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Steamers, trains provide Solano transportation / Delaplane, Kristin [393] [ECHOS-1998-393]
The steamer Cora made daily trips between Suisun, Benicia and San Francisco. The fare to and from San Francisco was a dollar each way. There was a great deal of complaint about the racing on the waters between the steamer New World and the boats of the California Steamship Navigation Co. It was feared a terrible explosion or serious accident would occur. The captain of the New World responded that the New World was simply keeping her regular speed, which other boats were unable to excel.
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Paddleboats provided floating luxury / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [182] [WAYITWAS-2003-182]
Travel by water proved the easiest and often most comfortable transportation method before the advent of automobiles, paved roads and easy river crossings.
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Waterman Park provided answer to wartime housing / Dingler, Nancy [486] [RETROSPECT-2003-486]
Shortly after the beginning of World War II, the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field was created. With it came construction workers who were housed in hastily erected "tar paper" barracks. As the war progressed, the mission of the airfield changed from reconnaissance to flying troops and supplies to the "Pacific theater" in our war against the Japanese.
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Trains speed Elmira to S.F. trip in 1868 / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [194] [WAYITWAS-2003-194]
This column continues the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton during the 1870s. It is based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. I'd like to thank her daughter, Kirsten Llamas of Florida, for permission to use diaries, letters and photographs for these columns. Editor.
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0897A 0897A
1918

Picture of Sgt. Walter Albert Hilden taken at Providence Spring near Andersonville, GA, six miles from Suther Field, GA. Taken while in training for WW-1 just a few days before he died in 1918..
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0897 0897
1918

Picture of Sgt. Walter Albert Hilden taken at Providence Spring near Andersonville, GA, six miles from Suther Field, GA. Taken while in training for WW-1 just a few days before he died in 1918..
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1850's news of the day came through Benicia / Delaplane, Kristin [283] [ECHOS-1996-283]
(Part one of three) The first newspaper to appear out of Benicia was the California Gazetter in 1851. It was followed by the Benicia Vedette. McGeorge and Cellers were the publishers of the Solano County Herald which debuted Nov. 5, 1855 and was published in Benicia [...]
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The Ramon had a tendency to roam / Bowen, Jerry [103] [WAYITWAS-2002-103]
Ferryboats have long been a part of the transportation network for Solano County, including the largest train ferries in the world.
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