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Architect known for beauty, elegance and aesthetics
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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 [...]
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Driving force behind newspaper - and lavish fair
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Dingler, Nancy
[636]
[RETROSPECT-2006-636]
David A. Weir was unquestionably a man of boundless energy, drive and ambition. The publisher of the Solano Republican (Daily Republic's forerunner) during the 1920s through the '40s, he became the promoter of everything Solano County.
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Waterman Park provided answer to wartime housing
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Dingler, Nancy
[486]
[RETROSPECT-2003-486]
Shortly after the beginning of World War II, the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field was created. With it came construction workers who were housed in hastily erected "tar paper" barracks. As the war progressed, the mission of the airfield changed from reconnaissance to flying troops and supplies to the "Pacific theater" in our war against the Japanese.
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Benicia-Martinez Bridge makes history
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Bowen, Jerry
[61]
[WAYITWAS-2001-61]
A letter from Ross Noonan brought an error to my attention in the article about the ferryboat Solano, published January 7. At the end of the article I indicated the Carquinez Bridge was responsible for putting the Solano out of business. Well, that was the wrong bridge and wrong year. I should have stuck to the rule of checking my facts from at least two verifiable sources [...]
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Vallejo: the man who shaped California history
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Dingler, Nancy
[479]
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Without a doubt, the single most influential person in California history was Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Mariano was one of those rare individuals, in that he was born and educated in California. Mariano rose to great heights of power and wealth, only to lose it when his dream of being part of the democratic America came true.
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Great Depression caused hard times in Solano
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Bowen, Jerry
[825]
[WAYITWAS-2008-825]
Today I saw an interesting front page from a United Kingdom newspaper, The Independent, showing a photo that may or may not be a modern soup line waiting for handouts. The headline blatantly shouts, "United States of America 2008; The Great Depression."
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Farmer, columnist Wood Young kept history alive
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Dingler, Nancy
[493]
[RETROSPECT-2004-493]
Every once in a while a person comes along who is so persuasive and personable they can inspire others to see their vision. Wood Young was such a person.
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Community was railroaded into oblivion
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Bowen, Jerry
[557]
[WAYITWAS-2004-557]
In my last column we saw the beginnings of the new town of Winters and its naming. The Dixon Tribune began reporting the development of Winters as "a flourishing town; on paper ... " and that several merchants in Vacaville and Dixon would be relocating or opening businesses in the town.
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