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279.	Pruners' Strike still evokes unease / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [141] [WAYITWAS-2002-141] All communities have darker episodes in their history. For Vacaville, one of these periods occurred during November and December of 1932 and into early 1933. Mentioning the Vacaville Pruners' Strike, also known as the Vacaville Riots, still evokes unease in many residents, though 70 years have passed since then. Detailed record - Similar records
280.	A taste of gold fever in Solano / Bowen, Jerry [140] [WAYITWAS-2002-140] The allure of gold and silver goes back a long way. An ancient culture in the area of today's Eastern Europe began roughly 6,000 years ago to use gold to fashion decorative objects. The gold probably was mined in the Transylvanian Alps or in the Mount Pangaion area of Thrace. Detailed record - Similar records
281.	He created landmarks and a legacy / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [139] [WAYITWAS-2002-139] Among the sights we all love about Vacaville are the historic buildings downtown, such as the Carnegie Library (which today houses the Chamber of Commerce) and the Victorian mansions along Buck Avenue. Detailed record - Similar records
282.	The Monticello Steamship Company / Bowen, Jerry [138] [WAYITWAS-2002-138] Zephania Jefferson Hatch was born in 1846 near Monticello, N.Y., and grew up in a rural farming area. Being a restless young man wanting to improve his lot in life, he immigrated to Oregon and worked for a while for the famous Jim Hill, building the Great Northern Railroad. Detailed record - Similar records
283.	Sale of Mare Island complicated / Bowen, Jerry [137] [WAYITWAS-2002-137] The text of the deed to purchase Mare Island on Jan. 4, 1853, and recorded April 18, 1853, began as follows: Detailed record - Similar records
284.	Pioneer settler wanted land, not gold / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [136] [WAYITWAS-2002-136] Though he was born in Orange County, Va., on May 30, 1808, he grew up in Kentucky. Like many young frontier men, he felt the urge to move further west. The year 1830 found him as a farmer in New London, Miss., where he married Cornelia Catherine Lamme, a great-granddaughter of Daniel Boone, on Jan. 19, 1830. Detailed record - Similar records
285.	Thirsty Vallejo suffered dam dilemma / Bowen, Jerry [135] [WAYITWAS-2002-135] Near the turn of the century, Vallejo was experiencing a serious shortage of this valuable resource. Concerns rose about health and fire danger in the town. Detailed record - Similar records
286.	WWI changed Solano's landscape / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [134] [WAYITWAS-2002-134] The spring of 1918 saw California farmers, including local orchard growers, worried. Many young men had been called to training camps or had left for the battlefields of Europe, and more were being drafted on a daily basis. Detailed record - Similar records
287.	A perilous wagon-train trip west / Bowen, Jerry [133] [WAYITWAS-2002-133] In my last column we left the wagon train on the banks of the Colorado River, south of today's Bullhead City, Ariz., with 13 wounded and Alpha Brown dead from an Indian attack. Detailed record - Similar records
288.	Vacans supported their troops overseas / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [132] [WAYITWAS-2002-132] The years 1917 and 1918, when the United States sent troops to the European battlefields, also brought much change to the people back home. Nationally and locally, efforts were under way to support the war and the young men fighting overseas in particular. Detailed record - Similar records

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