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Solano History 24 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Save historic places before it's too late / Dingler, Nancy [637] [RETROSPECT-2006-637]
This column marks an anniversary. Six years ago, it made its first appearance and has appeared once a month ever since.
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1909 fires ravage towns, but Presbyterian church is saved / Dingler, Nancy [456] [RETROSPECT-2000-456]
It was a typical hot summer in the year 1909, when a conflagration of massive proportions began early Tuesday morning on July 13, behind the Munroe's Fairfield drugstore.
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SAD LOSS - GREEN VALLEY SCHOOL / Dingler, Nancy [643] [RETROSPECT-2006-643]
Protestations and offers of purchase were not enough to save another Solano County historic building from destruction.
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Historical Sites Marked / Wichels, Ernest [811] [WICHELS-1964-811]
Our readers, like all Solano and Napa County residents, are inveterate motorists. One can meet drivers of local automobiles on any given day in almost any spot in California. Along with the highway safety signs, directional signs, etc., one does not travel far without seeing this one: "Historical Marker, 500 Feet."
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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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Historical Landmarks / Wichels, Ernest [780] [WICHELS-1964-780]
Credit is due those whose efforts are devoted to the preservation of Historical Landmarks in Solano County. There are many groups and many individuals interested in this work and an excellent job has been done so far. But so much remains to be done. One of the completed projects was marked, last May 30th, with the dedication of a California Historical Landmark at the century-old Rockville Church, just north of Cordelia on old U.S [...]
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A historic tableau on Pepper Belly's wall / Dingler, Nancy [608] [RETROSPECT-2005-608]
The new mural on the west wall of the Pepper Belly's Comedy and Variety Theater on Texas Street in Fairfield depicts an array of historical images.
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Temperance, taxes part of librarys past / Bowen, Jerry [537] [WAYITWAS-2004-537]
During several of the Solano County Historical Society meetings to save the old Fairfield Library building, some of those in attendance from Vallejo expressed continuing anger over the razing of the Vallejo Carnegie Library building.
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Main Street Vacaville Historic District 1983 Main Street Vacaville Historic District 1983
1983

The City of Vacaville Historic District Review Committee was appointed by the City Council to review the potential of an historic district in the Main Street area. The Committee spent five months developing a proposed historic district. The district is intended to serve as a catalyst to encourage economic revitalization of the area. This report includes an overview of Main Street, Explanation of the Historic District Proposal, Proposed Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Proposed Design Criteria..
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Vacaville downtown marked boon in 1884 / Delaplane, Kristin [355] [ECHOS-1997-355]
Snow capped the Vaca mountains and the 1884 New Year was rung in with the ringing of the college bell. There was a party in Pleasants Valley at G.W. Thissel's. Guests were treated to a supper and indulged in singing and games to a late hour.
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