Solano History Database: recid:396 - Search Results

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Montecello house with two flagpoles (Post Office?)

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WY0159j

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad - Sacramento River at V and; N Terminal, Sacramento, California..

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We Need An Almanac to Reveal Name Sources / Rico, John [890] [RICO-1981-890]
THE ORIGIN OF NAMES - Have you often wondered, especially the many newcomers, how names of streets, parks, schools and places receive their names? Frankly, that's a good question, and one which is impossible to define.

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Album spurs school memories / Bowen, Jerry [709] [WAYITWAS-2007-709]
A few weeks a go I received an e-mail from Arden Lites who lives in Sebastopol. She told me that her mother, Doris Mann, had found an album of photos in her attic with the name, "Floy P. Weeks, Green Valley School, 1915-1956," engraved on the front cover.

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1999

Inside of Post Office at Dinklespiel Store at Bird's Landing, Solano County, CA

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1914

Post office location unknown. Male figure is possibly Mr. Newport. No photo

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WY0159b

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad - Right of way from Sacramento Street to terminal

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Uhl family's peachy start in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [352] [ECHOS-1997-352]
Clarence J. Uhl was married to Lula M. Thompson. The Uhls could trace their ancestral line back to 1760 when three brothers arrived in America. Clarence was born in Ohio in 1865 [...]

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Suisun's early years ripe with growth, drama / Bowen, Jerry [822] [WAYITWAS-2008-822]
In my last column, Suisun was incorporated and officers were elected in 1868. By 1879, nearly 10 years had elapsed before the railroad traversed the tule marsh on the direct route to Benicia. Ballast hauled onto the soft peat ground sank from sight time after time, although hundreds of trainloads were deposited. The sink would appear to be filled and work on the track started again, when suddenly the surface would give way, and the tracks would disappear.

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Benicia-Martinez Bridge makes history / Bowen, Jerry [61] [WAYITWAS-2001-61]
A letter from Ross Noonan brought an error to my attention in the article about the ferryboat Solano, published January 7. At the end of the article I indicated the Carquinez Bridge was responsible for putting the Solano out of business. Well, that was the wrong bridge and wrong year. I should have stuck to the rule of checking my facts from at least two verifiable sources [...]