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15.
(77)
Bitter Miners Find Golden Harvests in Suisun
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Bowen, Jerry
[816]
[WAYITWAS-2008-816]
In 1849 the California gold rush was in full swing with people from all over the world headed to the land that was sure to make them rich. But not all were so inclined when they saw the fertile valleys of the Suisun. Others, not finding the riches they felt they so richly deserved for their arduous labor remembered the lushness of the valleys of Suisun they passed through on their way to the mines.
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Currey found himself between squabblers
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[611]
[WAYITWAS-2005-611]
One of the prominent names among early Solano settlers is that of Judge John Currey. Currey brought his young family to Benicia in 1852, working as a lawyer on the disputes surrounding the Mexican land grants. After the Spanish missions had been dissolved in 1835, Mexican citizens received large land grants. The boundaries of these grants were loosely defined.
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Winters easily could have had another name
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Bowen, Jerry
[554]
[WAYITWAS-2004-554]
In my last column we visited some early history centering around the Winters area and what were the beginnings of a bustling town named Buckeye northeast of today's Winters.
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Temperance, taxes part of librarys past
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Bowen, Jerry
[537]
[WAYITWAS-2004-537]
During several of the Solano County Historical Society meetings to save the old Fairfield Library building, some of those in attendance from Vallejo expressed continuing anger over the razing of the Vallejo Carnegie Library building.
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Found: A piece of Captain See's Library
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Bowen, Jerry
[165]
[WAYITWAS-2003-165]
A few days ago I received a telephone call from Maggie Halls. Maggie, who is one of the more active members of the Solano Historical Society and the primary force for a new Fairfield Museum and Archival Center, sounded excited.
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Indians, grizzlies succumb to newcomers
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Delaplane, Kristin
[256]
[ECHOS-1995-256]
Information for this article came from the Solano Genealogy Society and the Yolo County Library. In early days, Putah Creek passed just south of what is now the city of Davis. There along the banks, Patwin Indians - the Pooewin - built their villages some 1,500 years ago. Archaeologists have determined that they lived in dome-shaped structures common to Patwin tribes [...]
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Rockville grew into crossroads for early routes
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Delaplane, Kristin
[242]
[ECHOS-1995-242]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. The village of Rockville in the Green Valley Township was located in the general vicinity where the Susuine Indians had previously located their head tribal village. The Indians called this place Yul Yul, meaning the place of the setting sun. When the white man's disease, smallpox, hit in 1839, the tribe numbers were vastly depleted and the few surviving Suisunees left the area, many choosing the safety of the missions in Sonoma and San Jose. In later years Chief Solano returned to this sacred place, where he died and was buried.
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Finding buried, one-of-a-kind treasures
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Bowen, Jerry
[85]
[WAYITWAS-2001-85]
During the early Pliocene period, approximately 12.5 million years ago, Solano County and the Bay Area was a vast alluvial plain and the Sierra Nevada was a relatively low mountain chain.
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Pioneer McMahan experienced risky times
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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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Early pioneer's wandering spirit brought him here
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Bowen, Jerry
[7]
[WAYITWAS-2000-7]
Before there was a Vacaville, there had to be people. In some of my articles I will introduce you to a few of the people that were a part of its beginnings, how they got here and events that were a part of Solano County and Vacaville's history.
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