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Solano History 11 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Few African Americans in Solano 150 years ago / Dingler, Nancy [568] [RETROSPECT-2005-568]
The 1850 census listed 962 African Americans in California. Unfortunately, it does not break down how many were free or how many were considered slaves.
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Local revelations Vallejo woman documents slavery, early black pioneers / Dingler, Nancy [695] [RETROSPECT-2007-695]
Sharon McGriff-Payne of Vallejo is passionate about her latest project: the recorded history of African-Americans in Solano County.
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Adam Willis was a 'pioneer of pioneers' / Delaplane, Kristin [388] [ECHOS-1998-388]
'Strength, perseverance and courage describe the life of one of Solano County's earliest African-American pioneers, Adam Willis. In the antebellum era - the period before the Civil War - success for African-Americans was extremely rare and limited. Adam Willis was one of these success stories and his story has its roots in Solano County.
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Native American ghosts residing in Suisun? / Dingler, Nancy [474] [RETROSPECT-2002-474]
The young mother whirled around in horror when she detected the sound of the car rolling on the gravel. She let out a scream as her son, who was playing in front of the car, disappeared under its wheels.
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Early black residents contributed to county / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [26] [WAYITWAS-2000-26]
I would like to thank Gerald Gordon of Vacaville, who suggested that I look into the contribution African Americans made to the county.
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Armijo family prospered on Tolenas land grant / Dingler, Nancy [477] [RETROSPECT-2003-477]
Solano County was originally made up of six Spanish/Mexican land grants, all acquired by General Mariano Vallejo. He encouraged Mexican and American citizens to settle in Northern California, purchase land from Vallejo, raise cattle and their own little empires. One of those families were the Armijos, who arrived in the Suisun Valley around 1842.
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Filipinos made immense contributions in Vallejo / Dingler, Nancy [716] [RETROSPECT-2007-716]
Vallejo writer Mel Orpilla chronicles a tragic era in Filipino-American history in his book 'Filipinos in Vallejo' Mel was born and raised in Vallejo, and early on had an insatiable curiosity about his familys and the Filipino Communitys beginnings.
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Man responsible for Donner Party disaster lived in Solano / Dingler, Nancy [674] [RETROSPECT-2006-674]
Solano County has a direct connection to that event through the person of Lansford W. Hastings, who many consider the villain and cause of the deaths of 40 people.
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William Gordon Huff: the sculptor of Chief Solano / Dingler, Nancy [490] [RETROSPECT-2004-490]
Do you know who sculpted the statue of Chief Solano? This is one of those trivia questions that few can answer. If you came up with the name William Gordon Huff, you are correct. His name would most likely draw blank stares. William Gordon Huff was a celebrated sculptor who had a keen interest in California history. The 12-foot bronze statue is the one and only statue in California that memorializes one specific Native American.
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Mary Enos: farmer, landowner, 'mother' of Travis / Dingler, Nancy [470] [RETROSPECT-2002-470]
The last thing in the minds of most Americans on that fateful Sunday in December of 1941, was that our Pacific fleet would be attacked and we would be at war.
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