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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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Efforts bore fruit in helping quake victims / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [641] [WAYITWAS-2006-641]
After the devastation of the great earthquake and fire in San Francisco in April 1906, Solano County residents gathered to prepare food, donate clothing and medical supplies, welcome refugees from the devastated city, and collect monetary funds for initial relief.
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Loss of Capitol, decline of port end dreams / Delaplane, Kristin [228] [ECHOS-1995-228]
Information for this article came from the Benicia Camel Barn Museum, Solano County Genealogical Society, Benicia Historical Society, and Vacaville Heritage Council (Part 2. Last week was the story of the founding of Benicia in 1848 by Robert Semple, who purchased the land from Gen. Vallejo. The first news of the Gold Rush was in Benicia [...]
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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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Bird's Landing finds strength as retail center / Delaplane, Kristin [239] [ECHOS-1995-239]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Vacaville Museum, and Solano County Genealogical Society. Second of two parts Last week we looked at the beginnings of Collinsville, founded by the notorious Hastings as a new frontier for a group of Mormons. The Mormons never arrived, but a settlement of farmers and fisherman was established. The land changed hands and was the product of a huge land scam. In two years the scam unraveled and the town was sold to Emory Irving Upham.
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Exposition was to showcase county / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [590] [WAYITWAS-2005-590]
As many of my readers have guessed by now, I am intrigued by the number of great community events, celebrating a specific moment in local history or just life in general and usually involving the whole county, that have taken place over the last 150 years of Solano County's existence. Headlines of the various local newspapers always spout tantalizing words such as "thousands of visitors," "pageants," "gigantic" and "spectacular," and recount the enormous efforts to create these elaborate festivals.
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Solano County jumps to help after quake / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [639] [WAYITWAS-2006-639]
On Wednesday, April 18, 1906, at 5:15 a.m., the earthquake that devastated San Francisco also shook up local residents.
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Vacaville Community Brochure 1972 Vacaville Community Brochure 1972
1972

Vacaville Community Brochure from 1972 showcasing various attractive aspects of the community. Topics include: Community Profile, History, Lifestyle, Recreation, Schools, Industrial Park, People, Industry and the Fiesta Days. The Community Profile section includes interesting statistical information for the time. For example, the population in 1972 was 22,850..
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Vaca fruit industry blossoms in late 1800s / 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 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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