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16.	Ranch work: Hardest job a family ever loved / Delaplane, Kristin [420] [ECHOS-1999-420] 'We have bobcats. Foxes on and off. I've never had a problem with the coyotes. I don't know why, everyone else does [...] Detailed record - Similar records
17.	Ranchers carve homestead from wilderness / Delaplane, Kristin [419] [ECHOS-1999-419] ''In 1892, William Henry Samuels homesteaded this ranch, which is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Part of the ranch is in Napa County. When they first moved up here it was mostly brush and rocks and they raised sheep. The sheep were slaughtered right here and the meat taken down to town [...] Detailed record - Similar records
18.	Woman recounts time living in Suisun Valley / Delaplane, Kristin [418] [ECHOS-1999-418] 'My father, Chun Tim, came into America in 1873 at 20 years old. He traveled from his village, Sek Keh, to Hong Kong and took a boat to San Francisco. The trip was four months. Toward the end their supplies were getting low. Detailed record - Similar records
19.	Ex-Vacan recalls town's Japanese past / Delaplane, Kristin [417] [ECHOS-1999-417] During the heyday of the fruit orchards in Solano County, the ethnic mix of orchardists and workers was astounding. The early arrivals were the original settlers, the Spanish and then the trailblazers from back East. Then came the Chinese. Detailed record - Similar records
20.	Tracing ranch ties through generations / Delaplane, Kristin [416] [ECHOS-1999-416] 'My mother's grandfather, John Wesley Hill, came from Missouri in 1847. He rode up here when the oats would come up to the top of the horse's back. He says, 'That's good enough for me,' and he squatted on some land. His main thing was raising cattle. Detailed record - Similar records
21.	Longtime Solanoan recalls family's past / Delaplane, Kristin [415] [ECHOS-1999-415] Granville Swift was my great-grandmother's brother. He got to California in 1841. In about 1844, he moved to Orland where he started a horse and cattle ranch. "In 1848, when gold was discovered, he went over to the American and Feather rivers and made a killing [...] Detailed record - Similar records
22.	English teacher recalls days in the fields / Delaplane, Kristin [414] [ECHOS-1999-414] Marcus Lopez is the son of Mexican migrant farm laborers. He now teaches English at Solano Community College. He graduated from the University of Santa Clara. He also studied at University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Detailed record - Similar records
23.	Moreno family builds legacy in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [413] [ECHOS-1999-413] 'At the turn of the century, the governor of Hawaii came up with the idea that maybe the Portuguese and Spanish people would be good to work in the fields. They had knowledge of sugar cane, because sugar cane was raised in many of the Spanish colonies. Detailed record - Similar records
24.	Carrying on family's agricultural tradition / Delaplane, Kristin [412] [ECHOS-1999-412] "I am a fruit rancher and fourth-generation Vacavillian. My great-grandfather, George Sharpe, came here from England. He was a contractor and a builder and when the train stopped in Elmira, he decided the building opportunities were here. The towns were booming in the 1860s or 1870s [...] Detailed record - Similar records
25.	Agricultural tradition of Solano recounted / Delaplane, Kristin [411] [ECHOS-1999-411] While the discovery of gold in California is being celebrated throughout the state during the sesquicentennial, the majority of people who came to California did not find wealth in the Gold Rush but rather in agriculture. Detailed record - Similar records

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