Ort J. Lofthus
Crosstown Freeway
This outstanding civic leader rejected the prospect that Stockton would settle for a
"freeway to nowhere." He organized the FOCUS (Finish Our Crosstown-Unite Stockton) committee and motivated our state…
On this site: Civil War victories were celebrated by flying "Old Glory" on Charles Weber's 120 foot flag pole; in a 2,000 seat baseball stadium, Stockton became the 1888 California League champion; Coxey's Army camped in 1893; and delta reclamatio…