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Vacaville downtown marked boon in 1884
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Delaplane, Kristin
[355]
[ECHOS-1997-355]
Snow capped the Vaca mountains and the 1884 New Year was rung in with the ringing of the college bell. There was a party in Pleasants Valley at G.W. Thissel's. Guests were treated to a supper and indulged in singing and games to a late hour.
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Vaca fruit industry blossoms in late 1800s
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Delaplane, Kristin
[260]
[ECHOS-1995-260]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council and the Vacaville Museum. First of two parts The fruit industry thrived in the Vacaville Township as the area's major economy between 1875 and 1915. By the turn of the century, half of all California's deciduous fruit was produced in the Vaca, Pleasants and Lagoon valleys and adjacent hills in Putah Creek and English Hills.
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Vaca business boomed during the late 1800s
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Delaplane, Kristin
[358]
[ECHOS-1997-358]
The summer of 1884, the editor published a list of businesses in Vacaville:
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Bustling with bachelors and much business
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Delaplane, Kristin
[356]
[ECHOS-1997-356]
A list of eligible bachelors in Vacaville appeared in the Reporter to commemorate the Leap Year season. H.E. Baldwin, private and confidential secretary to G.N. Platt [...]
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They dined royally at Vacaville hotel
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[559]
[WAYITWAS-2004-559]
In the past as now, Vacaville society enjoyed a good party. Around the turn of the last century, opportunities and public locations were much more limited than they are today. Residents' wish lists mainly included a nice downtown hotel and restaurant.
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A complex history
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[558]
[WAYITWAS-2004-558]
Solano County will celebrate the official opening its new Government Center in downtown Fairfield on Dec. 16. The new glass and steel building now dominates the face of downtown Fairfield. Yet before its advent, there were four different buildings that served as Solano County's government center.
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Goosen did well by the city of Fairfield
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[564]
[WAYITWAS-2005-564]
In 1886, Henry Goosen opened a blacksmith shop and general hardware store in Cordelia. He had a strong background in well drilling, pumps, steam machinery and related areas. As such, he had become interested in the Fairfield Water Works, located on Empire Street behind the Courthouse. He was in the process of overhauling the aging machinery, when a devastating fire destroyed the plant on Christmas Eve 1901 [...]
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A look into vanished world of Chinatown
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[581]
[WAYITWAS-2005-581]
For decades in the late 1800s and into the 20th century, a small Chinese community flourished in Vacaville along Dobbins Street.
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Exercising women's rights to change
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[126]
[WAYITWAS-2002-126]
Women did not participate actively in sports and exercise until late into the 19th century.
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Humble beginnings for Vaca poet
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[86]
[WAYITWAS-2001-86]
Few people born in Vacaville or who at least lived here for some time during the 19th century have become as widely known and revered as poet Edwin Markham.
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