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Solano History 10 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Orchardist prospers after early struggle / Delaplane, Kristin [421] [ECHOS-1999-421]
Both my parents were born in Iowa and grew up within five miles of each other, but they didn't meet until they were almost grown. In Iowa we had a farm, 230 acres. The crops were corn, oats, barley and soybeans. I think they're still raising mostly those same crops back there [...]
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Prosperity causes changes in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [343] [ECHOS-1997-343]
In the summer of 1883, Sen. Buck, a prosperous fruit rancher and state politician, was having a large fruit wagon built by blacksmith and wagonmaker Hugh Cernon. Buck had just been elected to be one of the vice presidents of the State Horticultural Society.
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Armijo family prospered on Tolenas land grant / Dingler, Nancy [477] [RETROSPECT-2003-477]
Solano County was originally made up of six Spanish/Mexican land grants, all acquired by General Mariano Vallejo. He encouraged Mexican and American citizens to settle in Northern California, purchase land from Vallejo, raise cattle and their own little empires. One of those families were the Armijos, who arrived in the Suisun Valley around 1842.
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Suisun Valley, California - Franklin O. Scarlett. In 1860 came across the plains with his parents. Later he became a very successful orchardist on the former Wm [...]

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Solano: The town that never was / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [128] [WAYITWAS-2002-128]
Throughout the years of prosperous agriculture, land speculation cropped up, enticing buyers to settle in Solano County.
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Area fruit growers faced prosperity, ruin / Delaplane, Kristin [341] [ECHOS-1997-341]
'The golden age of the fruit business was 1880 to 1897. I think that apricot orchard of my great-grandfather's paid off. They started getting refrigerated cars on the railroad for shipping the stuff.
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Many Causes for Rape of the Vacaville Scene / Rico, John [894] [RICO-1981-894]
THE CHANGING FACE OF RURAL VACAVILLE - In the annual Solano County crop report compiled by Agricultural Commissioner Richard Lawley and his staff for 1980, are some interesting figures reflecting on the diversity of products now grown. on Solano County lands. Also of interest 1o. the report is a statement which estimates In the past years the county has lost 3,650 acres to urbanization, out of which 970 acres were prime land and 2,680 were used for grazing purposes.
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Money grew on trees - for awhile / Bowen, Jerry [142] [WAYITWAS-2002-142]
In 1888, the land around Suisun and Fairfield was occupied predominately by prosperous grain and stock farms and, higher up in the valley, by about 3,000 acres in fruit orchards.
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Family success literally grew on trees / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [122] [WAYITWAS-2002-122]
Leonard Buck's achievements as one of the premier commercial orchardists in the Vacaville area was the foundation for Vacaville's most prominent family.
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Air base doubles Solano's Population / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [729] [WAYITWAS-2007-729]
The mid 1940's saw an unprecedented population growth in the Vacaville and Fairfield areas, due to the incoming personel for the new Fairfield-Suisun air base. For several years, both cities struggled to accommodate their new residents. Federal Housing Public Authority projects such as Waterman Park in Fairfield and Vaca Valley Acres in Vacaville were built quickly.
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