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When Modesto was founded in 1870, the railroad company co-founder Mark Hopkins Jr. suggested to name it after his associate the banker William C. Ralston. Ralston asked that another name be found, and a railroad employee exclaimed loudly in Spanish that Ralston was a modest man.
The Modesto Bee founded in 1884 as the Daily Evening News and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names. Before its purchase by Charles K. McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the Modesto News-Herald, adopting that name as part of a consolidation.
The Save Mart Companies is an American grocery store operator founded and headquartered in Modesto, California. It owns and operates stores under the Save Mart, Lucky, and FoodMaxx brands. The stores are located in northern and central California and northern Nevada. The company is owned by the Jim Pattison Group.
Modesto became home to an A&W food stand on G and 14th streets in 1957. In 1963, the chain became the first-ever to serve a bacon cheeseburger. Dale Mulder, an A&W franchisee in Lansing, Michigan ...
Robert J. Gallo was the son of Julio Gallo, who founded the business in 1933 with brother Ernest Gallo. It has since become the world’s largest winery and also has several lines of spirits.
Stanislaus County (/ ˈ s t æ n ɪ s l ɔː (s)/ ⓘ; [7] Spanish: Condado de Estanislao) [8] [9] [10] is a county located in the San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California.As of 2023, its estimated population is 564,404. [11]
Rudolfo “Rudy” Flores – whose innovative changes to Mexican regional music catapulted the Modesto-based Los Humildes to a Grammy nomination and legions of followers on both sides of the ...
Foster Farms was established in 1939 by Max and Verda Foster. They began by investing $1,000 into a farm in Modesto, California, on which they raised turkeys.The back porch was Max's office and the first hatchery was built next to their bedroom so the eggs could get constant care. [2]