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Solano History 38 records found  beginprevious29 - 38  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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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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WY0210a WY0210a
1968

Suisun, California - Spinney #14, Suisun fire engine of 1861. A hand pumper, made in Boston in 1857 and first used by the San Francisco Fire Department, Fire Chief Carol Hall, photos taken Sept 6, 1968
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Houses Are Fast Covering Those Green Hills / Rico, John [934] [RICO-1979-934]
"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes at the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on" his back the burden of the world."
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Vaca Fire Dept. Began as Bucket Brigade / Rico, John [930] [RICO-1979-930]
THE INEVITABLE CHANGES - Vacaville has had firemen ever since the town was founded far prior to the turn of the century. The bucket
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High Winds, Fire, Dry Grass: Black Thursday / Rico, John [914] [RICO-1979-914]
A DAY TO REMEMBER - The sun was shining brightly over Vacaville on that September 16th back in 1965, but it was barely visible. It was being blotted out by dense clouds of smoke. The Black Thursday fire was on a rampage, and men and machines were helpless to stop the fiery tongue as it worked its way south toward Vacaville.
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WY0028d WY0028d
1955

Old State Capitol at Benicia at beginning of restoration in 1955. Old fire house to the right
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Memorial Days In Vallejo / Wichels, Ernest [802] [WICHELS-1964-802]
Decoration Day was made a fixed celebration on May 5, 1868, when Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan, of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a general order designating May 30, 1868, "for the purpose of strewing with flowers the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country." Some 15 years later the G.A.R. asked that the name of this annual observance be changed to "Memorial Day," but here in 1964-about 80 years later-we still find many old timers calling it "Decoration Day."
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Travel by auto sparks an unusual Christmas / Bowen, Jerry [196] [WAYITWAS-2003-196]
Every once in a while something happens that makes writing these columns about our past more fun than usual.
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Roads and streets: a perpetual pain / Bowen, Jerry [161] [WAYITWAS-2003-161]
As I was maneuvering my way past various road repair and construction sites to the Vacaville Heritage Council the other day I was trying to think of a subject for this week's column and there it was. It seems that among the subjects that we constantly complain about - the weather, growth, the environment and open space - the roads and highways rank high as a subject of debate, discussion and just plain complaining.
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Mystery surrounded the demise of jail / Bowen, Jerry [70] [WAYITWAS-2001-70]
The next time you're enjoying a day at Andrews Park, go ahead and wander over to the waterfall. It's a little hard to determine the exact position because the banks of Ulatis Creek have changed considerably since 1906, but you are in the area once occupied by Vacaville's original jail.
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