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Solano History 9 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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'Poorhouse' rich source of memories / Bowen, Jerry [113] [WAYITWAS-2002-113]
In 1892, an article appearing in the Vallejo Weekly Chronicle gave a rather graphic account of the conditions of Solano's first County Hospital. Built in the mid 1870s, it was then located near where Tabor Park is today in Fairfield. The property occupied by the "poorhouse," as it was commonly called, consisted of 60 acres in that area with wind breaks of eucalyptus trees.
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County's lost cemeteries, headstones / Bowen, Jerry [123] [WAYITWAS-2002-123]
After I wrote the article "Poor House Rich Source of Memories," published March 31, I received an e-mail from Sue Silver in Auburn who asked me where the county hospital cemetery was located.
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We Need An Almanac to Reveal Name Sources / Rico, John [890] [RICO-1981-890]
THE ORIGIN OF NAMES - Have you often wondered, especially the many newcomers, how names of streets, parks, schools and places receive their names? Frankly, that's a good question, and one which is impossible to define.
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Memorial Days In Vallejo / Wichels, Ernest [802] [WICHELS-1964-802]
Decoration Day was made a fixed celebration on May 5, 1868, when Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan, of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a general order designating May 30, 1868, "for the purpose of strewing with flowers the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country." Some 15 years later the G.A.R. asked that the name of this annual observance be changed to "Memorial Day," but here in 1964-about 80 years later-we still find many old timers calling it "Decoration Day."
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Remembering Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad / Dingler, Nancy [478] [RETROSPECT-2003-478]
One day in 1900, representatives of the Steiger Terra Cotta and Pottery Works of San Francisco visited local rancher A.A. Dickie. The Steiger people had learned that Dickie had a rich deposit of lime on his property. It turned out to be a very rich find indeed, the consequence of which a company was formed, called the Eureka Portland Cement Co.
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Woman used creativity to survive camps / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [626] [WAYITWAS-2006-626]
On Dec. 15 and 22, 1855, the Solano County Herald reprinted the last of the so-called "Shirley Letters." Louise Amelia Clappe chronicled her experiences at Rich Bar on the Feather River during 1852. This last letter was written in late November 1852, addressed to her sister, Molly.
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Slavery of Indians was common in California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [824] [WAYITWAS-2008-824]
In 1846, Frances Anne Cooper, who later married Benicia founder Dr. Robert Semple, left Howard County, Mo., with her family for California. The San Francisco Chronicle published her oral history of these years on September 9, 1900 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of California statehood.
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Bear gave Grizzly Island new name / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [77] [WAYITWAS-2001-77]
Vast acres of tules, miles of sloughs and many smaller islands surrounding Grizzly Island make up the Suisun Marsh, the largest inland marsh in the continental United States.
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Benicia-Martinez Bridge makes history / Bowen, Jerry [61] [WAYITWAS-2001-61]
A letter from Ross Noonan brought an error to my attention in the article about the ferryboat Solano, published January 7. At the end of the article I indicated the Carquinez Bridge was responsible for putting the Solano out of business. Well, that was the wrong bridge and wrong year. I should have stuck to the rule of checking my facts from at least two verifiable sources [...]
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