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Wagon Trails West by Lucille Vinsant Wagon Trails West by Lucille Vinsant
2005

Lucille Vinsant, co-founder of the Solano County Genealogical Society shares a remarkable story of what it was like being a woman, crossing the plains in the 1800's. Recorded on April 23, 2005 at the Pioneer Day Reunion at Rockville Church in Suisun Valley. Introduction by Mary Higham, Director of the Solano County Historical Society..


Running Time: 15:57
Video Format: 720x480 4/3, 29.97 - DVD
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Pony Express riders rode through Solano / Delaplane, Kristin [337] [ECHOS-1997-337]
In nearly all the written records about the Pony Express of the 1800s, the fact that the riders took the stagecoach trail from Sacramento to Benicia is rarely documented. This route was not on the riders' regular run, but when they missed the steamer connection to San Francisco from Sacramento, which they did 19 times, they took this alternate route, riding through Solano County at their legendary breakneck speeds.
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Waters muddied early location of state capital / Bowen, Jerry [803] [WAYITWAS-2008-803]
In my last column we took a look at the events leading up to the establishment of the California State Capital at Vallejo. Congress finally passed a bill to admit California to the Union and it was signed by President Fillmore on Sept. 9, 1850.
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Course was spelled out for pupils 100 years ago / Bowen, Jerry [735] [WAYITWAS-2007-735]
In my last column we took a sneak preview of what it was like for school students back in 1909. I thought you might find it quite interesting how much of an education you had to have just to enter high school. In 1911, the Solano County Schools Board of Education issued a book of "Rules for Promotion and Graduation" and a "List of Supplementary Reading Books."
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Sink may be clue to Solano's oldest building / Bowen, Jerry [686] [WAYITWAS-2007-686]
In the last installment of this series we took a brief look at the building located on what I speculated was the property where the Santa Eulalia Mission once stood.
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Bridgeport began with high hopes / Bowen, Jerry [80] [WAYITWAS-2001-80]
In my last article we explored the beginnings and demise of the original town of Cordelia. With the impending arrival of the California Pacific Railroad, residents realized the location of the town would no longer be on the route of normal travel. (In my last article on Cordelia I called it the Central Pacific, which was incorrect).
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Vallejo left a lasting impression / Bowen, Jerry [45] [WAYITWAS-2000-45]
California's settlement did not happen by accident, it took men of vision, courage and tireless energy. Among them were the earliest settlers of this State, the Californios.
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Settler's humor helped her cope in pioneer days / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [4] [WAYITWAS-2000-4]
During the early years of the Gold Rush, women were a rare sight, especially in the gold fields, but also in the newly forming settlements. One of the few who braved the hardships of the journey was 28-year-old Luzena Stanley Wilson, who, together with her husband Mason Wilson and her two toddler-aged children, came to Vacaville in the spring of 1851.
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Old stone structure has Solano historians rocking / Bowen, Jerry [664] [WAYITWAS-2006-664]
For the past few months the Vacaville Heritage Council has been researching old records, history books and maps trying to learn more about a small stone and adobe structure near Suisun Valley Road on the old Mangels Winery property.
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Fires and family life at the Water Works / Bowen, Jerry [567] [WAYITWAS-2005-567]
Some of the most interesting local history comes from the people who lived it. Last year, during the Solano County Historical Society's Pioneer Days Celebration, I was very fortunate to meet Betty Davis who lives in Fairfield. While we were talking, she asked me if I would be interested in a family history that was written by her mother, Edith Lucille Venning.
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