Senator Benjamin F. Rush came in 1852, with his parents to Solano County. Raised excellent trotting horses and Durham cattle on the Potrero Hills. Served four years as Solano Sheriff and 24 years as a State Senator. [...]
Blackwelder Mfg. Co. started in this Birds Landing Shop. Bert Blackwelder first came to Benicia and; worked in the Iron Works there, then to Bird's Landing to work for W.T [...]
Birds Landing Baseball Team, ca. 1905. Bottom row: ???, Bob Fisher; Second row: ???, Gene Sullivan, ???, Wm. Sullivan, Millican ??; Top row: ???, ???, Herb Daniels, Frank Larsen..
Solano County California - Shiloh Church, on Shilooh Road midway between Denverton and Birds Landing. (Sec 29, T4n, R1e.) Built by Cumberland Prespbyterians in 1876. This building replaced the chruch destroyed by fire December 26, 1875. Such pioneer names as John Lambie, Samuel Steward, John Bird and James Blacklock appear in the church minute book of that periold..
Locations include: Residence and farm of James Galbraith, Birds Landing. Solano Brewery, Vallejo Cal., Widenmann and Rothenbush, proprs. Mrs. C.J. Pittman, proptrs. Bridgport (Bridgport Hotel, i.e., Bridgeport) Pioneer Brewery, Edward McGettigan, propr., Vallejo, Cal. [...]