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Echos Of Solanos Past 216 records found  beginprevious207 - 216  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
207. Loss of Capitol, decline of port end dreams / Delaplane, Kristin [228] [ECHOS-1995-228]
Information for this article came from the Benicia Camel Barn Museum, Solano County Genealogical Society, Benicia Historical Society, and Vacaville Heritage Council (Part 2. Last week was the story of the founding of Benicia in 1848 by Robert Semple, who purchased the land from Gen. Vallejo. The first news of the Gold Rush was in Benicia [...]
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208. Benicia born as port, spurred by Gold Rush / Delaplane, Kristin [227] [ECHOS-1995-227]
Information for this article came from the Benicia Camel Barn Museum, Solano County Genealogical Society, Benicia Historical Society, and Vacaville Heritage Council. First of two parts
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209. Dried onions: Basic ingredient in K-rations / Delaplane, Kristin [226] [ECHOS-1995-226]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Museum, the Vacaville Heritage Council and The Reporter archives. Some events in a town's history leave a more memorable mark than was ever suspected at the time. Such is the story of Basic Vegetable Products. The original Vacaville location of Basic's operation was a tin shed on the Uhl ranch, where Shock's Furniture Interiors and Longs Drugs are currently situated on Monte Vista Avenue
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210. Family feud rocks Lagoon Valley settlers / Delaplane, Kristin [225] [ECHOS-1995-225]
Information for this article the second of two parts, came from "History of the Vaca Clan" by Jeff Paul; the Vacaville Heritage Council and the Vacaville Museum. In 1845, Vaca added to his household when he married Estefano Martinez. They had one child. The marriage didn't last.
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211. Juan Manuel Vaca: The don of Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [224] [ECHOS-1995-224]
Information for this article came from "History of the Vaca Clan," by Jeff Paul. The Vacaville Heritage Council and the Vacaville Museum. The family name Vaca came about during the Moorish wars in Spain. Any man who marked a strategic river ford with a cow's skull was rewarded by the king with the name Cabeza de Vaca (cow's head).
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212. Pena Adobe: Monument to pioneer family / Delaplane, Kristin [223] [ECHOS-1995-223]
The Pena Adobe, a registered historical landmark, was the original home of Juan Felipe Pena in the 1840s.
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213. Tragic demise of "People of the West Wind" / Delaplane, Kristin [222] [ECHOS-1995-222]
Stone Age people were the first inhabitants of Solano County. This is known through artifacts found in Green Valley some years ago and dated by archaeologists to 2000 B.C. The next residents that we know of were the Patwin Indians. These people were the southern branch of the Wintun group and they lived in the region for a thousand years or more; some figures are as high as 4,000 years.
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214. Silveyville rolls into Dixon when railroad arrives / Delaplane, Kristin [221] [ECHOS-1995-221]
Information for this article came from the Dixon Historical Society collection and the Dixon Library archives. At one time Silveyville, had real expectations. Today it's a ghost town.
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215. Solano's base grows up quickly during war / Delaplane, Kristin [220] [ECHOS-1995-220]
This is the second of two parts on the beginnings of Travis Air Force Base, one of America's largest military bases. Information for this article came from Travis Air Force Base library, The Reporter and Tailwind newspaper.
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216. Air Base originally meant to house bombers / Delaplane, Kristin [219] [ECHOS-1995-219]
This is the first of two columns on the beginnings of one of the largest U.S. military bases. The information comes from the Travis Air Force Base library, The Reporter and Tailwind newspapers.
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