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Solano's first 'County School Day' a big success
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[663]
[WAYITWAS-2006-663]
During the first decades of the 20th century, it was customary for many California counties to set aside one day during the school year to highlight student activities. This day was called the "County School Day."
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New century brought new freedoms
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[104]
[WAYITWAS-2002-104]
The first few decades of the 20th century brought much change. One aspect was the greater freedom women gained in their personal lives.
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1946
Big Tree Gas Station. Bob Chppell and Evelyn Cappel 1946
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Political event at train station, Dixon, CA
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Dixon's 1897 began with a ball
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Delaplane, Kristin
[339]
[ECHOS-1997-339]
One hundred years ago, Dixon's New Year's Ball was deemed a success. Over 100 couples danced the night away to Newby's Orchestra and enjoyed a supper that was deemed magnificent in quality and quantity. A few couples did not want to depart even at 6 in the morning, but the worn out musicians laid down their instruments.
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Fruit-growers, robbers savor trains' arrival
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Delaplane, Kristin
[268]
[ECHOS-1996-268]
Information for this article came from the Western Railway Museum and the Vacaville Heritage Council. Second in a series In 1869, the Vallejo Street Car Co. began operation as a horse-car line going from the business district to the train depot in north Vallejo. It proved to be a poor business venture, as the car had difficulty staying on the tracks.
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A mid 1830s ride could be just plain dangerous
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[817]
[WAYITWAS-2008-817]
First Spanish missionaries and later Spanish landowners such as the Vaca, Pena and Armijo families acquired vast acreage of Northern California land to raise cattle, namely black steers.
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A look into vanished world of Chinatown
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[581]
[WAYITWAS-2005-581]
For decades in the late 1800s and into the 20th century, a small Chinese community flourished in Vacaville along Dobbins Street.
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Goosen did well by the city of Fairfield
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[564]
[WAYITWAS-2005-564]
In 1886, Henry Goosen opened a blacksmith shop and general hardware store in Cordelia. He had a strong background in well drilling, pumps, steam machinery and related areas. As such, he had become interested in the Fairfield Water Works, located on Empire Street behind the Courthouse. He was in the process of overhauling the aging machinery, when a devastating fire destroyed the plant on Christmas Eve 1901 [...]
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Early homes were made of adobe
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Bowen, Jerry
[204]
[WAYITWAS-2004-204]
In my last column I wrote, "Several witnesses in the land case testified that John Wolfskill built a small house, presumably a temporary shelter, within a few days of his arrival on the grant and that it was a wattle or a palizada."
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