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187.	Cement bonds community with work, play / Delaplane, Kristin [248] [ECHOS-1995-248] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Vacaville Museum, Solano Historian, and Vacaville Public Library. The town of Cement came into being in 1902. It lasted a quarter of a century, then was totally abandoned in 1927. But it had a hell of a run, as they say. Detailed record - Similar records
188.	Cement bonds community with work and play / Delaplane, Kristin [249] [ECHOS-1995-249] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Vacaville Museum, Solano Historian, and Vacaville Public Library. The town of Cement came into being in 1902. It lasted a quarter of a century, then was totally abandoned in 1927. But it had a hell of a run, as they say. Detailed record - Similar records
189.	Town gains fame as fruit-growing capital / Delaplane, Kristin [247] [ECHOS-1995-247] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council and Vacaville Museum. Second of two parts Vacaville was the birthplace of another man of note. The famed botanist, Willis Linn Jepson, was born in Vacaville in 1867. Detailed record - Similar records
190.	Vacaville thrives on ranching and farming / Delaplane, Kristin [246] [ECHOS-1995-246] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council. Vacaville Township was approximately 66,790 acres, comprised of mountains, valleys and plains, and reputed for having some of the finest soil in the county. Detailed record - Similar records
191.	Wolfskill family set tone for Solano's future / Delaplane, Kristin [245] [ECHOS-1995-245] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council and the Vacaville Museum. Wolfskill descendants can trace their story back to the 1740s Prussia and Frederick the Great's ongoing wars. Rather than fight in wars where the loss of life was incredibly high, in 1742, Joseph Wolfskeil moved to the wilderness of Pennsylvania to take his chances. Detailed record - Similar records
192.	Soft land, big fire and cars sink Suisun City / Delaplane, Kristin [244] [ECHOS-1995-244] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Solano Genealogical Society and the Solano Historian. Second of two parts Historian Wood Young found these tidbits in an 1871 issue of the Weekly Solano Republican. Printed business-card-size advertisements for local doctors along with advertisements for patent medicines that cured consumption and seemingly every other wretched ailment that could befall a human being. Detailed record - Similar records
193.	Suisun City becomes 1880s commerce center / Delaplane, Kristin [243] [ECHOS-1995-243] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Solano Genealogical Society, Solano Historian and the Suisun City Fire Department. First of two parts Suisun Township was the largest township in Solano County, consisting of about 110,000 acres; 10,000 of those acres were under water. The township was bounded all around by Elmira, Vacaville, Napa County, Green Valley Township, Benicia and the Montezuma Township. Detailed record - Similar records
194.	Rockville grew into crossroads for early routes / Delaplane, Kristin [242] [ECHOS-1995-242] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. The village of Rockville in the Green Valley Township was located in the general vicinity where the Susuine Indians had previously located their head tribal village. The Indians called this place Yul Yul, meaning the place of the setting sun. When the white man's disease, smallpox, hit in 1839, the tribe numbers were vastly depleted and the few surviving Suisunees left the area, many choosing the safety of the missions in Sonoma and San Jose. In later years Chief Solano returned to this sacred place, where he died and was buried. Detailed record - Similar records
195.	Water and wine fuel growth of Green Valley / Delaplane, Kristin [241] [ECHOS-1995-241] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Vacaville Museum, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. Green Valley was officially established in 1853, and as it became inhabited was described by a writer of the time as being almost a Garden of Eden: Detailed record - Similar records
196.	Town of Cordelia launched with high hopes / Delaplane, Kristin [240] [ECHOS-1995-240] Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library archives. In 1866, the boundaries of Green Valley Township were laid out. They included the sites of Green Valley and Suisun Valley and the villages Cordelia/Bridgeport, and Rockville. Detailed record - Similar records

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