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Vacaville life in the '20s was picturesque
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Delaplane, Kristin
[426]
[ECHOS-1999-426]
Roberta Gates Ormaas traces her Vacaville heritage back to the 1850s when both sets of grandparents settled on ranches. Her paternal grandparents had the G.M. Gates Ranch in Lagoon Valley. Her maternal grandfather, John Montgomery, was a Methodist minister and had a ranch where Monte Vista and Eldridge meet today [...]
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Wanderlust strikes a son of early Vacaville
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[213]
[WAYITWAS-2004-213]
This is the final column on the family of Luzena and Mason Wilson and their four children. The information is based on the research by Fern Henry in her book "My Checkered Life: Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California."
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Steamboat travel, hunting bit of 1858 life
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Delaplane, Kristin
[313]
[ECHOS-1996-313]
In October 1858, a stage coach upset at Suscol left Mrs. Robert Sterling of Napa with a broken arm. Later that month, a small sum of money was found on the road between Yountville and Napa by a M. Dean of Suisun Valley [...]
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Making a life in Vallejo wasn't easy for the Gills
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Bowen, Jerry
[862]
[WAYITWAS-2008-862]
When I started this story two weeks ago I made a whopper of a mistake when I said, "Annie wasn't very generous with dates in her book," but it appears she and her husband Howard left Florida by train in the winter of 1918. If I was a politician I guess I could say I "misspoke" but truth is always better.
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Unearthing fact and fiction in life of poet
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Bowen, Jerry
[549]
[WAYITWAS-2004-549]
In my last column we saw that Markham had run away and was gone for about six months and had finally realized his dream to attend Vacaville's California College. During my continuing research about Markham, I found the following in notes supplied to the Vacaville Heritage Council by J. W. Hawkins: The reference isn't noted, but I suspect it came from "The Unknown Edwin Markham" by Lois Filler.
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How Jose Armijo got a land grant
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[500]
[WAYITWAS-2004-500]
This week we continue the story of the Armijo family and the Tolenas land grant. It is based in part on an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of a biography on Captain R. Waterman [...]
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Culture clashes challenged Chinese
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[574]
[WAYITWAS-2005-574]
This column continues the story of the Yee family, who came from a small village in southwest China, near Canton. In 1977, Ron Limbaugh interviewed Yee Ah Chong, the son of Yee Gim Wo, for the Vacaville Heritage project. Yee Ah Chong's recollections of this vanished world are preserved at the Vacaville Museum. - Editor
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Exploring a mansion's storied past
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[178]
[WAYITWAS-2003-178]
Driving along Suisun Valley Road, I am always intrigued by Stonedene, the Gothic revival mansion situated opposite Solano Community College. The history of this particular location reaches back into the time before the first white settlers arrived.
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School's story is wreathed in summary of pupils
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[671]
[WAYITWAS-2006-671]
This is Part 1 of a two-part article. Part 2 will run Sunday, Oct. 22. - Editor In the early years of Solano County history, Benicia was at the forefront in developing educational institutions for the children of the first pioneer families.
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Mystery of his wealth outlives Armijo
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[502]
[WAYITWAS-2004-502]
This column continues the story of the Armijo Family and the Tolenas grant. It was inspired by an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of the biography on Capt. R [...]
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