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Ole Nelson's arduous trek to Solano / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [145] [WAYITWAS-2002-145]
The Vacaville Museum recently received a wonderful family history chronicling Ole Ansok Nelson's life from his native Norway to his farm in Lagoon Valley.
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Trek to California was arduous / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [118] [WAYITWAS-2002-118]
Whenever I read about the efforts early pioneers made to reach California, I am awed at their dogged spirit and their willingness to accept incredible hardships.
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Chronicling the trek west to Pleasants Valley / Bowen, Jerry [618] [WAYITWAS-2005-618]
The Old California and Oregon Trails that led to the settling of the West during the gold rush are well chronicled by many of the pioneers who made their way here.
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Freitas recalls family's trek to Solano County / Delaplane, Kristin [401] [ECHOS-1998-401]
Former butcher Edward "Bud" Ralph Freitas has his roots in Portugal. Both his grandfathers came to America from the Azores. His paternal grandfather, John Lewis Freitas arrived in the 1870s and is written up in Solano County history.
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Eleanor Nelson - a Vacaville gem / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [148] [WAYITWAS-2003-148]
During my years as curator at the Vacaville Museum, one of the people often mentioned as having helped shape our community was Eleanor Dexter Nelson.
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Old farming machinery. -c1925. Harris harvester-Yuba tractor. Chester Riel, Ole Olson, Roy Hilden
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Pittman purchased hotel for $225 / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [174] [WAYITWAS-2003-174]
Some time late in 1854, Charles and Louisa May Pittman arrived in San Francisco after a long and arduous journey.
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Main Street Keeps Rolling Along / Rico, John [912] [RICO-1979-912]
MAIN STREET - AN ORIGINAL NAME - The task of designating street names at times may be an arduous chore, but when Main Street received that title about 125 years ago there was no problem. It was the only business thoroughfare in Vacaville and it was the main one.
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Family feud rocks Lagoon Valley settlers / Delaplane, Kristin [225] [ECHOS-1995-225]
Information for this article the second of two parts, came from "History of the Vaca Clan" by Jeff Paul; the Vacaville Heritage Council and the Vacaville Museum. In 1845, Vaca added to his household when he married Estefano Martinez. They had one child. The marriage didn't last.
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Diaries chronicle a long road west / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [188] [WAYITWAS-2003-188]
Recently, a great-great-great-granddaughter of one of the early settlers in the Vacaville area, David Creighton, approached me with the news that she would like to share some of his diaries and letters with me.
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