Talk:Tracy, California

Lathrop J. Tracy?
I'm questioning the source for Tracy being named for "Lathrop J. Tracy." The town/city of Lathrop was not named for "Lathrop J. Tracy" (or "Tracy J. Lathrop," for that matter). The city was named to honor Leland Stanford's wife's family; she was born Jane Lathrop. More specifically, the city of Lathrop's website notes that the city was named for Mrs. Stanford's brother, Charles G. Lathrop, a close associate of Leland Stanford, who assisted Mrs. Stanford after her husband's death in the effort to build and grow Stanford University.

One source I've read notes the mysterious "Lathrop J. Tracy" was an Ohio businessman. Why Leland Stanford would have named the town of Lathrop after a little-known Ohio businessman (rather than his wife's family), while naming the town of Tracy after an unrelated person -- who just happened to have "Lathrop" as his first name -- seems odd to me.

BayRadioDJ (talk) 17:53, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

From the forthcoming book -- A Tulare Township Primer -- "J. L. Stewart, the railroad engineer responsible for the SAN PABLO & TULARE RAILROAD project, chose the junction’s name. Lathrop Josiah Tracy (1825–97), an Ohio grain merchant, owned part of the SANDUSKY, MANSFIELD & NEWARK RAILROAD where Stewart once worked. The young Stewart held Mister Tracy in such high respect that Stewart named the new town after his mentor. Sadly, Lathrop Tracy did not see the faraway California town." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:640:C600:50A0:7D88:7294:1A8E:302D (talk) 00:27, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

—Preceding undated comment added 17:44, 17 May 2011 (UTC).

Tire Fire?
No mention of the famous tire fire that was finally extinguished in 2000 after burning for 26 months huh? Sounds like intentional withholding of information. Not very educational for an encyclopedia. Maybe I'll just add it myself. Keep Tracy's tourism board honest.

TO THE ABOVE WRITER,

Actually, it smoldered. And it wasn't famous or even in Tracy City limits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.246.198.44 (talk) 04:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

76.25.63.200 (talk) 07:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)Joshyboy82
 * I found numerous references to the Tracy tire fire and have included a couple of sentences about it in the article. Gobonobo  T C 01:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Tourism board aside, the sources relating to this incident always refer to Tracy.  It's not a "city limits" issue; the incident is simply not referred to as the "San Joaquin County Unincorporated Area fire," and the City of Tracy is likely a more recognizable and precise location than San Joaquin County. Steveozone (talk) 01:45, 15 May 2010 (UTC)


 * There seems to still be some question as to whether or not the tire fire occurred in Tracy and should be included in this article. The California government places the tire fire right in Tracy. But regardless of whether Royster's tire dump was located within the city limits, virtually every mention of the fire refers to it as the Tracy Tire Fire.  Gobonobo  T C 00:15, 3 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. And while WP does operate based on sources, even so, the "common sense" (or OR version) of the issue leads to the same result; the Royster site is just as close to Central Tracy as the "Tracy Municipal Airport."  Fumes from the fire periodically wafted over all parts of the City of Tracy for literally months and years.  Whatever effects remain from soil and groundwater contamination attributable to the site affect the health interests of the residents of the City of Tracy. Steveozone (talk) 01:14, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Category: San Joaquin Valley
Please add Category:San Joaquin Valley, thank you--- Look2See1  t a l k →  21:01, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

"Think inside the triangle"
Apparently, this is a relatively new motto that is posted on the city's web site, obviously a reference to the 3 Interstates that surround Tracy. Zzyzx11 (talk) 01:54, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

It was a motto that was part of branding Tracy as a "college town" when Notre Dame de Namur University opened a campus there. https://www.ndnu.edu/tracy/ There used to be a joke in the 1970s about the "Tracy Triangle", playing on the Bermuda Triangle, where all the smart kids disappear. I don't know if this is a play on that or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.0.12.240 (talk) 19:51, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 29 February 2024
July is the warmest month, averaging 76.4 °F (28.3 °C) This is 20 degrees F. off. THe average July temp. is 92.5, not 76.4 degrees. 2601:205:C080:9E30:19E7:391F:C93A:9505 (talk) 20:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
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