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Fires and family life at the Water Works / Bowen, Jerry [567] [WAYITWAS-2005-567]
Some of the most interesting local history comes from the people who lived it. Last year, during the Solano County Historical Society's Pioneer Days Celebration, I was very fortunate to meet Betty Davis who lives in Fairfield. While we were talking, she asked me if I would be interested in a family history that was written by her mother, Edith Lucille Venning.

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Devastating fire didn't destroy Goosen / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [566] [WAYITWAS-2005-566]
The first two articles followed Henry Goosen in his endeavor of purchasing the Fairfield Water Works in 1902, relocating his hardware store from Cordelia to Fairfield in 1907, and the devastating fire that hit the 700 block of Texas Street on July 13, 1909.

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Water and wine fuel growth of Green Valley / Delaplane, Kristin [241] [ECHOS-1995-241]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Vacaville Museum, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. Green Valley was officially established in 1853, and as it became inhabited was described by a writer of the time as being almost a Garden of Eden:

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Water tank with orchard in background, Jan., 1916

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Water tank at Uhl house

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Ice on water tank at Locy ranch around 1925

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Solano sees violence at the polls, piers and prairies / Delaplane, Kristin [368] [ECHOS-1998-368]
In 1865, Judge William Kean Weston died at age 56 in Fairfield. He had been born in Lincoln County, Maine, in 1808 and been trained in the mechanics trade. He had settled in Augusta, Maine, where he worked as a contractor and then as a wholesale hardware dealer. He also studied law.

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