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106.	Newspaper editor gives scene of Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [330] [ECHOS-1997-330] The first issue of the first newspaper out of Vacaville was dated March 15, 1883. The subscription price was $2 a year and the publisher was James D. McClain: "The Reporter will deal with the present and future. [...] Detailed record - Similar records
107.	Papers swear, bicker over Union alliance / Delaplane, Kristin [329] [ECHOS-1997-329] Fall of 1863 marked when the Solano County Herald became a semi-weekly. Nevertheless, subscription and advertising rates remained unchanged: Five dollars for a year's subscription and advertising was $2 for 10 lines the first week and $1 thereafter. With election returns in, a bonfire was set in Suisun's plaza in front of the Wells Fargo office where one of the defeated candidates apparently worked. Detailed record - Similar records
108.	The Depression shuts down Big Camp / Delaplane, Kristin [328] [ECHOS-1997-328] Born in China, Chun Tim arrived in San Francisco in 1871 at the age of 18. His role as a pioneer in the Suisun Valley was noted in the 1938 memoirs of Rosa Lee Baldwin who lived on a ranch near the A.T. Hatch Ranch where Chun Tim was the labor boss. " [...] Detailed record - Similar records
109.	Chinese pioneers make it big at 'Big Camp' / Delaplane, Kristin [327] [ECHOS-1997-327] Information for this article came from material written by Peter Leung of the Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis and Tony Water, a doctoral candidate at U.C. Davis' Sociology Department. All portions of this unpublished work "Chinese Pioneer Farming Families in Suisun Valley, California" are copyrighted by Peter Leung and Tony Water. Detailed record - Similar records
110.	An 1879 tour saw a plethora of growers / Delaplane, Kristin [326] [ECHOS-1997-326] In the spring of 1879, reporters from the Weekly Solano Republican set out to explore the countryside in the Vacaville Township and the town of Vacaville. They described the various ranches and farms and who owned the land. Many of today's streets were named for these early growers. Detailed record - Similar records
111.	Reporters took probing tour into country / Delaplane, Kristin [325] [ECHOS-1997-325] In the spring of 1879, staff from the Suisun City's Solano Republican set out to explore the countryside. Their trip started with a train ride to Bridgeport, present-day Cordelia. Along the route they viewed the orchards then in bloom. Once in Bridgeport they stopped in at each of the town's business establishments. Detailed record - Similar records
112.	Writings reveal turn-of-the-century life / Delaplane, Kristin [324] [ECHOS-1997-324] Pearl Fowler and Evelyn Lockie, both born around the turn of the century, wrote about their early days in Cordelia and the Suisun Valley. These writings give a window into their world and what their day-to-day life was like in Solano County. Fowler lived in the Green Valley Township with the small town of Cordelia the center of her universe. Detailed record - Similar records
113.	Vaca street named after early builder / Delaplane, Kristin [323] [ECHOS-1997-323] As a young man of 21, Peabody landed in Benicia in 1850 having made the trip on a clipper ship around The Horn. A carpenter by trade, he bought with him several frame houses and engaged in the business of selling and setting those houses to lots. Detailed record - Similar records
114.	Pioneer prospered with cattle, stores / Delaplane, Kristin [322] [ECHOS-1997-322] Suisun's pioneer John B. Lemon was born 1825 in Indiana and received a rudimentary education. At age 24 he was a clerk in a general store when news of the gold discovery in California reached Indiana and his imagination. In 1849, Lemon left home to travel by mule train to seek his fortune. Detailed record - Similar records
115.	Vaca streets named for earliest settlers / Delaplane, Kristin [321] [ECHOS-1997-321] In 1852, Mason Wilson and his wife, Luzena, a North Carolina native, arrived from the gold fields to harvest the wild hay in Solano that was selling for $150 a ton in San Francisco. Traveling in a covered wagon, they arrived in Vacaville and set up their rig on Main Street. Detailed record - Similar records

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