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Early settlers took golden side trip
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Bowen, Jerry
[151]
[WAYITWAS-2003-151]
In my last column, we left the Barbours and the Alfords in Sonoma, building homes after a rigorous trip across the continent to California. A chance meeting with another Solano County historical figure, Thomas O. Larkin, resulted in a complete change of plans for the two families.
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Ranch Towns In Two Areas
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Wichels, Ernest
[854]
[WICHELS-1964-854]
Most people think of Vallejo strictly a shipyard city. Many find it difficult to believe that once it qualified as a "ranch town." Ranchowners, the hundreds of employes in dairy operations, cattle and sheep raising, and grain and hay harvests, formed a vital segment of Vallejo's economy in early days.
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Dusts Of Early Vallejo
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Wichels, Ernest
[812]
[WICHELS-1964-812]
As Parish Bros. bulldozers and steam shovels level the blocks of the Redevelopment area in southwest Vallejo, they do more than merely create dust and dirt in the downtown stores.
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Days Of May 114 Years Ago
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Wichels, Ernest
[799]
[WICHELS-1964-799]
Many things have occurred in Vallejo's 114 years of existence. Every day must be an anniversary of some event in our community life. One way to dip into the pages of the past is to recall earlier happenings in the merry month of May.
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Gen. Vallejo sets out to tame the territories
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Delaplane, Kristin
[251]
[ECHOS-1995-251]
First in a series Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Solano Genealogical Society and Solano Historian. Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, born in 1808, was to become the most prominent man in Northern California. He could date his ancestors back to the days of Columbus, when Alonzo Vallejo, admiral to the Spanish King, escorted Columbus back to Spain.
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3088
1915
Vallejo - 8 x 10 glass plate. Saloon interior, Banner over bar says "June 1915 - Vallejo Days."
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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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Vaca settler's diary reveals busy days
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[192]
[WAYITWAS-2003-192]
This continues the story of David and Jane Gray Creighton, based on the diaries of David Creighton, transcribed by his great-granddaughter Josephine Farmer Albrecht. - Editor
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Julia destroyed the Vallejo waterfront
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Bowen, Jerry
[109]
[WAYITWAS-2002-109]
The early days of steam-powered ships in the Sacramento Delta and Bay Area proved to be both exciting and disastrous.
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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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