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Solano History 7,153 records found  beginprevious6924 - 6933nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
6924. Capt. Ritchie battles for his land holdings / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [506] [WAYITWAS-2004-506]
On Aug. 26, 1850, Gen. Vallejo sold his Rancho Suisun grant, which he had purchased back from Chief Solano earlier in May, to Capt. Alexander Archibald Ritchie [...]
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6925. An incident that became wild in Benicia / Bowen, Jerry [503] [WAYITWAS-2004-503]
During the settlement of the west, immigration from other countries made up the majority of the population. With this mixture of ideas, cultures and activities, it was inevitable that clashes would result from certain behaviors of various citizens when events dictated some sort of action to be taken.
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6926. Mystery of his wealth outlives Armijo / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [502] [WAYITWAS-2004-502]
This column continues the story of the Armijo Family and the Tolenas grant. It was inspired by an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of the biography on Capt. R [...]
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6927. Historical society prepares for the future / Bowen, Jerry [501] [WAYITWAS-2004-501]
So far, we have covered the 1950s and early 1960s that marked the startup years for the Solano County Historical Society and included the entry into many major projects of historical value to the county.
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6928. How Jose Armijo got a land grant / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [500] [WAYITWAS-2004-500]
This week we continue the story of the Armijo family and the Tolenas land grant. It is based in part on an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of a biography on Captain R. Waterman [...]
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6929. Efforts are poured into a record of Solano / Bowen, Jerry [498] [WAYITWAS-2004-498]
In my last article I discussed how the Solano County Historical Society began and we saw that members plunged into many difficult projects right from the start. In this installment of the history of the society we shall see what progress was made and look at other projects they poured their efforts into.
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6930. The Armijo trail led from Santa Fe to L.A. / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [497] [WAYITWAS-2004-497]
During the late 1830s and into the 1840s, more than 500 land grants were awarded in California, mostly to settlers of Spanish descent. Several of these grants were located in the area which later became Solano County, among them the Soscol grant given to General Vallejo, the Rio de Los Putos grant owned by William Wolfskill, the Suisun Rancho of Chief Solano, Juan Manuel Vaca's and Juan Felipe Pena's Lihuaytos grant and Rancho Tolenas or Armijo, given to Don Jose Francisco Armijo.
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6931. Helping to preserve Solano County's yore / Bowen, Jerry [496] [WAYITWAS-2004-496]
How the past is used or abused can have an important bearing on how a community or county perceives itself. Preservation and promotion of a county's collective past is a logical goal for any self-respecting people. Indeed, pride in the past is seeing resurgence lately as more and more of our precious history is bulldozed under for redevelopment. It takes dedicated people who aren't afraid to work hard in order to set aside some of our precious history in Solano County for future generations.
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6932. Chief Solanos statue didnt move easily / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [495] [WAYITWAS-2004-495]
This column finishes the story of the Solano County Library. Bowen, Jerry will resume his column next week. - Editor The Solano County Free Library building on the corner of Union and Texas streets was designed by architect William E. Coffman in 1930 and built in 1931 [...]
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6933. County library served 56 school districts / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [494] [WAYITWAS-2004-494]
With the dedication Oct. 5, 1931 of the new Spanish Mission-style library in Fairfield, on the corner of Union and Texas Street, the Solano County Free Library was once again ready to grow.
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