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51.	Celebrations held all over county in 1868 / Delaplane, Kristin [385] [ECHOS-1998-385] Fourth of July was celebrated in the various Solano County townships. In Vallejo and Benicia there were processions of military and civic societies followed by fireworks in the evening. In Rio vista there was a boat race with a ball in the evening. In the Suisun Valley, there was a barbecue at Alford's Ranch. Detailed record - Similar records
52.	Despite fires, Suisun thrives during 1860s / Delaplane, Kristin [384] [ECHOS-1998-384] In 1868, George A. Gillespie, brother of E.F. Gillespie, was publishing the Solano Press. E.F [...] Detailed record - Similar records
53.	Trade, growth boom in county / Delaplane, Kristin [383] [ECHOS-1998-383] In 1864, Henry Connolly became a hotelier of note when he acquired the Solano White Sulphur Springs resort three miles from Vallejo. He knew the business well having run Vallejo's Washington Hotel for some time Detailed record - Similar records
54.	Quakes riddle county in 1800s and rock homes / Delaplane, Kristin [382] [ECHOS-1998-382] Earthquakes play a part in Solano County's history with the quake of 1892 the most noteworthy. There are a number of known, as well as inferred or unmapped, fault areas in Solano County. The San Andreas and Hayward faults have affected the southern part of the county, but much of the county's seismic activity has been caused by unmapped or minor faults. Detailed record - Similar records
55.	Vallejo booms while Benicia cheers Lincoln / Delaplane, Kristin [381] [ECHOS-1998-381] In 1867, a suicide and an unrelated homicide occurred in Benicia. Col. R.A. Wainwright, commander at the Benicia Barracks, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol [...] Detailed record - Similar records
56.	Boy dies after Green Valley wagon accident / Delaplane, Kristin [380] [ECHOS-1998-380] There was a show in the Union Hall in Suisun City in May 1867, when Martin the Wizard turned the place into ''an enchanted temple of magic and mystery.'' Detailed record - Similar records
57.	Suisun booms in population and activities / Delaplane, Kristin [379] [ECHOS-1998-379] Suisun continued to be the bustling metropolis of the county in the 1860s, to which the following editorial attested: Detailed record - Similar records
58.	New avenues aiding women in fruit picking / Delaplane, Kristin [378] [ECHOS-1998-378] The genuine lover of the human family rejoices greatly when a new avenue is opened for the cultivation of the best ambitions of women. Chief among the many advantages resulting from the discovery of gold in California is that cosmopolitan principle in society which has tended to develop in women, as well as men, the power to lead and direct others in almost all industrial enterprises; especially in the important line of fruit production. In that, women have shown their fitness to a remarkable degree. Detailed record - Similar records
59.	Sermons, fruit and bicyclists engross town / Delaplane, Kristin [377] [ECHOS-1998-377] 'The church was the real center of social activity. In this little town of 2,000, there were eight churches of different denominations. We attended the Presbyterian Church regularly - Sunday school, church service and on Wednesday, night prayer meetings. Detailed record - Similar records
60.	Looking back on days of Vacaville childhood / Delaplane, Kristin [376] [ECHOS-1998-376] 'When I think of my childhood days spent in Vacaville, I feel sad and lonely again. I am sitting in the swing under the fig tree pushing forward then back, forward, then back. Once in a while a ripe fig falls to the ground with a loud smack! The ants run to taste of its sweetness. Far, far off I hear the crowing of a rooster [...] Detailed record - Similar records

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