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Your Civic Center - Vacaville 1969

1969

Vacaville Civic Center Dedication Ceremony Brochure January 11, 1969. This brochure includes detailed photos, cost estimates, and a brief history of Vacaville and the Civic Center Project. The Master of Ceremonies was Judge Walter W. Weir, Jr. [...]

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Submariner MacArthur / Wichels, Ernest [794] [WICHELS-1964-794]
This past week Vallejo mourned, along with an ever-grateful nation, the passing of a great American --General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur. Significantly, these same days marked the 60th anniversary of another event which is important in the lives of Mare Island and Vallejo.

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Elmira was center of activity, trade / Delaplane, Kristin [331] [ECHOS-1997-331]
As Vacaville was bustling, tiny Elmira also was a bustling center because it was on the line for the Central Pacific Railroad. Several business and services operated in this place. Willis Jepson was the reporter for the Star Hall. S.M [...]

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Mare Island had vital role in Navy history / Delaplane, Kristin [279] [ECHOS-1996-279]
In 1775, Don Perez Ayala, a Spanish explorer, was the first white man to set foot on Mare Island, which he dubbed Isla de la Plana. His men killed some of the local elk and departed. In 1835, a crude ferry transported men and stock between land on either side of the Carquinez Straits. During one of these trips a squall caused the animals to panic, kicking the ferry apart [...]

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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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Early depot town faded away / Bowen, Jerry [711] [WAYITWAS-2007-711]
My interest in Solano County history began in the 1990s after I retired from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, and it grew by leaps and bounds when I met who I consider one of Vacaville's finest men ever to grace this community, Bert Hughes, at the Vacaville Heritage Council.

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Solano Historian December 1987

1987

December 1987 edition of the Solano Historian Magazine. This issue contains the following articles: The California Pacific Railroad by Thomas Lucy, From Ranch to Winslow Terrace - Recollections of an early Vallejo by Gertrude Winslow Hudson, Oar Power and Sail - A Brief History of the Vallejo Yacht Club by C. Thomas Hosley, USS Constitution Visits Vallejo - Mare Island by Sue Lemmon, The Trials of Captain Waterman by Matthew Fountain, and a welcome message by Sue Lemmon, SCHS President..

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October Leaves / Wichels, Ernest [853] [WICHELS-1964-853]
Every month has important anniversaries of local interest. Three of Mare Island's nuclear-powered submarines were launched in October: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, a polaris-firing boat, on October 2, 1959; the attack A-Sub SCAMP on October 8, 1960, and the first Mare Island A-Sub, SARGO, on October 10, 1957.

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History centers, sites found all over county / Delaplane, Kristin [386] [ECHOS-1998-386]
History centers and historical sites in Solano County serve as resources and many offer tours and programs for groups and schools as a means of teaching people about the region's exciting past.

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Vallejo faces decline, gains business footing / Delaplane, Kristin [234] [ECHOS-1995-234]
Information for this article came from The Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum and Vacaville Heritage Council. Second of two parts. Last week we saw the beginnings of Vallejo and how the town first formed, its elation at being chosen as the state capital and subsequent disappointment at being removed as the state capital. How Mare Island became its source of revival and subsequent growth.)