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Solano History 66 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Solano agriculture was fruitful in early 1900s / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [602] [WAYITWAS-2005-602]
Solano County has undergone vast changes over the last 100 years. At the turn of the 20th century, its economy centered on agriculture, with a focus on fresh fruit in the valleys around Vacaville and Suisun.
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Vaca was bountiful fruit bowl in early 1900s / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [604] [WAYITWAS-2005-604]
Around 1900, the fruit industry dominated all other industries around Vacaville. This column continues the description of agriculture in Solano County, based on an article published July 12, 1902, in the Solano Republican.
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Foreign labor lifeblood of agriculture / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [75] [WAYITWAS-2001-75]
Japanese workers filled void Vacaville's orchardists toward the end of the 19th century relied heavily on foreign labor to run their orchards, harvest and pack the fruit and ship it to the East Coast.
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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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Orchardists and workers clash / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [143] [WAYITWAS-2002-143]
All eyes focused on the dispute between local orchardists and fruit workers during the months of November and December 1932. The Nov. 25 clash between the workers, led by members of the Agricultural Workers' Industrial League, and law enforcement had deeply antagonized both sides.
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Early Vallejo thirsted for fresh water / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [106] [WAYITWAS-2002-106]
Have you run your water faucet today and enjoyed a drink of fresh, clean tap water?
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Early grand jury focused on liquor permits / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [646] [WAYITWAS-2006-646]
This is the second installment of a look back into how county business was conducted prior to the establishment of the Board of Supervisors in 1855. - Editor
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Solano: The town that never was / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [128] [WAYITWAS-2002-128]
Throughout the years of prosperous agriculture, land speculation cropped up, enticing buyers to settle in Solano County.
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Drying precious fruits of the harvest / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [32] [WAYITWAS-2000-32]
Drying fruit has a long tradition in the orchards around Vacaville and Fairfield.
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Carrying on family's agricultural tradition / Delaplane, Kristin [412] [ECHOS-1999-412]
"I am a fruit rancher and fourth-generation Vacavillian. My great-grandfather, George Sharpe, came here from England. He was a contractor and a builder and when the train stopped in Elmira, he decided the building opportunities were here. The towns were booming in the 1860s or 1870s [...]
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