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219.	Voyage west was full of hardships / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [201] [WAYITWAS-2004-201] My last column talked about the early life of Luzena Stanley Wilson, who grew up in a Quaker family in North Carolina. The information is based on Luzena's memoirs and the research by Fern Henry in her new book "My Checkered Life: Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California." Detailed record - Similar records
220.	Childhood was busy in the 1880s / Bowen, Jerry [200] [WAYITWAS-2004-200] Much has been written about Elise P. Buckingham. She was one of the west's first big women ranchers and her spread covered much of Lagoon Valley. Detailed record - Similar records
221.	Gold Rush lured family to California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [199] [WAYITWAS-2004-199] Luzena Stanley Wilson and her husband, Mason Wilson, are two names that resonate through Vacaville's early history. The couple arrived in California with their two toddlers in 1849, attracted by the Gold Rush. They experienced the hardships of the rough society of Sacramento and Nevada City before finally settling in the fertile Vaca Valley in 1851. Detailed record - Similar records
222.	Memories of the Fairfield area / Bowen, Jerry [198] [WAYITWAS-2004-198] Memoirs often provide valuable insight about the past that may seem of little importance when an individual first writes them. Today, with the last remains of the old company town of Cement rapidly disappearing under the onslaught of new development, a way of life is also being relegated to the dusty archives of history to be remembered only in the minds of a few old-timers and people who enjoy learning about the past. Detailed record - Similar records
223.	Hardship punctuates their long lives / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [197] [WAYITWAS-2003-197] This column finishes the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton. It is based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. I'd like to thank her daughter, Kirsten Llamas of Florida, for permission to use diaries, letters and photographs for these columns. Detailed record - Similar records
224.	Travel by auto sparks an unusual Christmas / Bowen, Jerry [196] [WAYITWAS-2003-196] Every once in a while something happens that makes writing these columns about our past more fun than usual. Detailed record - Similar records
225.	'Good old days' were not always good / Bowen, Jerry [195] [WAYITWAS-2003-195] We like to reminisce about the "good old days" and indeed many of the earlier times were in fact just that. Detailed record - Similar records
226.	Trains speed Elmira to S.F. trip in 1868 / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [194] [WAYITWAS-2003-194] This column continues the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton during the 1870s. It is based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. I'd like to thank her daughter, Kirsten Llamas of Florida, for permission to use diaries, letters and photographs for these columns. Editor. Detailed record - Similar records
227.	It was a sign of the times in Fairfield / Bowen, Jerry [193] [WAYITWAS-2003-193] In the 1920s the label "Twin Cities" was used to describe Fairfield/Suisun as Fairfield gained in economic importance. Detailed record - Similar records
228.	Vaca settler's diary reveals busy days / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [192] [WAYITWAS-2003-192] This continues the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton, based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. - Editor Detailed record - Similar records

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