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Sale of Mare Island complicated / Bowen, Jerry [137] [WAYITWAS-2002-137]
The text of the deed to purchase Mare Island on Jan. 4, 1853, and recorded April 18, 1853, began as follows:
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Cmdr. Farragut, Navy call Mare Island home / Delaplane, Kristin [254] [ECHOS-1995-254]
Last week: The discovery of Mare Island, how it got its name and finally being selected as the site of a West Coast Navy yard. Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council and Shipyard Historian's files. The day the Farragut party arrived at Mare Island - Sept. 16, 1854 - stands as the official date that the Navy took possession of the island with Commander David Glasgow Farragut in command to commence building the Navy Yard.
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Mare Island named for general's swamped steed / Delaplane, Kristin [253] [ECHOS-1995-253]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Shipyard's Historian's Files and Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. First in a series In 1775, Don Perez Ayala, described as a dashing young Spanish lieutenant, was the first to sail through the Golden Gate. He and his crew were aboard the gunboat San Carlos.
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Looking across from Vallejo to Mare Island, Monticello boats: Arrow, Gen. Frisbie and Monticello Steamship Co
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Suisun, California - West side of Main Street, showing the Post office in the Odd Fellows Building before the fire of 1888. The two store hotel on the right later became of Arlington and a third story was added..
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Early Media / Wichels, Ernest [852] [WICHELS-1964-852]
It is difficult for most of us, living in the year 1964, to realize the advantages we possess over those available to Vallejo residents or Mare Island personnel just a hundred years ago. We take our freeways, radio and TV, dial telephones with direct connections to New York or Hawaii, automobiles, airplanes, etc., for granted.
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The fight for Suscol land turns deadly / Delaplane, Kristin [315] [ECHOS-1996-315]
In 1863, news from Mare Island included the arrival of the Paul Pray, which had been damaged when it ran up on the rocks at Alcatraz. A no-tice also was issued that four U.S. Marines deserted when they arrived at Mare Island. A $15 reward was offered for their arrest.
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Vallejo - 8 x 10 glass plate. Mare Island drydock. (Sign to the mid-right "Danger, Look out for locomotive." U.S. Flag draped
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Farmer, columnist Wood Young kept history alive / Dingler, Nancy [493] [RETROSPECT-2004-493]
Every once in a while a person comes along who is so persuasive and personable they can inspire others to see their vision. Wood Young was such a person.
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Island ownership wasn't shipshape / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [152] [WAYITWAS-2003-152]
Mare Island Naval Shipyard has made a marked impact on Solano County since the early days of settlement by pioneers who journeyed west.
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