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Solano History 55 records found  beginprevious46 - 55  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Vigilantes hung together in 1800s Solano / Delaplane, Kristin [262] [ECHOS-1995-262]
Information for this article came from Vice Mayor and former Chief of Police Gary Tatum, the Vacaville Museum, Vacaville Heritage Council, and Solano County Archives. First in a series In the 1800s, a constable or two were assigned to an area as soon as a town was established. Also, one or two people, generally lawyers, would act as justices of the peace. The justice of the peace served as a judge, could perform marriages, was there for registering voters and recording deeds and was the notary public.
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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.)
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Fifty years since the birth of the Monticello Dam / Dingler, Nancy [736] [RETROSPECT-2007-736]
This month, Solano Irrigation District celebrated 50 years since the completion of the Monticello Dam, which forms Lake Berryessa. In the process of creating the lake, a rich and fertile valley was lost, along with the small town of Monticello, which had been established in 1882.
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Suisun City's Early History full of Drama / Bowen, Jerry [823] [WAYITWAS-2008-823]
Suisun was a fast growing town from the 1870s to the 1890s. Loads of marble passed through Suisun from Judge Swan's marble quarry located about seven miles north of Suisun at Tolenas Springs en route to San Francisco. A few of the old Suisun families had 40-pound clocks encased in the marble. The mineral water there was bottled and sold, along with sarsaparilla in the bars of the period [...]
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Saturday Club galvanized Vacaville society / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [52] [WAYITWAS-2001-52]
By the turn of the last century, Vacaville had developed into a small town with a lively society. In an age without radio, television, movie theaters or other forms of amusement, people developed different venues to keep themselves entertained.
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Dusty memories and a castle on the hill / Bowen, Jerry [34] [WAYITWAS-2000-34]
Ghost towns are often the essence of dreams of adventure. They conjure up dreams of tumbleweeds rolling down a dusty street, doors hanging askew swaying in a whimsical breeze and decaying buildings embracing the memories of a population long since gone.
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Ranchers carve homestead from wilderness / Delaplane, Kristin [419] [ECHOS-1999-419]
''In 1892, William Henry Samuels homesteaded this ranch, which is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Part of the ranch is in Napa County. When they first moved up here it was mostly brush and rocks and they raised sheep. The sheep were slaughtered right here and the meat taken down to town [...]
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Montezuma outlasts scam, shady characters / Delaplane, Kristin [237] [ECHOS-1995-237]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Museum, Vacaville Heritage Council and Solano County Genealogical Society. First of two parts The Montezuma Township consisted of 75 square miles and was bounded by Denverton on the north, Rio Vista on the east, the Sacramento River to the south and Suisun to the west. The towns in the township were Bird's Landing and Collinsville, which were located on the rolling hills known as the Montezuma Hills.
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Vallejo's Annie Lizzie Gill was a pioneer activist / Bowen, Jerry [839] [WAYITWAS-2008-839]
As I start this series of columns, I have absolutely no idea on how many installments it will take to finish the story of a remarkable lady that lived in Vallejo, Annie Lizzie Gill who was born in 1863 on a farm outside the town of Oblong, Ill. Her story is a wonderful cavalcade of events and personal anecdotes before arriving in Vallejo in 1918, but since this is a local history column, I'll stick mostly to her life here in Solano County.
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Chautauqua lecturers, musicians filled tent / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [96] [WAYITWAS-2001-96]
During the late 19th century, education and entertainment often went hand in hand. One of the many establishments to combine the two was the Chautauqua Institution in the town of Chautauqua in New York state.
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