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76.	Wild West lore and Democrats / Delaplane, Kristin [359] [ECHOS-1997-359] The Wild West was not mere legend in Vacaville. When the P. Barker was using vulgar and obscene language in the presence of women and children at the Hodgins House, Mrs. M [...] Detailed record - Similar records
77.	Vaca business boomed during the late 1800s / Delaplane, Kristin [358] [ECHOS-1997-358] The summer of 1884, the editor published a list of businesses in Vacaville: Detailed record - Similar records
78.	Vaca businesses, families expanded in 1884 / Delaplane, Kristin [357] [ECHOS-1997-357] The ladies in the Vaca and surrounding valleys had an opportunity when Miss Gardner began giving lessons in lace work. Her terms were $1 per lesson or $5 per term. She gave an exhibition of her talents at Platt's store. Detailed record - Similar records
79.	Bustling with bachelors and much business / Delaplane, Kristin [356] [ECHOS-1997-356] A list of eligible bachelors in Vacaville appeared in the Reporter to commemorate the Leap Year season. H.E. Baldwin, private and confidential secretary to G.N. Platt [...] Detailed record - Similar records
80.	Vacaville downtown marked boon in 1884 / Delaplane, Kristin [355] [ECHOS-1997-355] Snow capped the Vaca mountains and the 1884 New Year was rung in with the ringing of the college bell. There was a party in Pleasants Valley at G.W. Thissel's. Guests were treated to a supper and indulged in singing and games to a late hour. Detailed record - Similar records
81.	Oral histories hearken back to simpler times / Delaplane, Kristin [354] [ECHOS-1997-354] The early days for parks and recreation taken from an oral history with Lyston Johnson. 'My parents came here in 1917. My father worked in a grocery store down on Georgia Street. He delivered groceries seven days a week for $15 a week [...] Detailed record - Similar records
82.	Beloved memories of growing up in Vallejo / Delaplane, Kristin [353] [ECHOS-1997-353] 'My father, Fred Fisch, was a tailor. He was born in Austria-Hungary, now a part of Poland, and he learned his trade over there. "He had an aunt living in New York and when he was 17, she had him come over here. "He worked back there and then he came out to Oakland and San Francisco. Detailed record - Similar records
83.	Uhl family's peachy start in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [352] [ECHOS-1997-352] Clarence J. Uhl was married to Lula M. Thompson. The Uhls could trace their ancestral line back to 1760 when three brothers arrived in America. Clarence was born in Ohio in 1865 [...] Detailed record - Similar records
84.	Young, Wood families part of Solano history / Delaplane, Kristin [351] [ECHOS-1997-351] It was likely in the 1870s that a sailing vessel passenger Edward A. Young arrived in the Eureka after sailing around the Horn from New Brunswick. By then, lumbering had replaced gold mining as the major income source in this coastal town and Young went to work in the lumbering business. Not too much time passed when he was met with an accident [...] Detailed record - Similar records
85.	Plenty of crime in Solano County in 1864 / Delaplane, Kristin [350] [ECHOS-1997-350] The State Fair was on and Solano County's Fred Werner was proudly showing Billy Clifton, 5 years, and Jim Clifton, 6 years. Both were sons of the celebrated trotting stallion, Rattler, who was then deceased. Solano County was now included in the San Pablo Bay Agriculture Society. J.B [...] Detailed record - Similar records

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