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Water and wine fuel growth of Green Valley / Delaplane, Kristin [241] [ECHOS-1995-241]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Vacaville Museum, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. Green Valley was officially established in 1853, and as it became inhabited was described by a writer of the time as being almost a Garden of Eden:
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Town of Cordelia launched with high hopes / Delaplane, Kristin [240] [ECHOS-1995-240]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library archives. In 1866, the boundaries of Green Valley Township were laid out. They included the sites of Green Valley and Suisun Valley and the villages Cordelia/Bridgeport, and Rockville.
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Solano's library history is a story of steady growth / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [217] [WAYITWAS-2004-217]
Over the years, the Solano County Library system and its wonderful, hard-working librarians have assisted me in many intricate research projects, often procuring obscure books and information at short notice.
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Suisun City becomes 1880s commerce center / Delaplane, Kristin [243] [ECHOS-1995-243]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council, Solano Genealogical Society, Solano Historian and the Suisun City Fire Department. First of two parts Suisun Township was the largest township in Solano County, consisting of about 110,000 acres; 10,000 of those acres were under water. The township was bounded all around by Elmira, Vacaville, Napa County, Green Valley Township, Benicia and the Montezuma Township.
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1106 1106

Green Valley
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Participation authors growth of library system / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [451] [WAYITWAS-2004-451]
With the opening of the new Solano County Free Library in 1914 and its move to its permanent home in the newly constructed Armijo High School in 1915, a major community-building institution began to establish itself.
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Rockville grew into crossroads for early routes / Delaplane, Kristin [242] [ECHOS-1995-242]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. The village of Rockville in the Green Valley Township was located in the general vicinity where the Susuine Indians had previously located their head tribal village. The Indians called this place Yul Yul, meaning the place of the setting sun. When the white man's disease, smallpox, hit in 1839, the tribe numbers were vastly depleted and the few surviving Suisunees left the area, many choosing the safety of the missions in Sonoma and San Jose. In later years Chief Solano returned to this sacred place, where he died and was buried.
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2400 2400

School at Cordelia, Ca (Green Valley School)
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2398 2398
1893

Green Valley school with students
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Trade, growth boom in county / Delaplane, Kristin [383] [ECHOS-1998-383]
In 1864, Henry Connolly became a hotelier of note when he acquired the Solano White Sulphur Springs resort three miles from Vallejo. He knew the business well having run Vallejo's Washington Hotel for some time
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