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WY0005 WY0005
1893

Armijo High School on Union Ave. Solano County Court House and County Jail in background..
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Meet the famous owner of Green Valley Country Club / Dingler, Nancy [465] [RETROSPECT-2001-465]
Have you ever noticed how many great public buildings started out as magnificent homes before their conversion? Such a building is the current Green Valley Country Club. The house was originally built by James Harbin on 130 acres that he had homesteaded. However, in my research, the most interesting owner of the home was the man who took possession of the property in 1864. Granville Swift was larger than life [...]
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Kaisers business acumen transformed the country / Dingler, Nancy [715] [RETROSPECT-2007-715]
Henry J. Kaiser, the son of German immigrants, a self-made 20th century American industrialist multi-millionaire, co-founded Kaiser-Permanente. This year, that institution is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
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Hilltop Rumble Oct 1941 Hilltop Rumble Oct 1941
1941

October 1941 Edition of the Hilltop Rumble Student Newsletter of Vacaville Union High School. This edition includes a roster of upcoming events, student editorials, observation post assignments, detailed sports statistics, school fashion, alumni profiles, student organizations, faculty notice, and campus gossip. Edited by Anne Mowers, Assistant Editor Arthur Leonard..
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1907

Armijo High School, Fairfield, CA., about 1907 - L to R - Oh Boy Firehammer, Prof. Sheldon, Mary Stewart and Elsie Wood Hall
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The History of '77, and the Potential for '78 / Rico, John [939] [RICO-1978-939]
GOODBYE '77, HELLO '78 - Well, it has only been a few days since Christmas and it may be time to start thinking about that present for the Mrs. for next Christmas. There are only 354 days left for you to do the shopping. This year Christmas falls on Monday; in 1979 it is on Tuesday and the in 1980 it jumps over to Thursday.
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Local revelations Vallejo woman documents slavery, early black pioneers / Dingler, Nancy [695] [RETROSPECT-2007-695]
Sharon McGriff-Payne of Vallejo is passionate about her latest project: the recorded history of African-Americans in Solano County.
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Meet Cleo Gordon Elementary school's namesake / Dingler, Nancy [463] [RETROSPECT-2000-463]
Have you ever wondered how local places, like streets and schools get their names? For example, it is obvious that Fairfield High is named after the town, but did you know that Armijo High was named after the family that had the large Spanish land grant it sits on? Historically, people want to honor prominent, successful people by naming places for them.
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Wagon train finally reaches gold country / Bowen, Jerry [625] [WAYITWAS-2006-625]
In my last installment of James Pleasants' trek to California, the wagon train members were able to gather scant water for themselves at Rabbit Springs - also known as Rabbit Hole Springs - and began making their way across a portion of the Black Rock Desert.
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Prohibition's twists and turns / Bowen, Jerry [105] [WAYITWAS-2002-105]
The idea of liquor being illegal throughout the country seems like small potatoes compared with the many serious situations that we face in so-called "modern-day" life.
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