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Cutting 'cots was a Vacaville tradition / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [30] [WAYITWAS-2000-30]
Summer months have always been a busy time for the orchard industry.
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'Esther Days' Will Long Be Remembered / 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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Chinese immigrants bring rich traditions / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [66] [WAYITWAS-2001-66]
The Gold Rush brought many immigrants to California.
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Golden Christmas memories of Sutter / 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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Solano Christmas holidays festive in 1800s / Delaplane, Kristin [265] [ECHOS-1995-265]
First of a series Last-minute shopping was the order of the day back in 1863. The first newspaper ad for the season did not appear until the second week of December. And then there was only one ad for toys in the Solano Republican. The ad read: "Toys! Toys! Just received a beautiful assortment of toys for the holidays."
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Travel by auto sparks an unusual Christmas / Bowen, Jerry [196] [WAYITWAS-2003-196]
Every once in a while something happens that makes writing these columns about our past more fun than usual.
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Exploring a mansion's storied past / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [178] [WAYITWAS-2003-178]
Driving along Suisun Valley Road, I am always intrigued by Stonedene, the Gothic revival mansion situated opposite Solano Community College. The history of this particular location reaches back into the time before the first white settlers arrived.
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Earlier Days In August / Wichels, Ernest [813] [WICHELS-1964-813]
Vallejo and Mare Island share many August anniversaries. Not the least of these concern Admiral Farragut and his family. More about them later. Let's quickly review some of the other highlights-a few of these the present generation w ill remember; others were familiar to our great-grandfathers.
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Agricultural tradition of Solano recounted / Delaplane, Kristin [411] [ECHOS-1999-411]
While the discovery of gold in California is being celebrated throughout the state during the sesquicentennial, the majority of people who came to California did not find wealth in the Gold Rush but rather in agriculture.
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Solano's past heavily influenced by water, its uses / 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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