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Greely Said 'Go West' - No Mention of Vaca / Rico, John [877] [RICO-1981-877]
Go West, Young Man, and Grow Up With the Country - This bit of timely advice is credited to journalist Horace Greeley, but research actually attributes the saying to John Souls about 1851. Greeley used the quote in an article he wrote for the New York Tribune.
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History Overlooked Some Vacaville Names / Rico, John [936] [RICO-1979-936]
BITS OF NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUR PAST - Quite often the unpublished quirks or idiosyncrasies of individuals in our past have escaped historians or news writers. It should be interesting to go back, pick out some of these people, and relate a few squibs which made these people a bit unique to their neighbors and friends. Constable Joe Stadtfeld is mentioned in this article..
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Gold lured him West, and to Solano / Bowen, Jerry [147] [WAYITWAS-2002-147]
In my last article, I mentioned the stone barn on the Baldwin Ranch. But who were the Baldwins and what is their claim to a place in the history of Solano County?
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Christmas - A Time for Remembering Friends / Rico, John [906] [RICO-1979-906]
I fail to become excited over poetry, but the lines above are of interest because they were written in 1960 by a man who was not only familiar to me, but to the entire community. It was the late C.J. Uhl, extensive rancher and Vacaville councilman and mayor who wrote this bit of wisdom, and although written nearly 20 years ago, his thoughts could well fit into today's atmosphere.
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Vaca Valley West at F. H. Buck's and A. M [...]

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3282 3282

Dixon Tribune in office building on West "B" Street..
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Revenue Bonds Win Vaca Preference / Rico, John [899] [RICO-1981-899]
THE FRUGAL VACAVILLE TAXPAYERS - Despite the fact we continually hear about the burdens of taxation, it can be said taxpayers within the City of Vacaville have been extremely frugal in expenditures for improvements throughout the past 130 years. In fact the total sum in general obligation bonds issued for civic improvements ever since those days when the Vacas and Penas first set foot here, is less than $2 million dollars.
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They Shot Yee Yan Wo In the Back - So What? / Rico, John [871] [RICO-1981-871]
If someone mentioned to you that at one time in our past history there were as many as 1500 Chinese residing here, it would take you by surprise. But that's about the approximate number of orientals residing here, all of them ranch laborers, house servants and a few merchants.
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