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Population lifted off after airfield built
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[728]
[WAYITWAS-2007-728]
Construction of the Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield in 1943 brought a large number of new residents to the local communities, doubling population overnight. Calls went out for rentals and vacant rooms with only minimal results. With the base scheduled to open soon, personnel stationed there would bring their families as well.
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Chinese enjoy long history in Vacaville
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Delaplane, Kristin
[405]
[ECHOS-1998-405]
'My grandfather came to America in the 1850s to look for gold. He wanted $200 in gold to buy land in China. He stayed a year, got his $200 and went home to the family he had started there.
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Remembering past Independence Days
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[79]
[WAYITWAS-2001-79]
Celebrating July Fourth with a lavish display involving the whole community has a long tradition in Vacaville.
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Early Fiesta a memorable celebration
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[73]
[WAYITWAS-2001-73]
Fiesta Day celebrations have a long tradition in Vacaville's history.
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Publication showcased Vacaville to the rest of the world
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[41]
[WAYITWAS-2000-41]
By the 1880s, immigration to California steadily increased. A large number of fruit ranches were established in the Vacaville area and elsewhere in the state. Newspapers, pamphlets and other printed advertisements throughout the United States extolled the beauty and climatic advantages of California, aiming to attract new settlers, and to open new markets.
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Drying precious fruits of the harvest
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[32]
[WAYITWAS-2000-32]
Drying fruit has a long tradition in the orchards around Vacaville and Fairfield.
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No hurry in picking men, Gold Rush women told
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[691]
[WAYITWAS-2007-691]
Advice was to take one's time, and judge a man beyond his fine clothes.
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Patriotism skyrocketed in Vacaville July 4th, 1898
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[714]
[WAYITWAS-2007-714]
This week, our communities will celebrate July 4th with a variety of parades, picnics and firework events. Similar celebrations took place more than a century ago, too, bringing residents together in large numbers. One of the more elaborate July 4 celebrations in Vacaville was held in 1898.
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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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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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