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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
51.	Vallejo: the man who shaped California history / Dingler, Nancy [479] [RETROSPECT-2003-479] Without a doubt, the single most influential person in California history was Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Mariano was one of those rare individuals, in that he was born and educated in California. Mariano rose to great heights of power and wealth, only to lose it when his dream of being part of the democratic America came true. Detailed record - Similar records
52.	Remembering Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad / Dingler, Nancy [478] [RETROSPECT-2003-478] One day in 1900, representatives of the Steiger Terra Cotta and Pottery Works of San Francisco visited local rancher A.A. Dickie. The Steiger people had learned that Dickie had a rich deposit of lime on his property. It turned out to be a very rich find indeed, the consequence of which a company was formed, called the Eureka Portland Cement Co. Detailed record - Similar records
53.	Armijo family prospered on Tolenas land grant / Dingler, Nancy [477] [RETROSPECT-2003-477] Solano County was originally made up of six Spanish/Mexican land grants, all acquired by General Mariano Vallejo. He encouraged Mexican and American citizens to settle in Northern California, purchase land from Vallejo, raise cattle and their own little empires. One of those families were the Armijos, who arrived in the Suisun Valley around 1842. Detailed record - Similar records
54.	Fairfield awakens from sleepy town status in 1942 / Dingler, Nancy [476] [RETROSPECT-2002-476] The eventful year of 1942 affected everyone in the world, including the quiet little hamlet of Fairfield. The Army Airfield (Later named Travis Air Force Base) was under full construction and use. Permit applications for new apartment construction for the expanding population was granted. Detailed record - Similar records
55.	Bert Hughes: historian, family man, community treasure / Dingler, Nancy [475] [RETROSPECT-2002-475] This is going to be a very personal column today - a tribute to Bert Hughes, who recently passed away. Bertram Augustus Hughes was a true Renaissance man and will be greatly missed by local historians. If any one person could leave a deep void in the community, Bert's departure has done that. Detailed record - Similar records
56.	Native American ghosts residing in Suisun? / Dingler, Nancy [474] [RETROSPECT-2002-474] The young mother whirled around in horror when she detected the sound of the car rolling on the gravel. She let out a scream as her son, who was playing in front of the car, disappeared under its wheels. Detailed record - Similar records

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