Band was put together by Jose Carrion in 1928. 1st performance was at Vacaville Theater in 1929. It was a Red Cross fundraising program to help the needy in area
Looking north to Vacaville across the intersection of Hwy-40 and Merchant Street. Picture taken from hill south of present I-80. Note old Vaca-Valley Bridge..
Picture of Uncle Walter Albert Hilden who died in an airplane crash in WW-I. He was stationed at Souther Field near Americus, Georgia, and the plane went into a tailspin and crashed near Dawson, GA. on Sept 20, 1918. He was buried in San Jose, CA