2008-07-31
20:56 |
The way it was: Poor road conditions in Solano
/ Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-869]
This story concludes the "Solano - The Way It Was" column. It has been a rewarding experience to delve into the lesser-known stories of our community. I am grateful to all readers for your suggestions, comments, critics and nice compliments. [...]
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2008-07-31
20:56 |
It's been a fun ride, but I'm ready to explore the West
/ Bowen, Jerry
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-868]
When I started writing Solano County history articles for The Reporter, I couldn't help wondering if there was enough history to write about different subjects for any amount of time. I must admit that while I was the editor and writer for the United Prospectors Inc. publications, there was plenty of fodder about the gold country but I wasn't sure about Solano County. [...]
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2008-07-31
20:56 |
Poor road conditions brought the citizenry together
/ Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-867]
"Good or Poor Roads. Messrs. Citizens of Vacaville Township, which will you have?" opened the Reporter on Thursday afternoon, Feb. [...]
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2008-07-13
07:08 |
Annie Lizzie Gill: A pioneer in every sense
/ Bowen, Jerry
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-866]
In my last column, we left off with Annie Lizzie Gill's husband, Newton, dying on Jan. 22, 1924, by a fall. Then her youngest son, Homer, left home to see the world by working on ships, leaving just her and No. [...]
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2008-07-13
07:08 |
It was primitive, but settlers celebrated Fourth
/ Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-865]
Some of my recent columns followed the story of Frances Ann Copper, as told to the San Francisco Chronicle on the occasion of California's 50th anniversary in 1900..
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2008-06-28
19:33 |
Starting an orchard barely panned out for Gills
/ Bowen, Jerry
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-864]
In my last column, the Home Acres Improvement Association failed to get the teacher promised by the Vallejo School Board even though they had obtained a building for a school..
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2008-06-28
19:33 |
Benicia Tannery was one of the state's best
/ Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-863]
During the 19th century, canneries and tanneries formed the core of Benicia's economy. The earliest tannery, the Pioneer Tannery, was founded in 1864 and underwent several changes of ownership. Within a short time period others followed, creating a cluster of tanneries. [...]
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2008-06-28
19:33 |
Making a life in Vallejo wasn't easy for the Gills
/ Bowen, Jerry
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-862]
When I started this story two weeks ago I made a whopper of a mistake when I said, "Annie wasn't very generous with dates in her book," but it appears she and her husband Howard left Florida by train in the winter of 1918. If I was a politician I guess I could say I "misspoke" but truth is always better..
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2008-06-07
07:25 |
Tanneries played important roles in early California
/ Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-861]
Leather products played an important role in 19th-century lifestyles. Horses needed harnesses and saddles, furniture was upholstered in leather, people wore riding gear, boots, shoes, gloves - everything required a steady supply of high-quality tanned leather..
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2008-06-07
07:25 |
Vallejo's Annie Lizzie Gill was a pioneer activist
/ Bowen, Jerry
[CaVaHC-WAYITWAS-2008-839]
As I start this series of columns, I have absolutely no idea on how many installments it will take to finish the story of a remarkable lady that lived in Vallejo, Annie Lizzie Gill who was born in 1863 on a farm outside the town of Oblong, Ill. Her story is a wonderful cavalcade of events and personal anecdotes before arriving in Vallejo in 1918, but since this is a local history column, I'll stick mostly to her life here in Solano County..
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