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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
26.	Solano County's community news from 1870s / Delaplane, Kristin [410] [ECHOS-1998-410] In 1873, Dr. G.H. Evans was located in Dixon on the east side of Main Street. An Odd Fellows association was being formed at Vaca Station (Elmira). The Rio Vista Fire Department purchased a bell from one of the Sacramento engine companies. Detailed record - Similar records
27.	Commerce ebbs, expands in Solano past / Delaplane, Kristin [409] [ECHOS-1998-409] In 1873, Suisun City was enjoying its place as the hub of activity in the county. In that town, it was tradition to welcome in the New Year and ring out the old by ringing both the church and fire bells. Detailed record - Similar records
28.	Men and women of Solano County's past remembered / Delaplane, Kristin [408] [ECHOS-1998-408] Captain Granville Perry Swift was born in Kentucky in 1821. His grandmother was Daniel Boone's younger sister. In about 1840, at age 19, Swift, a rugged individual, set out with a group of trappers headed for California. Once in California he trapped all along Cache Creek and the Sacramento River. Detailed record - Similar records
29.	Suisun ranks in top western train robberies / Delaplane, Kristin [407] [ECHOS-1998-407] Engineer Jack Marsh sat in the cab of passenger train No. 10 as it pulled out of Benicia on the night of April 16, 1910. It was warm and the full moon cast a bright glint on the oily, tawny waters. Detailed record - Similar records
30.	Oral history gives look at Chinese culture / Delaplane, Kristin [406] [ECHOS-1998-406] 'There was a big Chinese laundry in town where the McBride Senior Center is. It was called Quong Sing Chinese Laundry. Two or three people worked in the washroom and there were about four ironers. Detailed record - Similar records

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