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Solano History 107 records found  beginprevious98 - 107  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Waterman Park provided answer to wartime housing / Dingler, Nancy [486] [RETROSPECT-2003-486]
Shortly after the beginning of World War II, the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field was created. With it came construction workers who were housed in hastily erected "tar paper" barracks. As the war progressed, the mission of the airfield changed from reconnaissance to flying troops and supplies to the "Pacific theater" in our war against the Japanese.
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Found: A piece of Captain See's Library / Bowen, Jerry [165] [WAYITWAS-2003-165]
A few days ago I received a telephone call from Maggie Halls. Maggie, who is one of the more active members of the Solano Historical Society and the primary force for a new Fairfield Museum and Archival Center, sounded excited.
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Dixon Primary School
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Primary School, year 1891
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Sea captains weighed their anchors in Solano / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [680] [WAYITWAS-2006-680]
Sea captains played an important role in the development of the Fairfield and Suisun area. With its proximity to the Suisun Bay, it is no surprise that men like Captain Robert Waterman, Captain Archibald Ritchie and Captain Josiah Wing saw an opportunity to combine business skills with their knowledge of the sea.
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Sallie Fox's 1858 move to California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [110] [WAYITWAS-2002-110]
Last December I was fortunate to accompany my husband on a drive from Montgomery, Alabama, back to Fairfield. Among the wonderful places we visited were Santa Fe, Taos and the Grand Canyon.
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Solano's arsenals ready for 'Dixie-ites' / Delaplane, Kristin [317] [ECHOS-1996-317]
In the spring of 1863, the Teacher's Institute of Suisun City was to meet at the Fairfield Courthouse where an examination of teachers would take place. Mr. W.L. Ragsdale, who had applied to teach in Green Valley, was rejected [...]
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A transcontinental road dream fulfilled - Highway 40 / Dingler, Nancy [482] [RETROSPECT-2003-482]
Highway 80 is a transcontinental ribbon of road connecting California to the East Coast. This "transcontinental" highway did not come about easily. Signs have sprung up along roadways in Fairfield, Suisun and Cordelia designating the route of the old Highway 40.
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Meet Cleo Gordon Elementary school's namesake / Dingler, Nancy [463] [RETROSPECT-2000-463]
Have you ever wondered how local places, like streets and schools get their names? For example, it is obvious that Fairfield High is named after the town, but did you know that Armijo High was named after the family that had the large Spanish land grant it sits on? Historically, people want to honor prominent, successful people by naming places for them.
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Sculptor vied for Chief Solano job / Bowen, Jerry [127] [WAYITWAS-2002-127]
A short article in the May 10, 1934 Solano Republican stated, "Chief Solano To Be Honored June 3 - In one of California's first gestures to the Indian, the 12-foot tall bronze statue of Chief Solano by William Gordon Huff, made possible by a state appropriation in 1933, will be unveiled at out-of-door ceremonies, where he will grace the top of a beautiful knoll north of the Highway (U.S. 40), four miles west of Fairfield, Sunday, June 3, at 2 p.m."
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