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Solano History 14 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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5187 5187
1917

July 4th 1917, Benicia Hose Cart Race
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Early Solano was off to races for holiday / Delaplane, Kristin [348] [ECHOS-1997-348]
In 1864, for the Forth of July, Benicia had a two-mile horse race, starting at the Solano House, for a purse was $200 and a boat race between Fanny of Suisun and Lightening of Benicia. The boat race started at the Montezuma Slough and ended at the Benicia wharf.
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4093 4093
1939

Parade, Main and Dobbins, Nov. 11, 1939, Armistice Day - Hose cart and two fire engines
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0065B 0065B

East side of Raleigh Hotel. Note ladder and hose cart in foreground..
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3985 3985
1962

Fighting fire with garden hose - July, 1962
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5190c 5190c

Fairfiled Fire Dpet in front of courthouse and Jail. Hose cart on left
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Horse racing popular in summer of 1856 / Delaplane, Kristin [288] [ECHOS-1996-288]
Third in a series Citizens of Solano County celebrated Independence Day 1856 with balls in Suisun City and at Tufts on Putah Creek, where a large crowd gathered. Between Benicia and Vallejo was A.P. Ryerson's Half Mile Track, and the races were on. For a purse of at least $40, there was a free-for-all, one-mile race with trotting horses [...]
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Celebrations held all over county in 1868 / Delaplane, Kristin [385] [ECHOS-1998-385]
Fourth of July was celebrated in the various Solano County townships. In Vallejo and Benicia there were processions of military and civic societies followed by fireworks in the evening. In Rio vista there was a boat race with a ball in the evening. In the Suisun Valley, there was a barbecue at Alford's Ranch.
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WY0211 WY0211

Suisun, California - Said ato be the Samuel Breck hose by Ben and J.M. Oliver. Their mother was Mrs. Mary L. [...]

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Fire in 1909 left Vacaville without a hotel / Bowen, Jerry [214] [WAYITWAS-2004-214]
For years, as Vacaville grew during the nineteenth century, volunteer firemen had pressured the town trustees for efficient firefighting equipment, but with little success. By 1908, Vacaville had two hose carts, a town water system with a few hydrants and chemical fire extinguishers strategically placed around the downtown area.
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