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Lessons, then and now
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Bowen, Jerry
[764]
[WAYITWAS-2007-764]
In my last column, we took a continuing brief look at some of the 1911 requirements as written in the Course of Study Rules for Promotion and Graduation from Solano County Schools to graduate, in the eighth grade, from grammar school.
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Efforts are poured into a record of Solano
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Bowen, Jerry
[498]
[WAYITWAS-2004-498]
In my last article I discussed how the Solano County Historical Society began and we saw that members plunged into many difficult projects right from the start. In this installment of the history of the society we shall see what progress was made and look at other projects they poured their efforts into.
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Thievery, mutiny among captain's woes
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Bowen, Jerry
[169]
[WAYITWAS-2003-169]
This is part two of a continuing account of Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman's journey to Solano County. Part two is called Waterman's Deadly Passage Through the Horn. Look for the next installment on June 15.
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The Buildings Remain, But Not the Names
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Rico, John
[933]
[RICO-1979-933]
THEY CAME - THEY STAYED AWHILE, THEN DISAPPEARED - If you would look at pictures taken following the April 19, 1892, earthquake in Vacaville you can see that many of the buildings damaged during that quake were repaired and are still standing along Main Street.
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Captain Waterman finds his land legs
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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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Waters muddied early location of state capital
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Bowen, Jerry
[803]
[WAYITWAS-2008-803]
In my last column we took a look at the events leading up to the establishment of the California State Capital at Vallejo. Congress finally passed a bill to admit California to the Union and it was signed by President Fillmore on Sept. 9, 1850.
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Sink may be clue to Solano's oldest building
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Bowen, Jerry
[686]
[WAYITWAS-2007-686]
In the last installment of this series we took a brief look at the building located on what I speculated was the property where the Santa Eulalia Mission once stood.
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Atrocities at sea deemed necessary
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Bowen, Jerry
[171]
[WAYITWAS-2003-171]
This is part three of a continuing account of Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman's journey to Solano County. Part two was called Waterman Quits the Sea. Look for the next installment on June 29.
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Rhyme and reason behind early Solano poet
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Bowen, Jerry
[544]
[WAYITWAS-2004-544]
I don't suppose that most newcomers to Vacaville have ever heard of Edwin Markham. Some may have heard of the poem, "Man With a Hoe," but don't know that a man who once lived in the now-contentious Lagoon Valley wrote it. So, let's look at a little history of Charles Edwin Anson Markham and some interesting contradictions.
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Bird's Landing finds strength as retail center
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Delaplane, Kristin
[239]
[ECHOS-1995-239]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Vacaville Museum, and Solano County Genealogical Society. Second of two parts Last week we looked at the beginnings of Collinsville, founded by the notorious Hastings as a new frontier for a group of Mormons. The Mormons never arrived, but a settlement of farmers and fisherman was established. The land changed hands and was the product of a huge land scam. In two years the scam unraveled and the town was sold to Emory Irving Upham.
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