The Lindsay Point plaque, which stood at Stockton City Hall for decades, was removed during Native American Heritage Month because it contained offensive language and historical inaccuracies.
Lindsay Point marks the meeting of McLeod Lake and the Miner’s Channel, which ran between Miner and Channel streets. The plaque, designated a California historical landmark and installed in 1969, proclaimed the site as Stockton’s first building — a tule hut built by Thomas Lindsay in 1844. However, local historians said Lindsay learned the building technique from Indigenous people.
The plaque also stated that Lindsay was murdered by Native Americans, who left six arrows in his body — a claim city officials have described as outdated folklore. Over the years, it drew several complaints from high school students who said some of its language and historical details were inaccurate, according to City Clerk Katherine Roland…