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1.	Ranch life full of drama / Delaplane, Kristin [435] [ECHOS-1999-435] Today I am announcing my retirement from this column. It has been a source of great pleasure, and knowing there are many good stories yet to uncover, I feel some regret. Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Long family roots grew on Winters fruit ranch / Delaplane, Kristin [434] [ECHOS-1999-434] Melvin Fong and Nira Fong Wong are the grandchildren of Go Long, who started fruit farming in the Suisun Valley in the 1860s. Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Go Long built a new life for his family in America / Delaplane, Kristin [433] [ECHOS-1999-433] Nira Fong Wong's grandfather, Go Leong (also known as Go Long), was born an only child in 1846 in the village Dai Do Province of Canton, China. He migrated to America about 1860. He first found work in Marysville on the railroad. After a short time, he moved to Suisun Valley, where he took up farming, and became an established fruit farmer during the next 30 years. Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Marble, healing water spring from Tolenas site / Delaplane, Kristin [432] [ECHOS-1999-432] It was said that long ago, native Indians called the springs, located on a hill five miles north of Suisun City, "The Land of the Healing Waters." This was to become the site of Tolenas Springs (a.k.a. Solano Mineral Springs and Suisun Soda Springs), a famous Solano County landmark for many decades. Detailed record - Similar records
5.	Rossi family steered Dixon for seven decades / Delaplane, Kristin [431] [ECHOS-1999-431] On almost every corner of every busy street it seems there is a gas station. But that wasn't the case in the early years of this century, when "horseless carriages" began clattering over roadways. In fact, when Emil Rossi arrived in Dixon, he probably couldn't see a station at all. Detailed record - Similar records
6.	A Look Back in Time / Delaplane, Kristin [430] [ECHOS-1999-430] In 1859, John Sweeney was killed at a corral in the Montezuma Township. Philander Arnold pled self-defense to the deed, but when it was pointed out Philander's son had provided his father with the double-barreled shotgun, the case went against him, and Philander was found guilty of manslaughter. Detailed record - Similar records
7.	Many women helped build Solano County's character / Delaplane, Kristin [429] [ECHOS-1999-429] There is some record of the local Patwin Indian women. Their small communities included the Suisunee and Ulatus. Detailed record - Similar records
8.	Emigh recalls simple, fun times in Rio Vista / Delaplane, Kristin [428] [ECHOS-1999-428] When Soren and Dorthea Nielsen first moved to their farm near Rio Vista in 1897, there was a one-story house with a kitchen, dining room, living room and one bedroom. As the family grew to four girls, Soren added two more bedrooms. Furnishings were simple; in the living room, a chair, a couch, some throw rugs on the wood floors. Detailed record - Similar records
9.	Lena celebrates 100th with Rio Vista memories / Delaplane, Kristin [427] [ECHOS-1999-427] This summer Lena Christian Nielsen Emigh, born June 17, 1899, on the family's Rio Vista wheat farm, was feted at the Congregational Church on her 100th birthday. Lena traces her heritage back to Denmark. Her parents migranted to San Francisco in the 1890s. Detailed record - Similar records
10.	Vacaville life in the '20s was picturesque / Delaplane, Kristin [426] [ECHOS-1999-426] Roberta Gates Ormaas traces her Vacaville heritage back to the 1850s when both sets of grandparents settled on ranches. Her paternal grandparents had the G.M. Gates Ranch in Lagoon Valley. Her maternal grandfather, John Montgomery, was a Methodist minister and had a ranch where Monte Vista and Eldridge meet today [...] Detailed record - Similar records

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