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Bert Hughes: historian, family man, community treasure
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Dingler, Nancy
[475]
[RETROSPECT-2002-475]
This is going to be a very personal column today - a tribute to Bert Hughes, who recently passed away. Bertram Augustus Hughes was a true Renaissance man and will be greatly missed by local historians. If any one person could leave a deep void in the community, Bert's departure has done that.
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The Founder Of Our City
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Wichels, Ernest
[808]
[WICHELS-1964-808]
Tuesday, July 4th, marks the 156th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the City of Vallejo. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was born in Monterey, California, on July 7, 1808, the eighth child in a family of thirteen children. The parents were Don Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo and Senora Marie Antonia Lugo Vallejo.
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Mare Island had vital role in Navy history
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Delaplane, Kristin
[279]
[ECHOS-1996-279]
In 1775, Don Perez Ayala, a Spanish explorer, was the first white man to set foot on Mare Island, which he dubbed Isla de la Plana. His men killed some of the local elk and departed. In 1835, a crude ferry transported men and stock between land on either side of the Carquinez Straits. During one of these trips a squall caused the animals to panic, kicking the ferry apart [...]
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History between the pages
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Dingler, Nancy
[767]
[RETROSPECT-2007-767]
Carole Noske and Brian Irwin of the Vacaville Heritage Council recently had their book, "Vacaville: Then and Now," published. The Vacaville Heritage Council has, for years, earnestly collected photos and artifacts from all over Solano County. The new book is a fascinating glimpse into what Vacaville looked like in the 1800s and what is looks like today.
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Two exceptional teachers in Solano history
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Dingler, Nancy
[573]
[RETROSPECT-2005-573]
March is women's history month, and to that end, I sought stories on outstanding women in our county's history. The Solano Historian of May 1992, profiled two school teachers from Benicia: Mary E. Farmer and Ellen Foley.
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History of Solano papers makes headlines
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Dingler, Nancy
[563]
[RETROSPECT-2005-563]
The first experiment in the newspaper publishing business in Solano County was made at Benicia in November 1855, by Messrs, George and Cellars.
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A transcontinental road dream fulfilled - Highway 40
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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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A man of history, community service
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[121]
[WAYITWAS-2002-121]
This is the story of a man many folks in Solano County know. I have always felt very fortunate that I was lucky enough to count myself among Bert Hughes' many friends.
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Filipinos made immense contributions in Vallejo
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Dingler, Nancy
[716]
[RETROSPECT-2007-716]
Vallejo writer Mel Orpilla chronicles a tragic era in Filipino-American history in his book 'Filipinos in Vallejo' Mel was born and raised in Vallejo, and early on had an insatiable curiosity about his familys and the Filipino Communitys beginnings.
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Local revelations Vallejo woman documents slavery, early black pioneers
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Dingler, Nancy
[695]
[RETROSPECT-2007-695]
Sharon McGriff-Payne of Vallejo is passionate about her latest project: the recorded history of African-Americans in Solano County.
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