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41.	Mira, Mira on the wall--Oh, the tales this theater can tell / Dingler, Nancy [489] [RETROSPECT-2004-489] VALLEJO'At the close of World War II, the employees and enlisted men and women who were stationed at Mare Island needed an outlet, something to break up the boredom. The Mare Island Recreation Association decided to form a theater group. From these practical beginnings, the theatrical troupe would grow and flourish and contribute in no small measure to the cultural and civic life of the Vallejo area. Detailed record - Similar records
42.	Solano pioneer: rich woman, poor woman / Dingler, Nancy [488] [RETROSPECT-2004-488] The gold rush of 1849 created a massive migration. People from all walks of life and from around the world made their way to the rich gold fields of California. After months of walking across the country from Missouri, Luzena, along with her husband, Mason, and two small children were in sight of the promised land. Detailed record - Similar records
43.	1905: Fairfield gets a much-needed fire department / Dingler, Nancy [487] [RETROSPECT-2003-487] On the Monday evening of Dec. 5, 1899, a cottage occupied by Edward Baker and his family was totally destroyed by fire. Mrs. Baker, while attending to household duties, dropped a lighted coal oil lamp [...] Detailed record - Similar records
44.	Waterman Park provided answer to wartime housing / Dingler, Nancy [486] [RETROSPECT-2003-486] Shortly after the beginning of World War II, the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field was created. With it came construction workers who were housed in hastily erected "tar paper" barracks. As the war progressed, the mission of the airfield changed from reconnaissance to flying troops and supplies to the "Pacific theater" in our war against the Japanese. Detailed record - Similar records
45.	The three Josiah Wings: shipping merchant, pioneer, mayor / Dingler, Nancy [485] [RETROSPECT-2003-485] Flags were lowered to half-staff on all public buildings and many private businesses in Solano County, to note the sad and sudden death of Josiah Wing on June 14, 1915. He was so well-liked that the painful news of his death brought a countywide outpouring of sympathy for the family. Businesses closed the day of the funeral. Detailed record - Similar records
46.	Success ultimately became ferries' downfall / Dingler, Nancy [484] [RETROSPECT-2003-484] Historically, to travel from Solano County to the Bay Area meant going by water. Over time, bridges have been built spanning the marshes, rivers and waterways that cut through the terrain, creating a water barrier. Detailed record - Similar records
47.	Bridges replace ferries for Bay Area transport / Dingler, Nancy [483] [RETROSPECT-2003-483] As early as 1798, in George Vancouver's book, "A Voyage of Discovery," the great inland waterways around Yerba Buena (San Francisco) were described. Detailed record - Similar records
48.	A transcontinental road dream fulfilled - Highway 40 / Dingler, Nancy [482] [RETROSPECT-2003-482] Highway 80 is a transcontinental ribbon of road connecting California to the East Coast. This "transcontinental" highway did not come about easily. Signs have sprung up along roadways in Fairfield, Suisun and Cordelia designating the route of the old Highway 40. Detailed record - Similar records
49.	The Alfords, Barbours and Rockville stone chapel / Dingler, Nancy [481] [RETROSPECT-2003-481] With adventure in their hearts, Landy and Sarah Alford, along with their daughters, Virginia and Nancy, left behind family, church and friends to join a wagon train headed for California, three years before the lure of gold would prompt the great western migration. Detailed record - Similar records
50.	The long journey to California in 1846 / Dingler, Nancy [480] [RETROSPECT-2003-480] In the quiet shade and shadows of the pioneer Rockville cemetery stand two stone monuments. Inscribed on the smaller rough-hewn, mossy natural headstone is the name Alford. Placed nearby is a little "stone house" quarried from the same stone that makes up the cemetery chapel. Detailed record - Similar records

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