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Mathew Turner Benicia's shipbuilder extraordinaire / Bowen, Jerry [111] [WAYITWAS-2002-111]
One of the things I enjoy doing is visiting the historical sites I write about.
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Capt. Matthew Turner Shipyard at Benicia
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Nurse's Landing, Denverton, Res. and ranch of W.H. Turner, Suisun CA. Nurse's Landing, Denverton, Res. and ranch of W.H. Turner, Suisun CA.
1878

Nurse's Landing, S.K. Nurse, propr., Denverton, Solano Co., Cal. Res. and ranch of W.H. Turner, Suisun Tp., Solano County, California. Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. [...]

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Benicia - Solano County, California 1885 Benicia - Solano County, California 1885
1885

A large sketch of the Carquinez Straits and San Pablo Bay with the town of Benicia in 1885. Several notable structures are present such as Benicia City Hall, Turner and Eckley Ship Yard, Fire Department Building, Carquinez Packing Company, Palace Hotel, St. Augustine College, and the Bank of Benicia..
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Ship with cargo of sugar meets bitter end / Bowen, Jerry [718] [WAYITWAS-2007-718]
I've done a couple of stories in the past on Matthew Turner, but for some of the new arrivals in Solano County he probably is unknown even though he built more sailing ships than any other man in America.
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Historic sites hidden by a veil of the past / Bowen, Jerry [616] [WAYITWAS-2005-616]
Perhaps in this piece I'll raise an awareness of the rapidly disappearing historic sites that we are losing in Solano County or of those that have already vanished because so little is known about them.
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Memories of the Fairfield area / Bowen, Jerry [198] [WAYITWAS-2004-198]
Memoirs often provide valuable insight about the past that may seem of little importance when an individual first writes them. Today, with the last remains of the old company town of Cement rapidly disappearing under the onslaught of new development, a way of life is also being relegated to the dusty archives of history to be remembered only in the minds of a few old-timers and people who enjoy learning about the past.
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Map of Benicia, Solano County, CA, 1878 Map of Benicia, Solano County, CA, 1878
1878

Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson and West. San Francisco, Cala. 1878. Thos. Hunter, Pr. [...]

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Solano enjoyed glorious spring in 1856 / Delaplane, Kristin [287] [ECHOS-1996-287]
Second in a series Springtime 1856: gardening chores were on people's minds. The editors of the Solano County Herald approvingly noted that citizens were taking advantage of the pleasant weather to improve their lots by planting trees and flower and vegetable gardens. Garden Seeds were the hot item at the Benicia Drug Store and Judge and Co. at the Bunker Hill House was set to do business gardening, teaming, well digging and whitewashing.
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Lonely historic site awaits much-needed help / Bowen, Jerry [830] [WAYITWAS-2008-830]
It lies on a windswept knoll above the confluence of the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River. Slowly but surely, giant windmills move stealthily ever closer to the deteriorating wood shell covered adobe. Mold on one of the interior walls appears as a small sinister-looking waterfall from a leak in the roof.
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