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Solano History 8 records found  Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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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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Local settlers traveled west with Donner Party / Bowen, Jerry [705] [WAYITWAS-2007-705]
When you study our West's history it is always interesting to note how many of the pioneer stories have a claim that they were part of the Donner Party.
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A man of vision, Frisbie made a difference in Vallejo / Dingler, Nancy [689] [RETROSPECT-2007-689]
John Frisbie, the man responsible for the growth and development of the city of Vallejo in the mid-1850s, was a man of vision and ambition.
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WY0108e WY0108e
1962

South view of Hastings Adobe from the rear. Built 1846 by Lansford W. Hastings. Purchased by L. [...]

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Guns cause chance, willful deaths in 1858 / Delaplane, Kristin [304] [ECHOS-1996-304]
The winter of 1858, the citizens of Benicia had a full view of a snow-covered Mount Diablo. By February, the rains had begun. In January, two men, apparently from Napa, were out hunting about two miles from Benicia. One man raised his gun to fire at a duck on the wing [...]
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Vallejo: the man who shaped California history / Dingler, Nancy [479] [RETROSPECT-2003-479]
Without a doubt, the single most influential person in California history was Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Mariano was one of those rare individuals, in that he was born and educated in California. Mariano rose to great heights of power and wealth, only to lose it when his dream of being part of the democratic America came true.
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Bert Hughes: historian, family man, community treasure / Dingler, Nancy [475] [RETROSPECT-2002-475]
This is going to be a very personal column today - a tribute to Bert Hughes, who recently passed away. Bertram Augustus Hughes was a true Renaissance man and will be greatly missed by local historians. If any one person could leave a deep void in the community, Bert's departure has done that.
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Gordon helps Bear Flag party, sends sons to protect Gen. Vallejo / Dingler, Nancy [460] [RETROSPECT-2000-460]
It was a late June evening when the 20 men rode into William Gordon's ranch at Cache Creek. These men were on a mission. Under the auspices of John C. Fremont, they were going to take Gen [...]
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