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Solano History 24 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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The railroad ferry 'Solano' still lives / Bowen, Jerry [107] [WAYITWAS-2002-107]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a story about the first run of the railroad ferryboat, Solano. From that article I received a fair amount of e-mail and queries about the ferry. One of the most interesting was from a Thomas Rubarth in Arizona who had done considerable research on the Solano.
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How Early Editors Wrote / Wichels, Ernest [801] [WICHELS-1964-801]
One of' the Gibson Publications-the Evening Chronicle, is nearing Its 97th birthday. It was established as a weekly in the summer of 1867, just in time to give a running account of the progress of railroad construction proceeding from South Vallejo toward Marysville.
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Contra Costa, railroad ferry
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Ferry boat "SOLANO". Largest ferryboat in the world, Benicia, California
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Cave unveils speculation / Bowen, Jerry [81] [WAYITWAS-2001-81]
Judging by the amount of e-mail I received in the last few weeks, there apparently is quite a bit of interest in the Cordelia area history.
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The train ferry Contra Costa with two Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives aboard at Benicia
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Ferry changed bay transportation / Bowen, Jerry [53] [WAYITWAS-2001-53]
Dec. 1, 1879, was a grand day to launch into a new era of travel in the Bay Area.
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Towns vanished when railroad passed them by / Bowen, Jerry [25] [WAYITWAS-2000-25]
I have always been fascinated by old maps and the potential stories they reveal. Working at the Solano County Archives is especially intriguing because of its numerous old maps. Many of you already know something about the towns that will be described in a series of articles to follow, but for newcomers to Solano County or its history, it won't hurt to get acquainted with the communities that once served travelers and '49ers in the later 1800s. My thanks to James Davis for a suggestion about the town of Cement, which became the catalyst of this series of articles.
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Railroad fire changed face of Suisun in 1906 / Bowen, Jerry [601] [WAYITWAS-2005-601]
With all the disasters flooding the news, I might as well add one more, although it's nowhere near on the scale of Hurricane Katrina. It happened in 1906. No, this story isn't about the San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906. That was already old news, at least for the local folks.
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Album spurs school memories / Bowen, Jerry [709] [WAYITWAS-2007-709]
A few weeks a go I received an e-mail from Arden Lites who lives in Sebastopol. She told me that her mother, Doris Mann, had found an album of photos in her attic with the name, "Floy P. Weeks, Green Valley School, 1915-1956," engraved on the front cover.
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