaquin County with a population of 1,500 in the Spring, Dr.1899 - Lodi is said to have 2,346,061 grapevines.1897 - Wilhelm and Charlotta Heib arrive in Lodi with their eight children they were the first of a wave of migration by Dakotans of German descent - a group that would shape the City’s development through the present day.1896 - Tom and Wood Henderson buy hardware dealership from John Collins, and Henderson Bros.1891 - Water and gas service provided to citizens.Langford launches the original Bank of Lodi with a capital stock of $25,000. 1887 - Fire destroys downtown area along Sacramento Street.1886 - Grown without irrigation, 3,000 carloads of watermelons were shipped from Lodi.1881 - Ralph Ellis founds the Lodi News-Sentinel, originally headquartered on Elm Street.1880 - San Joaquin County raises the largest single wheat crop in the world - some 3.4 million bushels, much of it grown in Lodi.1878 - Lodi’s population is 450 Gertie DeForce Cluff establishes Lodi’s first newspaper the Valley Review San Joaquin County is divided into five Districts with Lodi in the 4th.1876 - The Lodi Flouring Mill is established in a brick building at the southwest corner of Main and Locust Streets it was capable of producing more than 200 barrels of flour a day.1874 - March 21, Assembly Bill 639 changes town’s name from Mokelumne to Lodi.Burt establish the Ivory Store, which was located at the corner of Pine and Sacramento Streets it acted as a magnet of sorts, drawing homesteaders and other businesses to the area. 1869 - City of Lodi founded in August Charles O.
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