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Solano History 20 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Choice of good land bears fruit / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [702] [WAYITWAS-2007-702]
In March of 1885, the Vacaville newspaper California Judicion investigated the reason for rising land values in the Vacaville area. A reporter set out to interview several prominent local orchardists.
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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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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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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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Remembering the Good Old School Days / Rico, John [876] [RICO-1981-876]
School days, good old golden rule days. An estimated 9,000 Vacaville area elementary and high school students will go back to their classes next Tuesday. No one is able to predict whether registrations will be up or down. With home building here at a near stagnant position, there actually could be a decline in registrations for the fall semesters.
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Book aimed to lure Easterners with fruit tales / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [43] [WAYITWAS-2000-43]
Are the people in New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston and elsewhere, who have paid a dollar a pound for California cherries in April, or who in 1887 ate nearly 2,000 carloads of California peaches, pears, plums, apricots and grapes, curious to know whence a good part of these fruits come, or to learn the manner of their growth and the appearance of the country?
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Solano sprouted food, good times in 1864 / Delaplane, Kristin [349] [ECHOS-1997-349]
According to the 1864 assessment, the total value of property in Solano County was $2,629,185.12. The taxes would come to $90,766.33. About 1,000 tons of wheat and 200 tons of barley were stored in Lewis Pierce's warehouse in Suisun that early fall. In addition, a large quantity had already been shipped to San Francisco.
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Paper's first edition extols area's virtues / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [678] [WAYITWAS-2006-678]
The Vacaville Reporter began its long career as the local newspaper with its first edition delivered March 10, 1883. Its first publisher was James D. McClain.
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Making history as female fruit rancher / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [54] [WAYITWAS-2001-54]
Fruit ranching drew many people to the Vacaville area during the 1880s. While the majority were men, a number of women also became known as successful fruit growers.
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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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