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Solano History 9 records found  Search took 0.00 seconds. 
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Roadway was once a journey of endurance / Bowen, Jerry [99] [WAYITWAS-2001-99]
Californians love their cars. Convenience and the freedom to choose when and where to go is the result of many years of progress building roads and highways.
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Elmira church endures 125 years / Bowen, Jerry [93] [WAYITWAS-2001-93]
In 1859 the Annual Methodist Conference in Sacramento decided to raise funds for a Methodist college. The site chosen was in the Yolo County community known today as Zamora. Because of the poor quality of the clay there, the site was abandoned, even though work already had begun on the building.
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Council continues historic journey / Bowen, Jerry [582] [WAYITWAS-2005-582]
One of the folks who recently moved to Vacaville dropped into the Vacaville Heritage Council in the Old Town Hall the other day and asked if we were a museum of some sort.
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A transcontinental road dream fulfilled - Highway 40 / Dingler, Nancy [482] [RETROSPECT-2003-482]
Highway 80 is a transcontinental ribbon of road connecting California to the East Coast. This "transcontinental" highway did not come about easily. Signs have sprung up along roadways in Fairfield, Suisun and Cordelia designating the route of the old Highway 40.
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Indian trails transformed into highway / Delaplane, Kristin [303] [ECHOS-1996-303]
In the days when the Indians lived on this land of Solano County, they lived as gathers and traders. Their trade routes were well-established, allowing for trading between the coastal Indians and the inland groups. The routes the Indians traveled in part resemble some of the roadways that exist today.
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Even on land, Waterman a mystery / Bowen, Jerry [175] [WAYITWAS-2003-175]
This is the last of a five-part series of the continuing account of Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman's journey to Solano County.
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Denverton was once known as Nurse's Landing / Bowen, Jerry [33] [WAYITWAS-2000-33]
Every day thousands of travelers and strung-out commuters zoom past a road sign on Highway 12 that points to Denverton Road not far from the Western Railroad Museum. Should you choose to leave Highway 12 here, a fading and dusty street sign on this quiet road greets you declaring this to be the "Rio Vista-Denverton Road." An old ranch, a couple of newer structures and a bridge over a swampy waterway are all that occupy the quiet lane.
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Drivers of today, 1926 much the same / Bowen, Jerry [119] [WAYITWAS-2002-119]
Transportation seems to occupy a lot of space in newsprint today. High insurance rates, drunk driving, overcrowded highways and the huge number of cars on the road all seem to be a big problem.
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Captain Waterman finds his land legs / Bowen, Jerry [173] [WAYITWAS-2003-173]
This is part four of the continuing account of Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman's journey to Solano County. Look for the next installment on July 13.
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