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A 'Wet' Vacaville During a 'Dry' USA / Rico, John [924] [RICO-1979-924]
"STUFF" THAT CAME TO PASS - In the early days of the fruit industry in Vacaville, ranchers took advantage of the virgin soil and planted some of their acreages to vineyards. From these vines came luscious sun-ripened, sugar-sweet grapes which found their way to fresh market. But, many of these ranchers preserved their annual ritual of pressing some of these grapes into a quantity of wine.
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Early Hospitals In The County / Wichels, Ernest [788] [WICHELS-1964-788]
Vallejo did not have a hospital until 1907! What did Vallejoans do for surgical and medical service, and for nursing care, during the early part of the past century?
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Long family roots grew on Winters fruit ranch / Delaplane, Kristin [434] [ECHOS-1999-434]
Melvin Fong and Nira Fong Wong are the grandchildren of Go Long, who started fruit farming in the Suisun Valley in the 1860s.
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Vaca Valley's fruit industry comes of age / Delaplane, Kristin [360] [ECHOS-1997-360]
In October 1884, Raleigh Barcar took over as publisher of The Reporter. Publisher and founder, James McClain, claimed declining health made it necessary for him to leave the business. The Reporter moved to the back of Kinsmill's harness shop and realtors Lyon and Platt moved to the Reporter's old stand on the Triangle lot.
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Prosperity causes changes in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [343] [ECHOS-1997-343]
In the summer of 1883, Sen. Buck, a prosperous fruit rancher and state politician, was having a large fruit wagon built by blacksmith and wagonmaker Hugh Cernon. Buck had just been elected to be one of the vice presidents of the State Horticultural Society.
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Rockville grew into crossroads for early routes / Delaplane, Kristin [242] [ECHOS-1995-242]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. The village of Rockville in the Green Valley Township was located in the general vicinity where the Susuine Indians had previously located their head tribal village. The Indians called this place Yul Yul, meaning the place of the setting sun. When the white man's disease, smallpox, hit in 1839, the tribe numbers were vastly depleted and the few surviving Suisunees left the area, many choosing the safety of the missions in Sonoma and San Jose. In later years Chief Solano returned to this sacred place, where he died and was buried.
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Aussie tree changed Solano's landscape / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [710] [WAYITWAS-2007-710]
With the introduction of eucalyptus trees from Australia around 1853, California's landscape began to change rapidly. Nurseryman Ellwood Cooper was one of the first to seriously experiment with eucalyptus. He envisioned large belts of tree plantings to serve as windbreakers across California.
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Vaca's downtown bustled in late 1800s / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [60] [WAYITWAS-2001-60]
By the turn of the last century, the town of Vacaville had grown considerably and no longer resembled the sleepy little village of the late 1800s.
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Solano setters were diverse from the start / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [2] [WAYITWAS-2000-2]
Today begins a new column focusing on Solano County history. Each week this year we celebrate the sesquicentennial of Solano County - one of the original 27 counties of California, created in February 1850.
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Sermons, fruit and bicyclists engross town / Delaplane, Kristin [377] [ECHOS-1998-377]
'The church was the real center of social activity. In this little town of 2,000, there were eight churches of different denominations. We attended the Presbyterian Church regularly - Sunday school, church service and on Wednesday, night prayer meetings.
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