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Solano History 22 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.00 seconds. 
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Foreign labor lifeblood of agriculture / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [75] [WAYITWAS-2001-75]
Japanese workers filled void Vacaville's orchardists toward the end of the 19th century relied heavily on foreign labor to run their orchards, harvest and pack the fruit and ship it to the East Coast.
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Solano agriculture was fruitful in early 1900s / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [602] [WAYITWAS-2005-602]
Solano County has undergone vast changes over the last 100 years. At the turn of the 20th century, its economy centered on agriculture, with a focus on fresh fruit in the valleys around Vacaville and Suisun.
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Orchardists and workers clash / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [143] [WAYITWAS-2002-143]
All eyes focused on the dispute between local orchardists and fruit workers during the months of November and December 1932. The Nov. 25 clash between the workers, led by members of the Agricultural Workers' Industrial League, and law enforcement had deeply antagonized both sides.
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3669 3669

Agricultural machinery and workers
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Agricultural machinery and workers
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Agricultural workers - machinery
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Agricultural worker - huge horse team
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Ex-Vacan recalls town's Japanese past / Delaplane, Kristin [417] [ECHOS-1999-417]
During the heyday of the fruit orchards in Solano County, the ethnic mix of orchardists and workers was astounding. The early arrivals were the original settlers, the Spanish and then the trailblazers from back East. Then came the Chinese.
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Carrying on family's agricultural tradition / Delaplane, Kristin [412] [ECHOS-1999-412]
"I am a fruit rancher and fourth-generation Vacavillian. My great-grandfather, George Sharpe, came here from England. He was a contractor and a builder and when the train stopped in Elmira, he decided the building opportunities were here. The towns were booming in the 1860s or 1870s [...]
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Drying precious fruits of the harvest / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [32] [WAYITWAS-2000-32]
Drying fruit has a long tradition in the orchards around Vacaville and Fairfield.
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