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259.	Roads and streets: a perpetual pain / Bowen, Jerry [161] [WAYITWAS-2003-161] As I was maneuvering my way past various road repair and construction sites to the Vacaville Heritage Council the other day I was trying to think of a subject for this week's column and there it was. It seems that among the subjects that we constantly complain about - the weather, growth, the environment and open space - the roads and highways rank high as a subject of debate, discussion and just plain complaining. Detailed record - Similar records
260.	War gave men their fill of the Phi / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [160] [WAYITWAS-2003-160] In my last column, Suisun residents Fred Rush, Jackson W. Oliver, George Cooper, Howard Bronson, and Seranus Hastings had made the trip to the Philippines on the transporter S. S. Indiana as part of the 23rd Infantry regiment to take part in the Spanish-American War [...] Detailed record - Similar records
261.	Operation Chico was only a test / Bowen, Jerry [159] [WAYITWAS-2003-159] The 1950s were disturbing times in the United States after World War II. It was the "Atomic Age" with fears of nuclear disaster strengthened as the first hydrogen bomb was tested in 1951. Detailed record - Similar records
262.	Suisun men helped oust Spanish troops / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [158] [WAYITWAS-2003-158] One of the tenets of American politics during the 18th and 19th centuries was the belief that the country should remain unconcerned with European affairs. Detailed record - Similar records
263.	Light shone on town history via lamppost / Bowen, Jerry [157] [WAYITWAS-2003-157] Whenever I walk around our historic downtown, I often try to imagine what it must have been like in the early days when the boundary of Vacaville ended at Parker Street. In fact, one day I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I walked smack-dab right into one of the old lampposts and bent my glasses up. Detailed record - Similar records
264.	More than 500 ships were launched / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [156] [WAYITWAS-2003-156] Mare Island Navy Yard, as it was called in its early years, was established in the fall of 1854 by Admiral David G. Farragut, then a commander in the U.S. Navy. Detailed record - Similar records
265.	Fires change the face of Vacaville / Bowen, Jerry [155] [WAYITWAS-2003-155] I was kickin' back at the Vacaville Heritage Council, cogitating on what I should write about this week, when I happened to glance at a couple of photos of Vacaville in the old days. Detailed record - Similar records
266.	'Glasgow' pushed for Mare Island / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [154] [WAYITWAS-2003-154] From 1848 until 1850, the U.S. Navy conducted an extensive survey to determine whether to install a naval shipyard on Mare Island. Once the survey results were determined to be satisfactory, the United States government went ahead and purchased the island in January of 1853. Detailed record - Similar records
267.	Rifle's mystery hid a macabre tale / Bowen, Jerry [153] [WAYITWAS-2003-153] An article published in The Reporter last year about the renovation of the William H. Buck mansion reminded me of a story about George Sharpe, the builder of the house. Detailed record - Similar records
268.	Island ownership wasn't shipshape / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [152] [WAYITWAS-2003-152] Mare Island Naval Shipyard has made a marked impact on Solano County since the early days of settlement by pioneers who journeyed west. Detailed record - Similar records

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