Smythe City and Rural Directory of Vacaville compiled May 1950. Items in this directory include: History of Vacaville, Personal Telephone List, City Residents, Rural Map, Map of Vacaville, Elmira List, Rural Route, Organizations Directory, and a Church Directory..
1957 Vacaville Area General Plan adopted by the City of Vacaville on August 27, 1957. Adopted by the Solano County Board of Supervisors on October 15, 1957. Prepared by the the General Plan Committee of the City and County Planning Commissions composed of Harold Youngblood, Richard Rowe, Robert Meyer, Blenden Nelson, Don Birrell, Robert Power and Planning Consultant Lawrence Livingston Jr. Topics of this report include: Background of the site and history of development, Basic data of population and growth, Description of the General Plan, methods of carrying out the General Plan, and major assumptions, policies and proposals. [...]
The first step toward a Fairfield Civic Center began on November 24, 1953, when the City CouncIl voted to proceed with purchase from the Federal Government of a thirty-three acre site just north of the City's Central Business District. This site was well known as Wateman Park and had been a World War II temporary housing project of 315 unots with a central recreation center and cafeteria. At the time of purchase the City Council intended that the site become Fairfield's Civic Center. The City Hall building is the largest of the five building complex. [...]
This report is concerned with the status of historic sites and places located in the Central Solano County Planning Area. which includes generally the communities of Fairfield, Suisun City, Green Valley, Suisun Valley, Rockville and Cordelia. When we use terms in this report such as "the Fairfield area," "the planning area" or "the area" we are actually referring collectively to all of these communities in central Solano County. This report is submitted to the Fairfield City Planning Commission to implement recommendations of the Open Space Plan and ConservatIon Element of the Central Solano County General Plan..
Original map drawn up between Manuel Vaca, William McDaniel and L.B. Mizner for the land deal that created the town of Vacaville. This map shows traces of a land swindle that had Vaca selling off more land to McDaniel and Mizner than he thought he was selling. When Vaca realized he had been tricked, he filed suit. Vaca thought he was only selling one square mile to the two men, but ended up selling nine square miles. Vaca sued and lost the first round in court, but won the second..
As part of the Fairfield's 2003 Centennial Celebration, the City commissioned a documentary video of Fairfield's history. The video highlights significant events and projects that shaped present day Fairfield. Numerous current and past employees, long-time residents, and local Solano County historians were either featured in the video or provided documents and pictures for the project..