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Solano History

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6724.	Meet the famous owner of Green Valley Country Club / Dingler, Nancy [465] [RETROSPECT-2001-465] Have you ever noticed how many great public buildings started out as magnificent homes before their conversion? Such a building is the current Green Valley Country Club. The house was originally built by James Harbin on 130 acres that he had homesteaded. However, in my research, the most interesting owner of the home was the man who took possession of the property in 1864. Granville Swift was larger than life [...] Detailed record - Similar records
6725.	Chinese community falls apart after mass murder / Dingler, Nancy [464] [RETROSPECT-2001-464] Evelyn Lockie felt shock and revulsion as she surveyed the grisly scene she had been summoned to as a reporter for the Sacramento Bee and Solano Republican in August of 1928. "All hell had broken loose in Chinatown. There were deaths by shooting." Detailed record - Similar records
6726.	Meet Cleo Gordon Elementary school's namesake / Dingler, Nancy [463] [RETROSPECT-2000-463] Have you ever wondered how local places, like streets and schools get their names? For example, it is obvious that Fairfield High is named after the town, but did you know that Armijo High was named after the family that had the large Spanish land grant it sits on? Historically, people want to honor prominent, successful people by naming places for them. Detailed record - Similar records
6727.	1944 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano / Dingler, Nancy [462] [RETROSPECT-2000-462] Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up. Detailed record - Similar records
6728.	1955 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano / Dingler, Nancy [461] [RETROSPECT-2000-461] Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up. Detailed record - Similar records
6729.	Gordon helps Bear Flag party, sends sons to protect Gen. Vallejo / Dingler, Nancy [460] [RETROSPECT-2000-460] It was a late June evening when the 20 men rode into William Gordon's ranch at Cache Creek. These men were on a mission. Under the auspices of John C. Fremont, they were going to take Gen [...] Detailed record - Similar records
6730.	Rockville park - site of massacre in 1810 / Dingler, Nancy [459] [RETROSPECT-2000-459] The year was 1810 when Spain's appointed governor to California ordered a young lieutenant, Gabriel Moraga, to lead an expedition north of the Carquinez Straight. Gov. Sola wanted to learn more about the northern territory and what exploitative value it had, if any. Detailed record - Similar records
6731.	Mystery of the healing waters in Tolenas / Dingler, Nancy [458] [RETROSPECT-2000-458] Two centuries ago, in the 1800s, it became all the rage to "take the cure" in natural waters alive with sulfur and other curative minerals. Throughout Europe and America, the wealthy would flock to sumptuous resorts to be slathered in mud or to soak in hot waters that would soothe the body's ills from indigestion to arthritis. Such a popular remedy did not remain solely the indulgence of the idle rich. Detailed record - Similar records
6732.	Henry Goosen: The man behind the mansion / Dingler, Nancy [457] [RETROSPECT-2000-457] If you have ever traversed Empire Street in Fairfield, just one block south of the public library, you could not have escaped seeing the Goosen Mansion in all of it's restored grandeur. Brick walkways, manicured gardens and a high iron fence with electronic security surround this palatial home today. Detailed record - Similar records
6733.	1909 fires ravage towns, but Presbyterian church is saved / Dingler, Nancy [456] [RETROSPECT-2000-456] It was a typical hot summer in the year 1909, when a conflagration of massive proportions began early Tuesday morning on July 13, behind the Munroe's Fairfield drugstore. Detailed record - Similar records

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