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Solano History 23 records found  beginprevious14 - 23  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Pioneer McMahan experienced risky times / Bowen, Jerry [9] [WAYITWAS-2000-9]
Much has been written about the wagon trains and the thousands who fell under the spell of the Gold Rush. But there were those that paved the way, so to speak, for the '49ers. One of the more notable early wagon trains was that of the Bidwell-Bartleson party. It can be said their journey marked the beginning of the settlement of the far West.
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Wagon Train Routes by Frank Pangburn Wagon Train Routes by Frank Pangburn
2005

Frank Pangburn shares his insight into geneaological research, and his ancestors arrival by wagon train in Solano County in 1846. Recorded on April 23, 2005 at the Pioneer Day Reunion at Rockville Church in Suisun Valley. Introduction by Mary Higham, Director of the Solano County Historical Society..


Running Time: 42:52
Video Format: 720x480 4/3, 29.97 - DVD
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1900

Blue Rock Springs (Vallejo) around 1900 a S. P. R. R [...]

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Solano pioneer: rich woman, poor woman / Dingler, Nancy [488] [RETROSPECT-2004-488]
The gold rush of 1849 created a massive migration. People from all walks of life and from around the world made their way to the rich gold fields of California. After months of walking across the country from Missouri, Luzena, along with her husband, Mason, and two small children were in sight of the promised land.
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The day Armijo High School burned down / Dingler, Nancy [471] [RETROSPECT-2002-471]
The fall of 1929 was turning out to be quite a year for the country, and for Fairfield, as well. Black Thursday - Oct. 24 - had brought about the stock market crash. People all over the country, whether they had the financial means or not, had invested in the market.
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Gold Rush lured family to California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [199] [WAYITWAS-2004-199]
Luzena Stanley Wilson and her husband, Mason Wilson, are two names that resonate through Vacaville's early history. The couple arrived in California with their two toddlers in 1849, attracted by the Gold Rush. They experienced the hardships of the rough society of Sacramento and Nevada City before finally settling in the fertile Vaca Valley in 1851.
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A tale of gold buried at Rancho Solano / Bowen, Jerry [144] [WAYITWAS-2002-144]
As early as 1835, Jose Francisco Armijo was believed to have visited the Suisun Valley area. It must have made a favorable impression on him, because he applied for and received a land grant in 1839 from Mariano Vallejo. It consisted of about 13,000 acres of Suisun Valley, extending from Suisun Marsh to Manka's Corners and in March 1840, Gov. Alverado granted final approval.
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A taste of gold fever in Solano / Bowen, Jerry [140] [WAYITWAS-2002-140]
The allure of gold and silver goes back a long way. An ancient culture in the area of today's Eastern Europe began roughly 6,000 years ago to use gold to fashion decorative objects. The gold probably was mined in the Transylvanian Alps or in the Mount Pangaion area of Thrace.
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A perilous wagon-train trip west / Bowen, Jerry [133] [WAYITWAS-2002-133]
In my last column we left the wagon train on the banks of the Colorado River, south of today's Bullhead City, Ariz., with 13 wounded and Alpha Brown dead from an Indian attack.
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Trevails of a desperate wagon train / Bowen, Jerry [131] [WAYITWAS-2002-131]
In the first part of this tale, John Udell and his wife Emily left their Missouri home in 1858 by wagon train for California. They intended to live out their lives with their son Oliver who had settled in Allendale in 1850.
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