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(79)
'Esther Days' Will Long Be Remembered
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Rico, John
[918]
[RICO-1979-918]
BOOK LEARNIN - Vacaville residents cannot say they have been deprived of access to book learning throughout our past history. Events will prove that as far back as 1858 there were attempts made to provide a library service to the few people who resided here. The Women's Christian Temperance Union also had a part in seeking to provide such facilities here.
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Young Ladies' Seminary earned respect
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[166]
[WAYITWAS-2003-166]
Education has always been a major concern for parents. While only a small number of families with children settled in Solano County during or right after the Gold Rush years, their efforts to provide a quality education resulted in the establishment of several public schools.
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Solano's past heavily influenced by water, its uses
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[10]
[WAYITWAS-2000-10]
Nearly half of Solano County is bordered by water and it is not surprising that water travel played an important part in the early years of the settlement.
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Early schoolhouse couldn't manage to keep its name
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[8]
[WAYITWAS-2000-8]
Providing education to the growing number of families was a major concern during the early years. In 1855, James W. Anderson of Vacaville, the second superintendent of schools in Solano County, founded the private Ulatis Academy.
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(78)
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Ferry crossing the Sacramento river near Sacramento
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Daily 1855 life detailed in traveler's journey
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[633]
[WAYITWAS-2006-633]
This is the second part of the story originally published in the Solano Herald on Dec. 1, 1855. In it, an unnamed gentleman talked about his journey from Sacramento to Benicia via the mining towns and camps of Amador and Calaveras counties.
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A complex history
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[558]
[WAYITWAS-2004-558]
Solano County will celebrate the official opening its new Government Center in downtown Fairfield on Dec. 16. The new glass and steel building now dominates the face of downtown Fairfield. Yet before its advent, there were four different buildings that served as Solano County's government center.
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Pioneers took the road less traveled
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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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Ferry changed bay transportation
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Bowen, Jerry
[53]
[WAYITWAS-2001-53]
Dec. 1, 1879, was a grand day to launch into a new era of travel in the Bay Area.
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Story of Monticello Dam flows with water needs
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[731]
[WAYITWAS-2007-731]
In a few weeks, Solano County will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Monticello Dam. The dam made possible the creation of Lake Berryessa, which fulfilled a vision of earlier to secure a reliable water supply for local farmers and city residents.
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