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Solano History 29 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Rush family helped agriculture thrive in local area / Bowen, Jerry [657] [WAYITWAS-2006-657]
I've often been asked why I think that knowing something about the past is important. Today, most of us don't even think about the fact that all the mistakes and the good decisions made by those who came before us have had a profound effect on our lives.
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The Vacaville Cousins Who Gave Their Lives / Rico, John [922] [RICO-1979-922]
PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW - Writing about past wars, and especially those bits of news which saddened many Vacaville families, is not what any writer would choose to elaborate on. But from time to time such informative information may be beneficial to residents here today.
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Gomer School -100 years of learning / 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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Orders For Mare Island / Wichels, Ernest [772] [WICHELS-1963-772]
We oldsters often date ourselves by the fashions we wear, by the tunes we hum, or by the furniture we insist on keeping. Today we are going to date the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Most everyone knows that our great naval plant is 109 years old but it is interesting to read the thousands of Commandants' Orders and Notices which serve as milestones of the past century.
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Ranch life full of drama / Delaplane, Kristin [435] [ECHOS-1999-435]
Today I am announcing my retirement from this column. It has been a source of great pleasure, and knowing there are many good stories yet to uncover, I feel some regret.
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Montezuma hides in remote corner of Solano / Bowen, Jerry [577] [WAYITWAS-2005-577]
In my last column I discussed the history of a corner of Solano County that few of today's citizens know about or visit, even though it is like time warping into the past.
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A Few Quirks of Interest About Vacaville / Rico, John [925] [RICO-1979-925]
WE READ WHAT WE WANT TO READ - All of us are oriented in our thinking, and find I enjoyable reading in those topics which fit smugly into our pattern. It was Will Rogers who said: "All I know is what I read in the papers."
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Meet Cleo Gordon Elementary school's namesake / Dingler, Nancy [463] [RETROSPECT-2000-463]
Have you ever wondered how local places, like streets and schools get their names? For example, it is obvious that Fairfield High is named after the town, but did you know that Armijo High was named after the family that had the large Spanish land grant it sits on? Historically, people want to honor prominent, successful people by naming places for them.
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Traces of some early homes still survive / Bowen, Jerry [202] [WAYITWAS-2004-202]
Have you ever wondered where some of the earliest settlers lived in Solano County? Perhaps your own home is located right on top of, or near, the site one of our historical figures once called home and you don't even know it.
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Book aimed to lure Easterners with fruit tales / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [43] [WAYITWAS-2000-43]
Are the people in New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston and elsewhere, who have paid a dollar a pound for California cherries in April, or who in 1887 ate nearly 2,000 carloads of California peaches, pears, plums, apricots and grapes, curious to know whence a good part of these fruits come, or to learn the manner of their growth and the appearance of the country?
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