2007-12-11
18:06 |
History between the pages
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-767]
Carole Noske and Brian Irwin of the Vacaville Heritage Council recently had their book, "Vacaville: Then and Now," published. The Vacaville Heritage Council has, for years, earnestly collected photos and artifacts from all over Solano County. The new book is a fascinating glimpse into what Vacaville looked like in the 1800s and what is looks like today. [...]
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2007-10-21
00:10 |
Fifty years since the birth of the Monticello Dam
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-736]
This month, Solano Irrigation District celebrated 50 years since the completion of the Monticello Dam, which forms Lake Berryessa. In the process of creating the lake, a rich and fertile valley was lost, along with the small town of Monticello, which had been established in 1882..
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2007-09-30
13:06 |
Looking back on the birth of the Air Force
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-732]
The Air Force is celebrating its 60th Anniversary. In 1942, Fairfield was a sleepy agricultural dot on the landscape. Ragsdale airfield, as it first was known, was originally planned to be temporary. [...]
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
Filipinos made immense contributions in Vallejo
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-716]
Vallejo writer Mel Orpilla chronicles a tragic era in Filipino-American history in his book 'Filipinos in Vallejo' Mel was born and raised in Vallejo, and early on had an insatiable curiosity about his familys and the Filipino Communitys beginnings..
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
Kaisers business acumen transformed the country
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-715]
Henry J. Kaiser, the son of German immigrants, a self-made 20th century American industrialist multi-millionaire, co-founded Kaiser-Permanente. This year, that institution is celebrating its 60th anniversary. [...]
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
Vallejos quest for the fountain of life
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-700]
When Josz de Ca-izares, sailing master of the San Carlos, sailed into San Francisco Bay and then subsequently San Pablo and Carquinez Straits in 1775, he jotted in his diary that the hills, what is now Vallejo were barren and without trees..
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
Local revelations Vallejo woman documents slavery, early black pioneers
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-695]
Sharon McGriff-Payne of Vallejo is passionate about her latest project: the recorded history of African-Americans in Solano County..
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
The Lawler House sits next to the Harbor Theatre in downtown Suisun City.
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-694]
Lawler house: Local landmark nearly lost to ravages of time.
One of Solano County's most beautiful historic homes sits on Main Street in Suisun City - the Lawler house..
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
A man of vision, Frisbie made a difference in Vallejo
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2007-689]
John Frisbie, the man responsible for the growth and development of the city of Vallejo in the mid-1850s, was a man of vision and ambition..
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2007-08-19
05:40 |
Man responsible for Donner Party disaster lived in Solano
/ Dingler, Nancy
[CaVaHC-RETROSPECT-2006-674]
Solano County has a direct connection to that event through the person of Lansford W. Hastings, who many consider the villain and cause of the deaths of 40 people..
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