guest :: login
Home > Search Results: recid:1189
Search:
 
Search Tips :: Advanced Search
Search collections:
Sort by: Display results: Output format:
Solano History 29 records found  previous11 - 20next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
11.
(90)
Remembering Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad / Dingler, Nancy [478] [RETROSPECT-2003-478]
One day in 1900, representatives of the Steiger Terra Cotta and Pottery Works of San Francisco visited local rancher A.A. Dickie. The Steiger people had learned that Dickie had a rich deposit of lime on his property. It turned out to be a very rich find indeed, the consequence of which a company was formed, called the Eureka Portland Cement Co.
Detailed record - Similar records
12.
(89)
WY0062 WY0062
1915

Cement - Mill B of the Pacific Cement Works. One of the largest manufacturing plants on the west coast. Copied from the Solano Co. 1915 Souvenir Edition by rhe Board of Supervisors..
Detailed record - Similar records
13.
(88)
WY0065a WY0065a

Cement - Close up view of the first Golden Gate Hotel, the first hotel (three story). Replaced by a two story structure when it was destroyed by fire on December 6, 1907..
Detailed record - Similar records
14.
(83)
Towns vanished when railroad passed them by / Bowen, Jerry [25] [WAYITWAS-2000-25]
I have always been fascinated by old maps and the potential stories they reveal. Working at the Solano County Archives is especially intriguing because of its numerous old maps. Many of you already know something about the towns that will be described in a series of articles to follow, but for newcomers to Solano County or its history, it won't hurt to get acquainted with the communities that once served travelers and '49ers in the later 1800s. My thanks to James Davis for a suggestion about the town of Cement, which became the catalyst of this series of articles.
Detailed record - Similar records
15.
(81)
Architect known for beauty, elegance and aesthetics / Dingler, Nancy [499] [RETROSPECT-2004-499]
The front page of the Sacramento Bee on Dec. 2, 1937, told of the grim and untimely death of one of the architectural stars in California's firmament, William E. Coffman. A.R [...]
Detailed record - Similar records
16.
(78)
WY0160e WY0160e

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad-Views along the site of the V and; N Railroad - Header scene, Vacaville Junction, California..
Detailed record - Similar records
17.
(78)
WY0160d WY0160d

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad-Views along the site of the V and; N Railroad - Warehouses on the Suisun waterfront, Suisun City, California..
Detailed record - Similar records
18.
(78)
WY0160c WY0160c

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad-Views along the site of the V and; N Railroad - The Pressed Brick and; Supply Company, Vallejo, California..
Detailed record - Similar records
19.
(78)
WY0160a WY0160a

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad-Views along the site of the V and; N Railroad - Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California..
Detailed record - Similar records
20.
(78)
WY0159d WY0159d

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad - View of City of Vallejo, California..
Detailed record - Similar records