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Bungling burglars blast Bank of Vacaville vault / Bowen, Jerry [42] [WAYITWAS-2000-42]
1990 in Vacaville started off with a bang ... literally. An explosion on Jan. 1 at 1:09 in the morning at the Security Pacific Bank on the corner of Alamo and Albacete, blew chunks of the building onto Alamo Drive and the surrounding area [...]
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Area fruit growers faced prosperity, ruin / Delaplane, Kristin [341] [ECHOS-1997-341]
'The golden age of the fruit business was 1880 to 1897. I think that apricot orchard of my great-grandfather's paid off. They started getting refrigerated cars on the railroad for shipping the stuff.
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Cherries played vital role in orchards / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [16] [WAYITWAS-2000-16]
Cherries once were one of the important crops in the Vacaville and Suisun area. While apricots, peaches and pears were secure crops that could be dried and stored, cherries were - and still are - a highly speculative crop, as late spring rains easily can ruin a whole harvest.
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Rhyme and reason behind early Solano poet / Bowen, Jerry [544] [WAYITWAS-2004-544]
I don't suppose that most newcomers to Vacaville have ever heard of Edwin Markham. Some may have heard of the poem, "Man With a Hoe," but don't know that a man who once lived in the now-contentious Lagoon Valley wrote it. So, let's look at a little history of Charles Edwin Anson Markham and some interesting contradictions.
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Civil War-era Solano full of commotion / Delaplane, Kristin [346] [ECHOS-1997-346]
The New Year's news was about the "great Christmas fight" in Silveyville. A Suisun man, a "pure Union man," was visiting those parts when a drunk "Secesh Smith", also know as "Curly Headed Smith", started looking for a fight.
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Fox 40 - Cement Hill Ruins Fox 40 - Cement Hill Ruins
2013

Fox 40 "Know Your Neighbor" Darren Peck gives us a look at a Fairfield mystery. The Town of Cement..


Running Time: 02:13
Video Format: 640x360 16/9, 29.97 - Internet Video
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