112 WAYITWAS-2002-113 eng Bowen, Jerry 'Poorhouse' rich source of memories 2002-03-31 In 1892, an article appearing in the Vallejo Weekly Chronicle gave a rather graphic account of the conditions of Solano's first County Hospital. Built in the mid 1870s, it was then located near where Tabor Park is today in Fairfield. The property occupied by the "poorhouse," as it was commonly called, consisted of 60 acres in that area with wind breaks of eucalyptus trees. vacahc@gmail.com 113 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/113/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/113/113.1.pdf PDF Document