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Trains speed Elmira to S.F. trip in 1868
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[194]
[WAYITWAS-2003-194]
This column continues the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton during the 1870s. It is based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. I'd like to thank her daughter, Kirsten Llamas of Florida, for permission to use diaries, letters and photographs for these columns. Editor.
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Golden Christmas memories of Sutter
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Bowen, Jerry
[51]
[WAYITWAS-2000-51]
The following is a very condensed and edited version of an article from the San Francisco Examiner by John Bonner, in 1897. The surprise ending of the story causes one to wonder if John Sutter knew something more than he let on prior to James Marshall's historic discovery of gold at Coloma that started the gold rush to California - Editor.
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Township of Tremont never really took off
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Delaplane, Kristin
[250]
[ECHOS-1995-250]
Information for this article came from the Dixon Historical Society, the Dixon Public Library, and the Solano Genealogical Society. In 1855, the northeastern portion of Solano County was designated a township by the Board of Supervisors. This township, called Tremont, was adjacent to the Silveyville Township.
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The Alfords, Barbours and Rockville stone chapel
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Dingler, Nancy
[481]
[RETROSPECT-2003-481]
With adventure in their hearts, Landy and Sarah Alford, along with their daughters, Virginia and Nancy, left behind family, church and friends to join a wagon train headed for California, three years before the lure of gold would prompt the great western migration.
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It was primitive, but settlers celebrated Fourth
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[865]
[WAYITWAS-2008-865]
Some of my recent columns followed the story of Frances Ann Copper, as told to the San Francisco Chronicle on the occasion of California's 50th anniversary in 1900.
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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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Vaca street named after early builder
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Delaplane, Kristin
[323]
[ECHOS-1997-323]
As a young man of 21, Peabody landed in Benicia in 1850 having made the trip on a clipper ship around The Horn. A carpenter by trade, he bought with him several frame houses and engaged in the business of selling and setting those houses to lots.
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Rotary dial phone connections took a toll
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Bowen, Jerry
[91]
[WAYITWAS-2001-91]
It took a lot of work and coordination to complete a phone call just 50 or so years ago. Gone are those halcyon days when a friendly human voice would assist connecting you to someone by way of a toll call.
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Settlers relied on their own skills
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[48]
[WAYITWAS-2000-48]
Health care has always been a concern to the families settling in a new area. Early pioneers had to rely on their skills and knowledge, treating common ailments with herbs and other substances then thought to be beneficial. Almost every housewife had her own stash of medicinal supplies with which to doctor her family. Some women gained quite a lot of experience and people would seek them out for advice and help.
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Settler's humor helped her cope in pioneer days
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[4]
[WAYITWAS-2000-4]
During the early years of the Gold Rush, women were a rare sight, especially in the gold fields, but also in the newly forming settlements. One of the few who braved the hardships of the journey was 28-year-old Luzena Stanley Wilson, who, together with her husband Mason Wilson and her two toddler-aged children, came to Vacaville in the spring of 1851.
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