Editing Hickman, California (section)

==History==
The first major settler of Hickman was Charles Dallas in either 1849 or 1850, and early maps even referred to the area as "Dallas". Dallas' daughter Mary married Louis McLean Hickman on February 1, 1860.<ref name=Benziger2011 /> Hickman served as mayor of nearby [[Stockton, California]] in 1869.<ref name=Benziger2011 /> In the 1860s Hickman owned a hardware store and 11,000 acre ranch where he grew grain, hay, olives, figs, oranges, grapes and other fruits.<ref name=Benziger2011 /> The advent of the railroad in 1891 led to large brick grain storage buildings.<ref name=Benziger2011>Jeff Benziger "Images of America Waterford" Arcadia Publishing 2011</ref> Hickman was re-named in 1891 by the Southern Pacific for Louis Hickman.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen00gudd/page/165|title=California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names|author=Gudde, Erwin Gustav|date=1998|publisher=University of California Press|others=Bright, William, 1928-2006.|isbn=0520213165|edition=4th ed., rev. and enl.|location=Berkeley|oclc=37854320|page=[https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen00gudd/page/165 165]|url-access=registration}}</ref>