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Solano History 22 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Rossi family steered Dixon for seven decades / Delaplane, Kristin [431] [ECHOS-1999-431]
On almost every corner of every busy street it seems there is a gas station. But that wasn't the case in the early years of this century, when "horseless carriages" began clattering over roadways. In fact, when Emil Rossi arrived in Dixon, he probably couldn't see a station at all.
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Capt. Wing steered Suisun City's early course / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [685] [WAYITWAS-2007-685]
After his successful business venture in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, followed by the acquisition of the schooner Ann Sophia, Capt. Josiah Wing acquired a plot of land on Suisun Island in 1851.
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Horseless Carriages / Wichels, Ernest [776] [WICHELS-1963-776]
This past week we learned that another American-made automobile passes from the scene. Studebaker has been a by-word for over 60 years. But this has happened to automobiles in America just about 5,100 times in the past 65 years! We are indebted to Manager Charles Monahan of the local Calif. State AA Office for an informative pamphlet on American-made automobiles--from Abbott (1909) to Zust (1908).
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Vaca businesses, families expanded in 1884 / Delaplane, Kristin [357] [ECHOS-1997-357]
The ladies in the Vaca and surrounding valleys had an opportunity when Miss Gardner began giving lessons in lace work. Her terms were $1 per lesson or $5 per term. She gave an exhibition of her talents at Platt's store.
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4837 4837

Rio Grande Gas Station
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3089 3089

Vallejo - 8 x 10 glass plate. Horseless carriage in center. Various horses and wagons on outside. Haystack to right [...]

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Gas, murder and missiles in hills' history / Delaplane, Kristin [278] [ECHOS-1996-278]
Second in a series Besides the Rush family, another noted early settler in the Potrero Hills was S. Clinton Hastings. Then a group of Scandinavians settled on the northern slopes; this area became known as Scandia (Little Norway).
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4835 4835

Truck in front of Rio Grande gas station
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0515 0515
1946

Big Tree Gas Station and Restrauant, 1946
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3829 3829

Auto accident, Case 7363 - See Keane family file
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