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329.	Rotary dial phone connections took a toll / Bowen, Jerry [91] [WAYITWAS-2001-91] It took a lot of work and coordination to complete a phone call just 50 or so years ago. Gone are those halcyon days when a friendly human voice would assist connecting you to someone by way of a toll call. Detailed record - Similar records
330.	Japanese torn from area in WWII / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [90] [WAYITWAS-2001-90] In the early 20th century, Japan born Issei (immigrants born in Japan) and American born Nisei (the children of the Issei born in the United States) played a major role in Vacaville's economy. They leased and operated a majority of the fruit ranches, formed a small economic district nicknamed Japantown along Dobbins Street, bought houses, sent their children to local schools, ran a Buddhist Church and a Methodist Church, operated a sumo wrestling team, baseball and basketball teams, and in general seemed to be fully integrated as American citizens. Detailed record - Similar records
331.	Events parallel those of 50 years ago / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [89] [WAYITWAS-2001-89] I had originally intended this article to be used at the end of November around Pearl Harbor Day. But with events unfolding now, the attack in the USA by terrorists, perhaps a look at six months of news editorial excerpts 50 years ago will give a little insight as to how we got here. Detailed record - Similar records
332.	Education put poet on the path / Bowen, Jerry [88] [WAYITWAS-2001-88] This is the second of a two-part story about the poet Edwin Markham. Part 1 was published Sept. 2 - Editor. Detailed record - Similar records
333.	Historic adobe slowly deteriorates / Bowen, Jerry [87] [WAYITWAS-2001-87] Surrounded by a protective wooden shell with a leaky roof, Solano County's second oldest adobe building, located about a mile and a quarter east of Collinsville, is slowly crumbling back into its original elements. Detailed record - Similar records
334.	Humble beginnings for Vaca poet / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [86] [WAYITWAS-2001-86] Few people born in Vacaville or who at least lived here for some time during the 19th century have become as widely known and revered as poet Edwin Markham. Detailed record - Similar records
335.	Finding buried, one-of-a-kind treasures / Bowen, Jerry [85] [WAYITWAS-2001-85] During the early Pliocene period, approximately 12.5 million years ago, Solano County and the Bay Area was a vast alluvial plain and the Sierra Nevada was a relatively low mountain chain. Detailed record - Similar records
336.	Quake doesn't dim Vaca showcase / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [84] [WAYITWAS-2001-84] During the late 1880s and early 1890s, Vacaville residents eagerly tried to promote the town and their flourishing orchard industry throughout the United States in an effort to attract new settlers to move here. Detailed record - Similar records
337.	A dam across Carquinez Strait? / Bowen, Jerry [83] [WAYITWAS-2001-83] During the early 20th century, San Francisco Bay area officials considered many different ideas to resolve a dwindling supply of fresh water and the encroachment of saline waters into the bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Detailed record - Similar records
338.	Solano shows off at 1915 Panama Expo / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [82] [WAYITWAS-2001-82] On Feb. 20, the much-talked about Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco was to open its gates. This exhibition - and the more regional San Diego Panama-California Exposition a few months earlier - celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal. Detailed record - Similar records

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