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Local settlers traveled west with Donner Party / Bowen, Jerry [705] [WAYITWAS-2007-705]
When you study our West's history it is always interesting to note how many of the pioneer stories have a claim that they were part of the Donner Party.
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Settlers followed the Spanish Trail to Solano / Bowen, Jerry [603] [WAYITWAS-2005-603]
Today, travel from one corner of our continent to the other and indeed the entire world, is generally well-mapped and with so many modes of travel, quite easy.
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Pioneers took the road less traveled / Bowen, Jerry [129] [WAYITWAS-2002-129]
For several years I've had the pleasure of traveling many sections of the old trails that led the pioneers to California.
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Man responsible for Donner Party disaster lived in Solano / Dingler, Nancy [674] [RETROSPECT-2006-674]
Solano County has a direct connection to that event through the person of Lansford W. Hastings, who many consider the villain and cause of the deaths of 40 people.
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Solano County: History and Government Solano County: History and Government
1965

This booklet is presented with the hope that it will bring you closer to your local government. Self government is the foundation of the American system of local government. A government of this type can be efficient and effective only when supported by an interested, active, informed citizenry. We hope that a study of this booklet will serve to acquaint you with the government of Solano County so that you will be encouraged to take a more active part in it..
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Fires and family life at the Water Works / Bowen, Jerry [567] [WAYITWAS-2005-567]
Some of the most interesting local history comes from the people who lived it. Last year, during the Solano County Historical Society's Pioneer Days Celebration, I was very fortunate to meet Betty Davis who lives in Fairfield. While we were talking, she asked me if I would be interested in a family history that was written by her mother, Edith Lucille Venning.
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Hotel served travelers and club well / Bowen, Jerry [565] [WAYITWAS-2005-565]
The year 1936 saw the United States in the midst of the Depression. A short humorous article in The Reporter reflected the times: "Somebody Falling Down? There are said to be 10,000,000 unemployed in the United States. It's hard to believe that there are that many people unrelated to some public official."
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Pioneer settler wanted land, not gold / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [136] [WAYITWAS-2002-136]
Though he was born in Orange County, Va., on May 30, 1808, he grew up in Kentucky. Like many young frontier men, he felt the urge to move further west. The year 1830 found him as a farmer in New London, Miss., where he married Cornelia Catherine Lamme, a great-granddaughter of Daniel Boone, on Jan. 19, 1830.
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Travel was not easy in the 1850s / Bowen, Jerry [39] [WAYITWAS-2000-39]
There has been a lot in the news lately about frustrating airport delays and gridlock on the nation's highways. Our lives have become so fast-paced even short travel interruptions are quite frustrating.
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Vaca streets named for earliest settlers / Delaplane, Kristin [321] [ECHOS-1997-321]
In 1852, Mason Wilson and his wife, Luzena, a North Carolina native, arrived from the gold fields to harvest the wild hay in Solano that was selling for $150 a ton in San Francisco. Traveling in a covered wagon, they arrived in Vacaville and set up their rig on Main Street.
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