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Solano History 8 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Counterfeiter's secret Suisun cave / Bowen, Jerry [76] [WAYITWAS-2001-76]
The hunter took aim at the rabbit and slowly squeezed the trigger. The loud bang was followed by a cloud of dust exploding into the air as the animal scampered away in terror.
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Cave unveils speculation / Bowen, Jerry [81] [WAYITWAS-2001-81]
Judging by the amount of e-mail I received in the last few weeks, there apparently is quite a bit of interest in the Cordelia area history.
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Giant Orange squeezed slice of Americana / Bowen, Jerry [562] [WAYITWAS-2005-562]
I just had to run over to Dixon the other day. I wanted to see if the George's Giant Orange booth still existed. I took the Dixon Exit from Interstate 80 and, yep, there it was and it was in great shape.
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Chipping away at island's name / Bowen, Jerry [185] [WAYITWAS-2003-185]
Have you ever wondered how a certain location on a map came to be named? Maybe not. But more often than not, a fascinating story unravels when researching the origin of the name of an island, town, road, or canyon. Such was the case of a little-known island at the southern extreme of Solano County.
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Early depot town faded away / Bowen, Jerry [711] [WAYITWAS-2007-711]
My interest in Solano County history began in the 1990s after I retired from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, and it grew by leaps and bounds when I met who I consider one of Vacaville's finest men ever to grace this community, Bert Hughes, at the Vacaville Heritage Council.
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Historic adobe slowly deteriorates / Bowen, Jerry [87] [WAYITWAS-2001-87]
Surrounded by a protective wooden shell with a leaky roof, Solano County's second oldest adobe building, located about a mile and a quarter east of Collinsville, is slowly crumbling back into its original elements.
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Pioneers took the road less traveled / Bowen, Jerry [129] [WAYITWAS-2002-129]
For several years I've had the pleasure of traveling many sections of the old trails that led the pioneers to California.
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Vacaville destroyed in year's second inferno / Bowen, Jerry [36] [WAYITWAS-2000-36]
In the early days of California it was common for hastily erected towns to be destroyed by fire. Homes and businesses were built close together and usually out of wood. The cost and importance of fire protection was ignored until a disaster happened. Occasionally, after a particularly bad fire, a town would slowly fade away and disappear if it didn't have a good reason to rebuild.
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