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66.	Marsh provided fertile future / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [699] [WAYITWAS-2007-699] Solano County is fortunate that the Suisun Marsh is within its bounds. The marsh is part of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary system and is the largest contiguous brackish water marsh on the West Coast. Detailed record - Similar records
67.	Not-so-ancient history from Reporter's pages / Bowen, Jerry [697] [WAYITWAS-2007-697] The majority of articles Sabine Georke-Shrode and I have been writing are about happenings well in the past. So, why not write a few items about what has happened that are more recent? Detailed record - Similar records
68.	Rumors of big boxing match had area buzzing / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [696] [WAYITWAS-2007-696] In the spring of 1889, the area was buzzing with rumors about a local boxing match to be held between two of the Bay Area's champions, Joe "Chrysanthemum" Choynski and "Gentleman Jim' Corbett. Detailed record - Similar records
69.	Necessity planted seeds of diet / Bowen, Jerry [693] [WAYITWAS-2007-693] Now we will dive into the vegetarian side. First off, the Miwok were not agriculturists, other than they may have grown a little tobacco, and made attempts at controlling vegetation by attempting to burn off dry grass about August when Mother Nature failed to do it by lightning or spontaneous combustion. Detailed record - Similar records
70.	Skewered skunk, coyote on menu / Bowen, Jerry [692] [WAYITWAS-2007-692] Have you ever wondered what the Indians in the Solano area used as their daily food and how they prepared it? Detailed record - Similar records
71.	No hurry in picking men, Gold Rush women told / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [691] [WAYITWAS-2007-691] Advice was to take one's time, and judge a man beyond his fine clothes. Detailed record - Similar records
72.	Santa Eulalia find historically significant / Bowen, Jerry [690] [WAYITWAS-2007-690] In my last column I diverted a little from the story when the sink was identified as a sacrarium and helped identify the stone portion of the "Canevascini Winery" as possibly the original Santa Eulalia Chapel building and its significance as a historical site. Detailed record - Similar records
73.	Grant upstages Suisun City's incorporation / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [687] [WAYITWAS-2007-687] In 1851, Capt. Josiah Wing purchased land in the Suisun Bay, and sent for his wife, Mercy, and the 10 children from both his first and second marriage from the East Coast. Detailed record - Similar records
74.	Sink may be clue to Solano's oldest building / Bowen, Jerry [686] [WAYITWAS-2007-686] In the last installment of this series we took a brief look at the building located on what I speculated was the property where the Santa Eulalia Mission once stood. Detailed record - Similar records
75.	Capt. Wing steered Suisun City's early course / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [685] [WAYITWAS-2007-685] After his successful business venture in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, followed by the acquisition of the schooner Ann Sophia, Capt. Josiah Wing acquired a plot of land on Suisun Island in 1851. Detailed record - Similar records

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