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Solano, The Way It Was 418 records found  beginprevious289 - 298nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.00 seconds. 
289. Trevails of a desperate wagon train / Bowen, Jerry [131] [WAYITWAS-2002-131]
In the first part of this tale, John Udell and his wife Emily left their Missouri home in 1858 by wagon train for California. They intended to live out their lives with their son Oliver who had settled in Allendale in 1850.
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290. WWI took its share of local boys / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [130] [WAYITWAS-2002-130]
World War I, which started in 1914, shaped the 20th century and influenced people's lives around the world.
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291. Pioneers took the road less traveled / Bowen, Jerry [129] [WAYITWAS-2002-129]
For several years I've had the pleasure of traveling many sections of the old trails that led the pioneers to California.
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292. Solano: The town that never was / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [128] [WAYITWAS-2002-128]
Throughout the years of prosperous agriculture, land speculation cropped up, enticing buyers to settle in Solano County.
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293. Sculptor vied for Chief Solano job / Bowen, Jerry [127] [WAYITWAS-2002-127]
A short article in the May 10, 1934 Solano Republican stated, "Chief Solano To Be Honored June 3 - In one of California's first gestures to the Indian, the 12-foot tall bronze statue of Chief Solano by William Gordon Huff, made possible by a state appropriation in 1933, will be unveiled at out-of-door ceremonies, where he will grace the top of a beautiful knoll north of the Highway (U.S. 40), four miles west of Fairfield, Sunday, June 3, at 2 p.m."
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294. Exercising women's rights to change / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [126] [WAYITWAS-2002-126]
Women did not participate actively in sports and exercise until late into the 19th century.
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295. Early California gold rush pioneer / Bowen, Jerry [125] [WAYITWAS-2002-125]
Some of Solano County's early residents are relatively unknown locally but when you look into their past you find that they left an impressive trail of actions and deeds.
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296. Buck family enjoyed much success / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [124] [WAYITWAS-2002-124]
Vacaville's Buck family was familiar with success.
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297. County's lost cemeteries, headstones / Bowen, Jerry [123] [WAYITWAS-2002-123]
After I wrote the article "Poor House Rich Source of Memories," published March 31, I received an e-mail from Sue Silver in Auburn who asked me where the county hospital cemetery was located.
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298. Family success literally grew on trees / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [122] [WAYITWAS-2002-122]
Leonard Buck's achievements as one of the premier commercial orchardists in the Vacaville area was the foundation for Vacaville's most prominent family.
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