21 WAYITWAS-2000-22 eng Goerke-Shrode, Sabine Benicia boasts long, colorful history 2000-05-22 The oldest town in Solano County is Benicia, which can boast of many firsts: first town founded in the county, first seat of the state Capitol, first U.S. arsenal west of the Mississippi, first Protestant church organized in California, first windmill developed - and on and on. vacahc@gmail.com 22 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/22/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/22/22.1.pdf PDF Document