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Service grew with population
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Bowen, Jerry
[701]
[WAYITWAS-2007-701]
In August 1956, the headline declared "Hickory Will Be Phone Prefix Here." The area was growing, and numbers like "6806" for the California Market in Vacaville couldn't possibly be used as the population exploded.
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Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun - People County
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Rico, John
[902]
[RICO-1981-902]
AND AWAY WE GROW- Years ago, in fact in 1910, when Vacaville residents traveled to San Francisco using old Highway 40, they needed to be alert in passing through Fairfield else they would have missed the few buildings there marking that hamlet. The population of Fairfield in 1910 was 834, and although Vacaville at that time was no booming metropolis, it claimed a population of 1177. Many Vacaville resident, seeking merchandise and services in those days gone by, would travel to nearby Suisun, which had more to offer than did Vacaville or Fairfield. But, look what's happened since those days.
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Money grew on trees - for awhile
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Bowen, Jerry
[142]
[WAYITWAS-2002-142]
In 1888, the land around Suisun and Fairfield was occupied predominately by prosperous grain and stock farms and, higher up in the valley, by about 3,000 acres in fruit orchards.
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Rockville grew into crossroads for early routes
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Delaplane, Kristin
[242]
[ECHOS-1995-242]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. The village of Rockville in the Green Valley Township was located in the general vicinity where the Susuine Indians had previously located their head tribal village. The Indians called this place Yul Yul, meaning the place of the setting sun. When the white man's disease, smallpox, hit in 1839, the tribe numbers were vastly depleted and the few surviving Suisunees left the area, many choosing the safety of the missions in Sonoma and San Jose. In later years Chief Solano returned to this sacred place, where he died and was buried.
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(80)
Air base doubles Solano's Population
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[729]
[WAYITWAS-2007-729]
The mid 1940's saw an unprecedented population growth in the Vacaville and Fairfield areas, due to the incoming personel for the new Fairfield-Suisun air base. For several years, both cities struggled to accommodate their new residents. Federal Housing Public Authority projects such as Waterman Park in Fairfield and Vaca Valley Acres in Vacaville were built quickly.
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Population takes off with a new air base
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[719]
[WAYITWAS-2007-719]
Well into the 20th century, Vacaville, Fairfield, and Suisun remained small communities with slow-growing populations. By 1940, Fairfield had 1,312 residents. That growth pattern changed suddenly when construction of the Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield began in 1942. Hundreds of workers flooded into the community to construct the new base - and every one of them needed a place to stay.
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Family success literally grew on trees
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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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Early village's rural assets drew raves from many
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[6]
[WAYITWAS-2000-6]
The town of Vacaville grew slowly, from its inception with two buildings and a handful of settlers in 1851 to a town of 71 families by June 1880, totaling 361 inhabitants. Another 141 families lived in the surrounding area, adding 938 people to the population number.
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Suisun City grows roots around it's businesses
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Delaplane, Kristin
[392]
[ECHOS-1998-392]
Suisun City had its roots in the 1850s. Credit for the discovery of the area dates back to 1850, when Curtis Wilson and Dr. John Baker happened to sail up the winding Suisun Slough and they recorded their finding. The environment was mainly tule land populated with mud hens and a herd of elk.
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Population lifted off after airfield built
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[728]
[WAYITWAS-2007-728]
Construction of the Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield in 1943 brought a large number of new residents to the local communities, doubling population overnight. Calls went out for rentals and vacant rooms with only minimal results. With the base scheduled to open soon, personnel stationed there would bring their families as well.
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