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Solano History 69 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Tide of history melded river, the gold rush. / Bowen, Jerry [216] [WAYITWAS-2004-216]
The Sacramento River, which defines the southeast boundary of Solano County, has had a long history.
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Early California gold rush pioneer / Bowen, Jerry [125] [WAYITWAS-2002-125]
Some of Solano County's early residents are relatively unknown locally but when you look into their past you find that they left an impressive trail of actions and deeds.
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Discovery of gold powered steamboat river travel / Bowen, Jerry [238] [WAYITWAS-2004-238]
- Editor: This is the second installment of a feature about the Sacramento River. In my last column I discussed some of the early exploration of the Sacramento River and ended with the first steamboat that made regular runs from San Francisco to Sutter's Fort.
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Gold Rush lured family to California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [199] [WAYITWAS-2004-199]
Luzena Stanley Wilson and her husband, Mason Wilson, are two names that resonate through Vacaville's early history. The couple arrived in California with their two toddlers in 1849, attracted by the Gold Rush. They experienced the hardships of the rough society of Sacramento and Nevada City before finally settling in the fertile Vaca Valley in 1851.
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Gold Rushed Vacaville's Beginning / Bowen, Jerry [17] [WAYITWAS-2000-17]
Gold has been described in a host of fanciful terms. It has been said to be the folly of man, the savior of civilization, a barbarous relic, the root of all evil and the symbol of perfection.
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As tide of World War II shifts, so does the fate of prisoners / Bowen, Jerry [594] [WAYITWAS-2005-594]
In my last column we told of George Nelson's imprisonment at Bilibid prison hospital in Manila, Philippines, for 10 months while his wounds healed and of his later transfer to the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp where he arrived May 17, 1943.
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Gold lured him West, and to Solano / Bowen, Jerry [147] [WAYITWAS-2002-147]
In my last article, I mentioned the stone barn on the Baldwin Ranch. But who were the Baldwins and what is their claim to a place in the history of Solano County?
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Town flourished, then faded on the river of time / Bowen, Jerry [580] [WAYITWAS-2005-580]
In my last column, we saw that the settlement of the Montezuma Hills was a long and troubled process. One of the more interesting claims made for a grant of land was the infamous "Luco Claim."
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Flood on Sacramento River
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Chinese enjoy long history in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [405] [ECHOS-1998-405]
'My grandfather came to America in the 1850s to look for gold. He wanted $200 in gold to buy land in China. He stayed a year, got his $200 and went home to the family he had started there.
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