457 RETROSPECT-2004-492 eng Dingler, Nancy Solano has seen many changes 2004-05-15 The 1850s brought a major change to Suisun and the surrounding area that would alter the landscape forever. Ship captain, Josiah Wing purchased the "island" of Suisun from Curtis Wilson and Dr. John Baker in 1852, built a wharf and a warehouse, then had his house in San Francisco shipped up the slough and his family sent for. In partnership with John Owens, Captain Wing laid out the town of Suisun. They soon discovered that at low tide, Suisun was not an island, but connected to Fairfield by a strip of land, eventually named Union Ave. vacahc@gmail.com 492 87565441151 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/492/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/492/492.1.pdf PDF Document