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Mrs. Ellen Phillips family. Father killed on their Elmira Ranch. Sold it to C.J [...]

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Wreck of Frank Buck off Land's End S. F.. No picture. (Shipwreck)

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Wreck of Frank Buck off Land's End S. F.. No picture. (Shipwreck)

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Wreck of Frank Buck off Land's End S. F.. No picture. (Shipwreck)

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Bird's Landing finds strength as retail center / Delaplane, Kristin [239] [ECHOS-1995-239]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Vacaville Museum, and Solano County Genealogical Society. Second of two parts Last week we looked at the beginnings of Collinsville, founded by the notorious Hastings as a new frontier for a group of Mormons. The Mormons never arrived, but a settlement of farmers and fisherman was established. The land changed hands and was the product of a huge land scam. In two years the scam unraveled and the town was sold to Emory Irving Upham.

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Buck family enjoyed much success / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [124] [WAYITWAS-2002-124]
Vacaville's Buck family was familiar with success.

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All the Mizners after death of son, Murray. April 22, 1874-Top row: Edgar Mizner; 2nd row: Ella Watson Mizner (Mama Mizner) is resting her right arm on her husband's shoulder and left hand on her youngest son Wilson's shoulder, Lansing Mizner Jr. wearing derby, William Mizner with watch chain and fob.; 3rd row: Lansing Bond Mizner (father of the family with white beard, Wilson Mizner, Winnie Mizner Chase, Henry Mizner wearing a tam. ; Bottom, Addisson Mizner..

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Harry and Dolly Chandler family: Moran?, Will Wilson, H. T. Chandler, Frederick Brewster Chandler, Williamson?

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Suisun City's Early History full of Drama / Bowen, Jerry [823] [WAYITWAS-2008-823]
Suisun was a fast growing town from the 1870s to the 1890s. Loads of marble passed through Suisun from Judge Swan's marble quarry located about seven miles north of Suisun at Tolenas Springs en route to San Francisco. A few of the old Suisun families had 40-pound clocks encased in the marble. The mineral water there was bottled and sold, along with sarsaparilla in the bars of the period [...]

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Vacaville in Ashes / Bowen, Jerry [35] [WAYITWAS-2000-35]
June 6, 1877. The north wind was hot and harsh on the dry landscape surrounding the small town of Vacaville. At the southwest end of town, Tom Wilson had just returned from Suisun, put his horse in the barn and gone into the house. It was quiet in their home because his mother, Luzena, and sister were visiting Yosemite [...]