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67.	Meet Cleo Gordon Elementary school's namesake / Dingler, Nancy [463] [RETROSPECT-2000-463] Have you ever wondered how local places, like streets and schools get their names? For example, it is obvious that Fairfield High is named after the town, but did you know that Armijo High was named after the family that had the large Spanish land grant it sits on? Historically, people want to honor prominent, successful people by naming places for them. Detailed record - Similar records
68.	1944 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano / Dingler, Nancy [462] [RETROSPECT-2000-462] Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up. Detailed record - Similar records
69.	1955 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano / Dingler, Nancy [461] [RETROSPECT-2000-461] Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up. Detailed record - Similar records
70.	Gordon helps Bear Flag party, sends sons to protect Gen. Vallejo / Dingler, Nancy [460] [RETROSPECT-2000-460] It was a late June evening when the 20 men rode into William Gordon's ranch at Cache Creek. These men were on a mission. Under the auspices of John C. Fremont, they were going to take Gen [...] Detailed record - Similar records
71.	Rockville park - site of massacre in 1810 / Dingler, Nancy [459] [RETROSPECT-2000-459] The year was 1810 when Spain's appointed governor to California ordered a young lieutenant, Gabriel Moraga, to lead an expedition north of the Carquinez Straight. Gov. Sola wanted to learn more about the northern territory and what exploitative value it had, if any. Detailed record - Similar records
72.	Mystery of the healing waters in Tolenas / Dingler, Nancy [458] [RETROSPECT-2000-458] Two centuries ago, in the 1800s, it became all the rage to "take the cure" in natural waters alive with sulfur and other curative minerals. Throughout Europe and America, the wealthy would flock to sumptuous resorts to be slathered in mud or to soak in hot waters that would soothe the body's ills from indigestion to arthritis. Such a popular remedy did not remain solely the indulgence of the idle rich. Detailed record - Similar records
73.	Henry Goosen: The man behind the mansion / Dingler, Nancy [457] [RETROSPECT-2000-457] If you have ever traversed Empire Street in Fairfield, just one block south of the public library, you could not have escaped seeing the Goosen Mansion in all of it's restored grandeur. Brick walkways, manicured gardens and a high iron fence with electronic security surround this palatial home today. Detailed record - Similar records
74.	1909 fires ravage towns, but Presbyterian church is saved / Dingler, Nancy [456] [RETROSPECT-2000-456] It was a typical hot summer in the year 1909, when a conflagration of massive proportions began early Tuesday morning on July 13, behind the Munroe's Fairfield drugstore. Detailed record - Similar records
75.	Solano poet Edwin Markham: a man with a dream / Dingler, Nancy [455] [RETROSPECT-2000-455] "Charlie" as his mother, a very dour and troubled woman, called her youngest, had been sent to dig soap root. Sometime around 1867-68, the burdened young man dug in the clay of the Suisun Valley. Detailed record - Similar records
76.	Chief Solano's grave site is shrouded in mystery / Dingler, Nancy [454] [RETROSPECT-2000-454] The year was 1934. The site was Rockville. Filled with historical interest, curiosity and excitement, people gathered from near and far. Some of Solano County's oldest living pioneers, dignitaries and school children had gathered for the unveiling of the 12-foot-high bronze statue of Chief Solano. Detailed record - Similar records

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