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Solano History 55 records found  beginprevious46 - 55  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Sea captains weighed their anchors in Solano / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [680] [WAYITWAS-2006-680]
Sea captains played an important role in the development of the Fairfield and Suisun area. With its proximity to the Suisun Bay, it is no surprise that men like Captain Robert Waterman, Captain Archibald Ritchie and Captain Josiah Wing saw an opportunity to combine business skills with their knowledge of the sea.
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0334 0334

Two children on tray cart in fruit drying yard
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Wartime proclamation reflected somber mood / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [738] [WAYITWAS-2007-738]
My last column looked at the early years of the Fairfield-Suisun Airbase, a wartime response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Although the local newspapers did not report much about the activities, local residents were eager to learn more about the "great flying field."
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0147 0147

Cherry Orchard, apricots and vineyard. Fruit drying. H. A. [...]

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0144 0144

Fruit drying and packing houses of Frank Buck. Burned 1931. Was located on present (1984) Bucktown Lane. (Same as 0077)
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0132 0132
1881

Weirtnor Ranch (Wertner). Fruit drying - 3-year-old paech orchard. Family reunion and "Eastern friends." (See also 083 and 194)
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0128 0128

Croquet court in fig orchard of Mrs. G. M. Blake [...]

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0607 0607
1933

Helen Davis in wagon delivering dried fruit to Buck Co.. Pair of racehorses Sire and Dam c1932-33
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A 'Wet' Vacaville During a 'Dry' USA / Rico, John [924] [RICO-1979-924]
"STUFF" THAT CAME TO PASS - In the early days of the fruit industry in Vacaville, ranchers took advantage of the virgin soil and planted some of their acreages to vineyards. From these vines came luscious sun-ripened, sugar-sweet grapes which found their way to fresh market. But, many of these ranchers preserved their annual ritual of pressing some of these grapes into a quantity of wine.
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Solano agriculture was fruitful in early 1900s / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [602] [WAYITWAS-2005-602]
Solano County has undergone vast changes over the last 100 years. At the turn of the 20th century, its economy centered on agriculture, with a focus on fresh fruit in the valleys around Vacaville and Suisun.
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