Senator Benjamin F. Rush came in 1852, with his parents to Solano County. Raised excellent trotting horses and Durham cattle on the Potrero Hills. Served four years as Solano Sheriff and 24 years as a State Senator. [...]
Locations include: Vallejo, San Pablo Bay, Napa Bay, Bay of Vallejo, Mare Island Navy Yard. Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson and West. San Francisco, Cala. 1878. Thos. [...]
A large sketch of the Carquinez Straits and San Pablo Bay with the town of Benicia in 1885. Several notable structures are present such as Benicia City Hall, Turner and Eckley Ship Yard, Fire Department Building, Carquinez Packing Company, Palace Hotel, St. Augustine College, and the Bank of Benicia..
Your Introduction to Solano County, CA. A County whose history is shot through with the golden lore of a Golden State, whose cities fought to become that State's capital in its swashbuckling days. A County of breathlessly beautiful scenery and gigantic industrial plants, miles of orchards and countless acres of grain. Great herds of livestock and quay walls of mighty warships, prairie lands that became vast natural gas producing fields, a County of lakes and bays and sloughs and channels, picturesque valleys and rolling hills that is Solano County, America's Little California..
San Francisco, California - 1906 earthquake and fire, prints from original 1906 negatives. Corner of Kearney and Geary - Lotta's fountain and Chronicle building to left by George Hanscom