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Echos Of Solanos Past

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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
86.	Solano sprouted food, good times in 1864 / Delaplane, Kristin [349] [ECHOS-1997-349] According to the 1864 assessment, the total value of property in Solano County was $2,629,185.12. The taxes would come to $90,766.33. About 1,000 tons of wheat and 200 tons of barley were stored in Lewis Pierce's warehouse in Suisun that early fall. In addition, a large quantity had already been shipped to San Francisco. Detailed record - Similar records
87.	Early Solano was off to races for holiday / Delaplane, Kristin [348] [ECHOS-1997-348] In 1864, for the Forth of July, Benicia had a two-mile horse race, starting at the Solano House, for a purse was $200 and a boat race between Fanny of Suisun and Lightening of Benicia. The boat race started at the Montezuma Slough and ended at the Benicia wharf. Detailed record - Similar records
88.	Plenty of attorneys to fill 'old courthouse' / Delaplane, Kristin [347] [ECHOS-1997-347] Times were good in the spring of 1864. It was noted at this time both the hospital and county jail were empty. Perhaps that was due in part to the number of attorneys in the area. Attorney M.H [...] Detailed record - Similar records
89.	Civil War-era Solano full of commotion / Delaplane, Kristin [346] [ECHOS-1997-346] The New Year's news was about the "great Christmas fight" in Silveyville. A Suisun man, a "pure Union man," was visiting those parts when a drunk "Secesh Smith", also know as "Curly Headed Smith", started looking for a fight. Detailed record - Similar records
90.	Elmira a quiet town but for trains, gunfire / Delaplane, Kristin [345] [ECHOS-1997-345] In 1883, Elmira was a relatively quiet place except when the trains came through. Therefore, citizens were more than a little alarmed to hear gunfire one day. It turned out that it was the result of the town's constable, McKinney, firing on an escaping prisoner Napa Jim. Whether or not Constable McKinney hit his target is unknown. Detailed record - Similar records

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