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(77)
City straddled Solano-Napa border
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Bowen, Jerry
[181]
[WAYITWAS-2003-181]
The subject of this column strays a little outside of Solano County, but the history of the area of the Soscol Grant that included the area designated as the "City of Soscol" covered portions of both Napa and Solano County. Our subject area is located just off of the Napa-Vallejo Highway at the junction of Soscol Road and Highway 29.
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Port made Suisun City the county's hub
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Delaplane, Kristin
[312]
[ECHOS-1996-312]
In 1858, with the location of the county seat in Fairfield, building and business in that part of the county took off at break-neck speed. The county valuation for that year was upwards to $4 million dollars at a time when taxes were $1.35 on $100. By mid-October a brick building, built by Capt. Waterman for the county clerk and treasurer, was completed by local builder A.P [...]
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(76)
Success ultimately became ferries' downfall
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Dingler, Nancy
[484]
[RETROSPECT-2003-484]
Historically, to travel from Solano County to the Bay Area meant going by water. Over time, bridges have been built spanning the marshes, rivers and waterways that cut through the terrain, creating a water barrier.
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Exposition was to showcase county
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[590]
[WAYITWAS-2005-590]
As many of my readers have guessed by now, I am intrigued by the number of great community events, celebrating a specific moment in local history or just life in general and usually involving the whole county, that have taken place over the last 150 years of Solano County's existence. Headlines of the various local newspapers always spout tantalizing words such as "thousands of visitors," "pageants," "gigantic" and "spectacular," and recount the enormous efforts to create these elaborate festivals.
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(75)
Suisun ranks in top western train robberies
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Delaplane, Kristin
[407]
[ECHOS-1998-407]
Engineer Jack Marsh sat in the cab of passenger train No. 10 as it pulled out of Benicia on the night of April 16, 1910. It was warm and the full moon cast a bright glint on the oily, tawny waters.
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Early Vallejo thirsted for fresh water
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[106]
[WAYITWAS-2002-106]
Have you run your water faucet today and enjoyed a drink of fresh, clean tap water?
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