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Steamboat travel, hunting bit of 1858 life
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Delaplane, Kristin
[313]
[ECHOS-1996-313]
In October 1858, a stage coach upset at Suscol left Mrs. Robert Sterling of Napa with a broken arm. Later that month, a small sum of money was found on the road between Yountville and Napa by a M. Dean of Suisun Valley [...]
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Local settlers traveled west with Donner Party
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Bowen, Jerry
[705]
[WAYITWAS-2007-705]
When you study our West's history it is always interesting to note how many of the pioneer stories have a claim that they were part of the Donner Party.
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Discovery of gold powered steamboat river travel
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Bowen, Jerry
[238]
[WAYITWAS-2004-238]
- Editor: This is the second installment of a feature about the Sacramento River. In my last column I discussed some of the early exploration of the Sacramento River and ended with the first steamboat that made regular runs from San Francisco to Sutter's Fort.
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Flood sweeps away investment
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[203]
[WAYITWAS-2004-203]
My last column talked about Luzena Stanley Wilson and Mason Wilson's overland journey to California. The information is based on Luzena's memoirs and the research by Fern Henry in her new book "My Checkered Life: Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California."
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Pittman handled life on her own well
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[176]
[WAYITWAS-2003-176]
This is a continuation of the story of the Pittman Family in Cordelia and Suisun Valley.
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News traveled slow, Doolittle didn't
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[162]
[WAYITWAS-2003-162]
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States plunged into World War II. Fighting proved difficult both in Europe and in the Pacific where forces were on the defensive. War reports trickled slowly back home [...]
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WWI changed Solano's landscape
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[134]
[WAYITWAS-2002-134]
The spring of 1918 saw California farmers, including local orchard growers, worried. Many young men had been called to training camps or had left for the battlefields of Europe, and more were being drafted on a daily basis.
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Recalling Chinatown life in early 1920s
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[571]
[WAYITWAS-2005-571]
This column continues the story of the Yee family, who came from a small village in southwest China, near Canton. In 1977, Ron Limbaugh interviewed Yee Ah Chong, the son of Yee Gim Wo, for the Vacaville Heritage project. Yee Ah Chong's recollections of a vanished world are preserved at the Vacaville Museum. - Editor
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Fires and family life at the Water Works
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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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Thomas Wilson led a varied life
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[211]
[WAYITWAS-2004-211]
My last column covered Luzena's last years and Correnah's life. This column will talk about the oldest son, Thomas. The information once again is based on Luzena's memoirs and the research by Fern Henry in her new book "My Checkered Life: Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California."
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