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1.	Planking On Streets / Wichels, Ernest [837] [WICHELS-1965-837] Our current City Council meetings include debate on almost everything "under the sun." but one of the subjects which is seldom discussed is the condition of streets. Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Relics And VIP Visits / Wichels, Ernest [836] [WICHELS-1965-836] The year 1965 brings to an end the five-year observance of the Civil War Centennial. And this brings to mind a few local reminders of that conflict, and several other noted historical facts not readily appreciated by most Solano citizens. Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Fun Time At The Springs / Wichels, Ernest [838] [WICHELS-1965-838] Last Sept. 13 we wrote of the past glory of Blue Rock Springs-how it was established about 1866, taken over by General Frisbie in 1869, the center of Vailejo's summer life-dancing, swimming, camping-for half a century. Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Mastodon History / Wichels, Ernest [814] [WICHELS-1965-814] Recent fossil discoveries in Solano County have brought the interest of paleontologists to this area. We've always known that our Coast Range mountains-particularly the Mount Diablo region-were productive of fossils. Detailed record - Similar records
5.	Solano's 49ers / Wichels, Ernest [840] [WICHELS-1965-840] It isn't easy to find a real "native son" these days. In fact, "native sons" are California's minority group in this day of expanding population - with 20,000 new residents crossing our state boundaries every month. Yet, it is surprising how many of our Vallejo and Solano County residents are direct descendants of the hardy pioneers who came to California - by overland trial or via the Isthmus of Panama, in 1849 or earlier. Detailed record - Similar records
6.	Paddles To Polaris / Wichels, Ernest [841] [WICHELS-1965-841] We, all Solano County citizens, live on an arm of one of the greatest harbors in the world! Navigable waters bound two sides of our county. And yet we find that the average Solano an seems only dimly aware of our county's heritage in waterborne traffic, and its past and present reliance on water "highways." Detailed record - Similar records
7.	We're Losing The Bay / Wichels, Ernest [842] [WICHELS-1965-842] In 1883 the Congress passed the Anti-Debris Act, which was meant to curb the damage wrought by hydraulic mining. In California it was commonly called placer mining. But it was not until Judge Lorenzo rendered his famous decision on Jan. 9, 1884, that hydraulic mining practically ceased in the Sierra Nevada. Detailed record - Similar records
8.	Solano-Napa Earthquakes / Wichels, Ernest [843] [WICHELS-1965-843] Last Sunday a devastating tremor rocked Chile; on Monday, it was the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. We are in the spring period of past earthquakes in Solano and Napa counties. Most of them have been in this eight-week period of March and April. Detailed record - Similar records
9.	New Year Eve Past Century / Wichels, Ernest [847] [WICHELS-1964-847] We discover what our forefathers did during the New Year season by reading Farragut's log books, and looking over the early editions of the Vallejo Chronicle. How did the weather behave here 100 years ago today? Detailed record - Similar records
10.	Carols And A Blaze / Wichels, Ernest [846] [WICHELS-1964-846] In the days before automobiles, movies, TV or radio, many Vallejoans turned to their churches for Christmas Eve fellowship and entertainment. We chose 1878, at random, and here is what the weekly Chronicle of 86 years ago said, on Dec. 28: Detailed record - Similar records

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