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"Cherry Glen Farm," Residence of W. Cantelow, Pleasant Valley. 1878

1878

"Cherry Glen Farm," residence of J.M. Bassford, Jr., wife and sister, Vacaville, Solano Co., Cal. Residence of W. Cantelow, Pleasant Valley, Solano County, California. Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson and West. [...]

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California Mission Studies Painting

1940

Created by the Index of American Design for the WPA Federal Art Project Circa 1940. This map shows the location of the 21 California Missions - San Rafael Arcangle, San Jose de Guadalupe, Santa Cruz, San Carlos de Borromeo, San Antonio de Padua, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Santa Ines, San Buenaventura, San Gabriel Arcangel, San Juan Capistrano, San Diego de Alcala, San Luis Rey de Francia, San Fernando Rey de Espana, Santa Barbara, La Purisima Concepcion, San Miguel Arcangel, Nuestro Senora de la Soledad, San Juan Bautista, Santa Clara de Assisi, San Francisco de Assis, and San Francisco Solano. Models of these missions are on display at the Cline Cellars Missions Museum in Sonoma, CA. www.californiamissionsmuseum.com

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Steamers, trains provide Solano transportation / Delaplane, Kristin [393] [ECHOS-1998-393]
The steamer Cora made daily trips between Suisun, Benicia and San Francisco. The fare to and from San Francisco was a dollar each way. There was a great deal of complaint about the racing on the waters between the steamer New World and the boats of the California Steamship Navigation Co. It was feared a terrible explosion or serious accident would occur. The captain of the New World responded that the New World was simply keeping her regular speed, which other boats were unable to excel.

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Crime no stranger to early 1800s Solano / Delaplane, Kristin [285] [ECHOS-1996-285]
Last in a series The jail in Benicia was unable to hold a prisoner accused of larceny. In fact, the jail was so rarely used that it was not in shape to hold anyone. The prisoner was carted off to the jail in Martinez. A Chinese gentleman at the Solano Hotel was arrested and taken to San Francisco by one of the emissaries of the Chinese Secret Society [...]

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Captain steered profitable course / Bowen, Jerry [713] [WAYITWAS-2007-713]
The city of San Francisco frequently has been associated with disasters and abnormal behavior - in my opinion, anyway. And so it was with a ship named San Francisco.

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Some of the evidence loaded for transport to San Francisco from raid of the rum-runner Hawk. The coatless man on left is not being hand-cuffed, but is just being searched for missing evidence. Posse member, Emory Olson is standing on truck..

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Map number five - Suisun CA. 1878

1878

Locations include: Green Valley, Suisun, Green Valley, Grisly Island, Armijo Grant, Potrero Hills, Suscol Grant. Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson and West. San Francisco, Cala. 1878. Thos. [...]

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Mare Island's Earthquake / Wichels, Ernest [792] [WICHELS-1964-792]
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Mare Island's most disastrous earthquake. Shortly before midnight on March 30, 1898 the tremor struck. Although damage was experienced in both Vallejo and in San Francisco, Mare Island suffered most.

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Vallejos quest for the fountain of life / Dingler, Nancy [700] [RETROSPECT-2007-700]
When Josz de Ca-izares, sailing master of the San Carlos, sailed into San Francisco Bay and then subsequently San Pablo and Carquinez Straits in 1775, he jotted in his diary that the hills, what is now Vallejo were barren and without trees.

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A dam across Carquinez Strait? / Bowen, Jerry [83] [WAYITWAS-2001-83]
During the early 20th century, San Francisco Bay area officials considered many different ideas to resolve a dwindling supply of fresh water and the encroachment of saline waters into the bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.