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199.	New library for Solano stacked up fairly well / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [453] [WAYITWAS-2004-453] After the total destruction of the Solano County Free Library in the fire of Dec. 8, 1929, months of work lay ahead for Librarian Clara Dills and her staff. The American Legion post in Suisun offered its hall as a temporary refuge. Despite the relocation, the library's phone number remained the same: Suisun 103. Detailed record - Similar records
200.	Library grows to bursting, then burns in blaze / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [452] [WAYITWAS-2004-452] Within a decade of its founding, the Solano County Free Library, under the guidance of Librarian Clara Dills, had become an established institution, valued throughout the county. Detailed record - Similar records
201.	Participation authors growth of library system / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [451] [WAYITWAS-2004-451] With the opening of the new Solano County Free Library in 1914 and its move to its permanent home in the newly constructed Armijo High School in 1915, a major community-building institution began to establish itself. Detailed record - Similar records
202.	Discovery of gold powered steamboat river travel / Bowen, Jerry [238] [WAYITWAS-2004-238] - Editor: This is the second installment of a feature about the Sacramento River. In my last column I discussed some of the early exploration of the Sacramento River and ended with the first steamboat that made regular runs from San Francisco to Sutter's Fort. Detailed record - Similar records
203.	Solano's library history is a story of steady growth / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [217] [WAYITWAS-2004-217] Over the years, the Solano County Library system and its wonderful, hard-working librarians have assisted me in many intricate research projects, often procuring obscure books and information at short notice. Detailed record - Similar records
204.	Tide of history melded river, the gold rush. / Bowen, Jerry [216] [WAYITWAS-2004-216] The Sacramento River, which defines the southeast boundary of Solano County, has had a long history. Detailed record - Similar records
205.	Hopes of success spring eternal in Suisun / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [215] [WAYITWAS-2004-215] Growing up in Germany, my childhood memories include summer vacations to various spas in the southern part of the country. Detailed record - Similar records
206.	Fire in 1909 left Vacaville without a hotel / Bowen, Jerry [214] [WAYITWAS-2004-214] For years, as Vacaville grew during the nineteenth century, volunteer firemen had pressured the town trustees for efficient firefighting equipment, but with little success. By 1908, Vacaville had two hose carts, a town water system with a few hydrants and chemical fire extinguishers strategically placed around the downtown area. Detailed record - Similar records
207.	Wanderlust strikes a son of early Vacaville / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [213] [WAYITWAS-2004-213] This is the final column on the family of Luzena and Mason Wilson and their four children. The information is based on the research by Fern Henry in her book "My Checkered Life: Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California." Detailed record - Similar records
208.	Opera house curtain rose early / Bowen, Jerry [212] [WAYITWAS-2004-212] Over the years, major fires have destroyed many of the old buildings in downtown Vacaville. In reality, many of the early structures would be of little use in today's modern world and in fact probably would be declared unsafe and finally be torn down. Detailed record - Similar records

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