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91.	Solano County life goes on at its own pace / Delaplane, Kristin [344] [ECHOS-1997-344] In 1883, the big fall event was the huge Christian Church state conference at Oiler's Grove, which lasted for many days and brought in churchmen and followers from many areas. The Davis House in Vacaville, always a hub of activity, hosted Professor Hand of the firm Rham and Hand in Woodland for about a week. Detailed record - Similar records
92.	Prosperity causes changes in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [343] [ECHOS-1997-343] In the summer of 1883, Sen. Buck, a prosperous fruit rancher and state politician, was having a large fruit wagon built by blacksmith and wagonmaker Hugh Cernon. Buck had just been elected to be one of the vice presidents of the State Horticultural Society. Detailed record - Similar records
93.	Solano County communities busy in 1884 / Delaplane, Kristin [362] [ECHOS-1997-362] The popular saloon owned by A.B. Miller, at the corner of Bush and Depot streets in Vacaville, was the scene of a major shooting in December 1884. Louis Sohn was killed - most felt deservedly so. Sohn was greatly angered when Nap Broughton's widow married J. Walter A. Gilmore, because Sohn had been determined to run her ranch himself. Detailed record - Similar records
94.	Mail-order business was plumb hard work / Delaplane, Kristin [342] [ECHOS-1997-342] During the Depression Era . . . "The farmers weren't shipping much [...] Detailed record - Similar records
95.	Area fruit growers faced prosperity, ruin / Delaplane, Kristin [341] [ECHOS-1997-341] 'The golden age of the fruit business was 1880 to 1897. I think that apricot orchard of my great-grandfather's paid off. They started getting refrigerated cars on the railroad for shipping the stuff. Detailed record - Similar records
96.	School, church, musical activities abound / Delaplane, Kristin [340] [ECHOS-1997-340] One hundred years ago, the schools in the Dixon area were running smoothly. Miss Mary Kirby was the teacher at the Silveyville school. Pitts School was where Miss Blanche Holly taught, and Miss Mercy Tucke headed up Currey School. A number of activities were taking place at the high school [...] Detailed record - Similar records
97.	Dixon's 1897 began with a ball / Delaplane, Kristin [339] [ECHOS-1997-339] One hundred years ago, Dixon's New Year's Ball was deemed a success. Over 100 couples danced the night away to Newby's Orchestra and enjoyed a supper that was deemed magnificent in quality and quantity. A few couples did not want to depart even at 6 in the morning, but the worn out musicians laid down their instruments. Detailed record - Similar records
98.	Town 'built around the shipping of fruit' / Delaplane, Kristin [338] [ECHOS-1997-338] The following are excerpts from an oral history with T. Robert Boone Hawkins, interviewed June 1977. The Hawkins first came here in 1852, with my great-grandfather Arculus C. Hawkins [...] Detailed record - Similar records
99.	Pony Express riders rode through Solano / Delaplane, Kristin [337] [ECHOS-1997-337] In nearly all the written records about the Pony Express of the 1800s, the fact that the riders took the stagecoach trail from Sacramento to Benicia is rarely documented. This route was not on the riders' regular run, but when they missed the steamer connection to San Francisco from Sacramento, which they did 19 times, they took this alternate route, riding through Solano County at their legendary breakneck speeds. Detailed record - Similar records
100.	County cultural, economic scenes brighten / Delaplane, Kristin [336] [ECHOS-1997-336] In the summer of 1883, an account in the Dixon newspaper on the Davis House open house given by the hotel's new owners, Little and Barker, went as follows: "A large number of Dixonites attended. . . [...] Detailed record - Similar records

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