guest :: login
  • Home
  • Collections
    • Historical Articles
    • Photos
    • Publications
    • Yearbooks
    • Maps
    • Multimedia
  • Help
  • Heritage Council
  • Contact Us
Home > Search Results
Search:
 
Search Tips :: Simple Search
Search collections:
Sort by: Display results: Output format:
Solano History 7,153 records found  beginprevious6714 - 6723nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.00 seconds. 
6714. Bert Hughes: historian, family man, community treasure / Dingler, Nancy [475] [RETROSPECT-2002-475]
This is going to be a very personal column today - a tribute to Bert Hughes, who recently passed away. Bertram Augustus Hughes was a true Renaissance man and will be greatly missed by local historians. If any one person could leave a deep void in the community, Bert's departure has done that.
Detailed record - Similar records
6715. Native American ghosts residing in Suisun? / Dingler, Nancy [474] [RETROSPECT-2002-474]
The young mother whirled around in horror when she detected the sound of the car rolling on the gravel. She let out a scream as her son, who was playing in front of the car, disappeared under its wheels.
Detailed record - Similar records
6716. History: Flu pandemic mows down young and old alike / Dingler, Nancy [473] [RETROSPECT-2002-473]
Early in the spring of 1918, the front pages of the Fairfield Enterprise began printing more frequent obituary notices of prominent or well-known elderly pioneers and some infants.
Detailed record - Similar records
6717. The intrepid families of Vaca and Pena / Dingler, Nancy [472] [RETROSPECT-2002-472]
As traffic whizzes by on Interstate 80, few are aware that behind the fence, shaded by trees, still clearly visible on the east side of the freeway, from Fairfield, approaching Vacaville, is perhaps the oldest building in the entire county.
Detailed record - Similar records
6718. The day Armijo High School burned down / Dingler, Nancy [471] [RETROSPECT-2002-471]
The fall of 1929 was turning out to be quite a year for the country, and for Fairfield, as well. Black Thursday - Oct. 24 - had brought about the stock market crash. People all over the country, whether they had the financial means or not, had invested in the market.
Detailed record - Similar records
6719. Mary Enos: farmer, landowner, 'mother' of Travis / Dingler, Nancy [470] [RETROSPECT-2002-470]
The last thing in the minds of most Americans on that fateful Sunday in December of 1941, was that our Pacific fleet would be attacked and we would be at war.
Detailed record - Similar records
6720. Acres of fun 'Eat, drink and get a pumpkin at Bishop farm in Wheatland / Dingler, Nancy [469] [RETROSPECT-2001-469]
Wheatland, I answered the call of my grandchildren, "Can we go pick our own pumpkins?" Being an indulgent grandmother, I wanted to find the greatest pumpkin patch on the West Coast, as long as it was within a day's reach, that is. Serendipitously, a story appeared on the TV about the great pumpkin farm in Wheatland. It was destiny - meant to be. With a little research, I mapped out the path to the glorious Bishop Pumpkin Farm with 72 acres of fun and pumpkins.
Detailed record - Similar records
6721. Admiral Farragut: a stellar military career / Dingler, Nancy [468] [RETROSPECT-2001-468]
The name Farragut can certainly ring a bell; he was the oft-quoted person in history class who said, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead." But, what connection does this larger-than-life figure from history have to do with Solano County? Admiral Farragut is the founder and was the commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard.
Detailed record - Similar records
6722. Cries of ghost entwined with fate of mill / Dingler, Nancy [467] [RETROSPECT-2001-467]
The remains of Dingley's flour grist mill stands forlornly vacant, almost hidden from view by the century and a half of wild overgrowth. Trees are attempting to obliterate the abandoned stone building with their entwining branches, one firmly planted in the second-floor stones. The vacant windows stare out at a world that has passed the grand old mill by.
Detailed record - Similar records
6723. Solano treasure from 1850s: Dingley's flour mill / Dingler, Nancy [466] [RETROSPECT-2001-466]
Hidden in the depths of the picturesque hills of Green Valley, lies a true historical treasure. During the early pioneer years in Solano County, George Dingley constructed two water-wheel-driven flour mills. A site has been located where the very first water-powered flour mill in Solano County stood.
Detailed record - Similar records

Solano History : 7,153 records found   beginprevious6714 - 6723nextend  jump to record:
Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Set up a personal email alert or subscribe to the RSS feed.
 
© 2014 Vacaville Heritage Council
Powered by CDS Invenio
spacer