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Solano Mineral Springs - Article from Cailfornia Merchantile Journal
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Marble, healing water spring from Tolenas site / Delaplane, Kristin [432] [ECHOS-1999-432]
It was said that long ago, native Indians called the springs, located on a hill five miles north of Suisun City, "The Land of the Healing Waters." This was to become the site of Tolenas Springs (a.k.a. Solano Mineral Springs and Suisun Soda Springs), a famous Solano County landmark for many decades.
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Writers impressed with local area in 1860s / Delaplane, Kristin [364] [ECHOS-1997-364]
In the 1800s, writers from newspapers and publications visited Solano County and give a report on the area. The following are excerpts from an article that appeared in the California Rural Home Journal, which was published semimonthly in San Francisco.
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Solano Historian May 1988 Solano Historian May 1988
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May 1988 edition of the Solano Historian Magazine. This issue contains the following articles: Granville Swift - California Pioneer by M. Clyde Low, The Suisun School Journal by Lee Fountain, Aristocracy in Ashes by Charlene Erwin, A Ceremony of Fortune - Dona Maria Francisca Filipa Benicia Carillo De Vallejo by Charlene Erwin, Beautiful Days of Yesteryear by Evelyn Lockie, The Chinese Temple in Vacaville by Marilyn Baldwin, Oar Power and Sail - A Brief History of the Vallejo Yacht Club - continued from last issue by C. Thomas Hosley, and a welcome message by Henry Higham, SCHS President..
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Vallejo Times Herald Newspaper article - Bottle and Pamplet from Tolenas Springs..
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Suisun City's Early History full of Drama / Bowen, Jerry [823] [WAYITWAS-2008-823]
Suisun was a fast growing town from the 1870s to the 1890s. Loads of marble passed through Suisun from Judge Swan's marble quarry located about seven miles north of Suisun at Tolenas Springs en route to San Francisco. A few of the old Suisun families had 40-pound clocks encased in the marble. The mineral water there was bottled and sold, along with sarsaparilla in the bars of the period [...]
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Old Rocks, Other Items / Wichels, Ernest [809] [WICHELS-1964-809]
No one thinks of Vallejo as a former "mining town" and most of Solano County's residents will probably say that the only "mineral" in the county is the natural gas produced in the southern and eastern sections.
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Solano enjoyed glorious spring in 1856 / Delaplane, Kristin [287] [ECHOS-1996-287]
Second in a series Springtime 1856: gardening chores were on people's minds. The editors of the Solano County Herald approvingly noted that citizens were taking advantage of the pleasant weather to improve their lots by planting trees and flower and vegetable gardens. Garden Seeds were the hot item at the Benicia Drug Store and Judge and Co. at the Bunker Hill House was set to do business gardening, teaming, well digging and whitewashing.
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Tolenas Springs excavated 7-ton stone / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [588] [WAYITWAS-2005-588]
In autumn of 1857, the Solano County Herald, located in Benicia, sent two reporters on "a stroll through the upper part of the county" with the intent to show its readers the latest developments in places like Suisun and Vacaville. The report was published on Sept. 26, 1857.
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Healing springs, fine hotels and plumbing / Delaplane, Kristin [311] [ECHOS-1996-311]
By October 1858, the Solano County Herald publisher, William J. Hooton, had managed to move his printing equipment by dray from Benicia to his offices in Suisun City located in a new building on the south side of the Plaza. This momentous move was made because of the county seat being situated in Fairfield. The publisher addressed this in the first edition from Suisun dated October 2.
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