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Solano History 14 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Great Depression caused hard times in Solano / Bowen, Jerry [825] [WAYITWAS-2008-825]
Today I saw an interesting front page from a United Kingdom newspaper, The Independent, showing a photo that may or may not be a modern soup line waiting for handouts. The headline blatantly shouts, "United States of America 2008; The Great Depression."
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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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Mail-order business was plumb hard work / Delaplane, Kristin [342] [ECHOS-1997-342]
During the Depression Era . . . "The farmers weren't shipping much [...]
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America Should Move Forward - Vacaville, Too / Rico, John [897] [RICO-1981-897]
LET'S GET AMERICA ROLLING - HOW ABOUT VACAVILLE, TOO? - Many of the larger business corporations across the country are calling attention via newspaper and television announcements, that it's about time "We get America rolling again." That's not a bad suggestion, but it is going to take more than words to accomplish a new-born forward movement in the United States and Vacaville.
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Prosperity causes changes in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [343] [ECHOS-1997-343]
In the summer of 1883, Sen. Buck, a prosperous fruit rancher and state politician, was having a large fruit wagon built by blacksmith and wagonmaker Hugh Cernon. Buck had just been elected to be one of the vice presidents of the State Horticultural Society.
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Many Causes for Rape of the Vacaville Scene / Rico, John [894] [RICO-1981-894]
THE CHANGING FACE OF RURAL VACAVILLE - In the annual Solano County crop report compiled by Agricultural Commissioner Richard Lawley and his staff for 1980, are some interesting figures reflecting on the diversity of products now grown. on Solano County lands. Also of interest 1o. the report is a statement which estimates In the past years the county has lost 3,650 acres to urbanization, out of which 970 acres were prime land and 2,680 were used for grazing purposes.
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The Depression shuts down Big Camp / Delaplane, Kristin [328] [ECHOS-1997-328]
Born in China, Chun Tim arrived in San Francisco in 1871 at the age of 18. His role as a pioneer in the Suisun Valley was noted in the 1938 memoirs of Rosa Lee Baldwin who lived on a ranch near the A.T. Hatch Ranch where Chun Tim was the labor boss. " [...]
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1865

Front page of Weekly Solano Herald, Friday, 21 April, 1865. Newspaper owned by O. B. Powers and Co [...]

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Earlier Newspapers / Wichels, Ernest [781] [WICHELS-1964-781]
Like Santa Claus, the editor of an historical column has many helpers. Hardly a day passes that I do not receive some information which helps to bridge the gap between the past and the present.
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Small-town news flourishes amid crash of '29 / Dingler, Nancy [619] [RETROSPECT-2005-619]
Thumbing through the Solano Republican newspaper of 1929, I expected to find news of the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression.
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