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Rumors of big boxing match had area buzzing / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [696] [WAYITWAS-2007-696]
In the spring of 1889, the area was buzzing with rumors about a local boxing match to be held between two of the Bay Area's champions, Joe "Chrysanthemum" Choynski and "Gentleman Jim' Corbett.
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Solano's first 'County School Day' a big success / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [663] [WAYITWAS-2006-663]
During the first decades of the 20th century, it was customary for many California counties to set aside one day during the school year to highlight student activities. This day was called the "County School Day."
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Vacaville saw weddings big and small / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [116] [WAYITWAS-2002-116]
My last column explored how the Christopher and Towson families celebrated their respective weddings amid close friends and relatives at the bride's home. Most weddings of that day were conducted in this quiet fashion. The wedding of Frank H. Buck and Annie Elizabeth Stevenson on April 29, 1886, on the other hand, was a large, elaborate affair.
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Basics, few comforts for internees / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [92] [WAYITWAS-2001-92]
On May 1st and 2nd, 1942, after weeks of rumors, feverish sorting and packing, and many heartbreaking goodbyes to friends and neighbors, 254 Japanese-American families from Solano County boarded a train that would carry them to the Assembly Center in Turlock and eventually to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona.
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Area turned to eucalyptus tree / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [712] [WAYITWAS-2007-712]
My last two columns explored how eucalyptus came to California around 1853, with Fairfield founder Captain Robert Waterman seemingly among the first pioneers to import seeds.
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Paper's first edition extols area's virtues / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [678] [WAYITWAS-2006-678]
The Vacaville Reporter began its long career as the local newspaper with its first edition delivered March 10, 1883. Its first publisher was James D. McClain.
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First gold, then a future brought Chinese to the area / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [569] [WAYITWAS-2005-569]
Large numbers of Chinese men flocked to California around 1850, attracted by the Gold Rush and the hope of earning enough money to return to China, buy land there and raise their families.
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Japanese torn from area in WWII / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [90] [WAYITWAS-2001-90]
In the early 20th century, Japan born Issei (immigrants born in Japan) and American born Nisei (the children of the Issei born in the United States) played a major role in Vacaville's economy. They leased and operated a majority of the fruit ranches, formed a small economic district nicknamed Japantown along Dobbins Street, bought houses, sent their children to local schools, ran a Buddhist Church and a Methodist Church, operated a sumo wrestling team, baseball and basketball teams, and in general seemed to be fully integrated as American citizens.
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May air of 1883 filled with picnics, rain / Delaplane, Kristin [333] [ECHOS-1997-333]
The year was 1883 and a new Good Templars Lodge was established in Allendale with 23 members. But the big news that spring with the Good Templars was their May Day Temperance Picnic to be held at Oiler's Grove. J.M. Oiler would provide water, feed and a stable for up to 500 horses at 25 cents per animal [...]
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The Depression shuts down Big Camp / Delaplane, Kristin [328] [ECHOS-1997-328]
Born in China, Chun Tim arrived in San Francisco in 1871 at the age of 18. His role as a pioneer in the Suisun Valley was noted in the 1938 memoirs of Rosa Lee Baldwin who lived on a ranch near the A.T. Hatch Ranch where Chun Tim was the labor boss. " [...]
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