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Solano History
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175.
Pony riders found Solano shortcut
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Bowen, Jerry
[72]
[WAYITWAS-2001-72]
Perhaps nothing encites more enthusiasm about the history of the West than the daring adventures of the young men who rode for the Pony Express.
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176.
Mystery surrounded the demise of jail
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Bowen, Jerry
[70]
[WAYITWAS-2001-70]
The next time you're enjoying a day at Andrews Park, go ahead and wander over to the waterfall. It's a little hard to determine the exact position because the banks of Ulatis Creek have changed considerably since 1906, but you are in the area once occupied by Vacaville's original jail.
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177.
Genealogy Society gets to the roots of census
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Bowen, Jerry
[69]
[WAYITWAS-2001-69]
Vacaville is fortunate to have many dedicated people who care about our local history enough to put in long hours on the preservation and dissemination of information.
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178.
Gomer School -100 years of learning
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Bowen, Jerry
[67]
[WAYITWAS-2001-67]
Today, when many remnants of our past are disappearing, it is always nice to know that a jewel survived destruction.
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179.
May day tragedy haunted Mare Island
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Bowen, Jerry
[65]
[WAYITWAS-2001-65]
Sometimes events in a person's life are so indelibly imprinted on their mind that they can remember the tiniest of details for the rest of their life. So it was on the morning of May 16, 1969, as I drove from Napa to work at Mare Island. After working in the inside Weapons Electronics Shop 36 for two years, I was finally transferred to the waterfront to work on the submarine, Guitarro, SSN-665. That is where I wanted to be [...]
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180.
The homes that the Neils built
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Bowen, Jerry
[63]
[WAYITWAS-2001-63]
Why is it that some folks have had their 15 seconds of fame and are remembered while others are left in the dustbin of unwritten history?
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181.
Benicia-Martinez Bridge makes history
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Bowen, Jerry
[61]
[WAYITWAS-2001-61]
A letter from Ross Noonan brought an error to my attention in the article about the ferryboat Solano, published January 7. At the end of the article I indicated the Carquinez Bridge was responsible for putting the Solano out of business. Well, that was the wrong bridge and wrong year. I should have stuck to the rule of checking my facts from at least two verifiable sources [...]
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182.
Local Copperheads lauded Lincoln's death
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Bowen, Jerry
[59]
[WAYITWAS-2001-59]
Tomorrow is Presidents Day. One of our most revered presidents is Abraham Lincoln, but it wasn't always so.
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183.
The communist invasion of Vacaville
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Bowen, Jerry
[57]
[WAYITWAS-2001-57]
Fruit production in Solano County had been declining for 20 years and with the depression in its third year, times were tough. Communist influence in the labor movement had been on the increase for years and labor unrest was growing in the big cities.
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184.
When the earth rocked Solano County
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Bowen, Jerry
[55]
[WAYITWAS-2001-55]
Since their beginnings, the communities of Solano County suffered calamities in many forms with fire being the most predominate curse.
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