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Brandy and hides were Jose Armijo's trade / Delaplane, Kristin [271] [ECHOS-1996-271]
First in a series Early oral tradition has it that Jose Francisco Armijo was taken to the land of Suisun Valley as early as 1828 by Cayetano Juarez. Juarez said he had lived near the area since about 1821. The next report of Armijo being in the area is as a merchant in 1835.
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Elmira was center of activity, trade / Delaplane, Kristin [331] [ECHOS-1997-331]
As Vacaville was bustling, tiny Elmira also was a bustling center because it was on the line for the Central Pacific Railroad. Several business and services operated in this place. Willis Jepson was the reporter for the Star Hall. S.M [...]
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How Jose Armijo got a land grant / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [500] [WAYITWAS-2004-500]
This week we continue the story of the Armijo family and the Tolenas land grant. It is based in part on an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of a biography on Captain R. Waterman [...]
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1851

Mrs. Jose Francisco Armijo (Jesus Maria) and; grandaughter Maria Armijo, daughter of Antonio Mariano Armijo. 1851 tintype (Property of Lolita (Wight) Stalp.)
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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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Armijo's holdings torn by ownership wars / Delaplane, Kristin [272] [ECHOS-1996-272]
Last in a series Other people began laying claim to Armijo's land as early as the mid-1840s.
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A tale of gold buried at Rancho Solano / Bowen, Jerry [144] [WAYITWAS-2002-144]
As early as 1835, Jose Francisco Armijo was believed to have visited the Suisun Valley area. It must have made a favorable impression on him, because he applied for and received a land grant in 1839 from Mariano Vallejo. It consisted of about 13,000 acres of Suisun Valley, extending from Suisun Marsh to Manka's Corners and in March 1840, Gov. Alverado granted final approval.
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Indian trails transformed into highway / Delaplane, Kristin [303] [ECHOS-1996-303]
In the days when the Indians lived on this land of Solano County, they lived as gathers and traders. Their trade routes were well-established, allowing for trading between the coastal Indians and the inland groups. The routes the Indians traveled in part resemble some of the roadways that exist today.
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The Armijo trail led from Santa Fe to L.A. / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [497] [WAYITWAS-2004-497]
During the late 1830s and into the 1840s, more than 500 land grants were awarded in California, mostly to settlers of Spanish descent. Several of these grants were located in the area which later became Solano County, among them the Soscol grant given to General Vallejo, the Rio de Los Putos grant owned by William Wolfskill, the Suisun Rancho of Chief Solano, Juan Manuel Vaca's and Juan Felipe Pena's Lihuaytos grant and Rancho Tolenas or Armijo, given to Don Jose Francisco Armijo.
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1851

Antonio Mariano Armijo on horse Fuego (Smokey) 1851. This pencil sketch by J. Lundquist. Antonio Mariano is oldest son of Jose Francisco Armijo and; Jesus Maria Armijo [...]

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