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Early California gold rush pioneer
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Bowen, Jerry
[125]
[WAYITWAS-2002-125]
Some of Solano County's early residents are relatively unknown locally but when you look into their past you find that they left an impressive trail of actions and deeds.
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Efforts are poured into a record of Solano
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Bowen, Jerry
[498]
[WAYITWAS-2004-498]
In my last article I discussed how the Solano County Historical Society began and we saw that members plunged into many difficult projects right from the start. In this installment of the history of the society we shall see what progress was made and look at other projects they poured their efforts into.
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Chinese pioneers make it big at 'Big Camp'
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Delaplane, Kristin
[327]
[ECHOS-1997-327]
Information for this article came from material written by Peter Leung of the Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis and Tony Water, a doctoral candidate at U.C. Davis' Sociology Department. All portions of this unpublished work "Chinese Pioneer Farming Families in Suisun Valley, California" are copyrighted by Peter Leung and Tony Water.
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Events parallel those of 50 years ago
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[89]
[WAYITWAS-2001-89]
I had originally intended this article to be used at the end of November around Pearl Harbor Day. But with events unfolding now, the attack in the USA by terrorists, perhaps a look at six months of news editorial excerpts 50 years ago will give a little insight as to how we got here.
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Long family roots grew on Winters fruit ranch
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Delaplane, Kristin
[434]
[ECHOS-1999-434]
Melvin Fong and Nira Fong Wong are the grandchildren of Go Long, who started fruit farming in the Suisun Valley in the 1860s.
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Town 'built around the shipping of fruit'
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Delaplane, Kristin
[338]
[ECHOS-1997-338]
The following are excerpts from an oral history with T. Robert Boone Hawkins, interviewed June 1977. The Hawkins first came here in 1852, with my great-grandfather Arculus C. Hawkins [...]
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Benicia artist dabbled in oils and rescues
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Delaplane, Kristin
[295]
[ECHOS-1996-295]
In the spring of 1857, a drove of 200 head of cattle passed through Solano County on its way to the mountains. It was noted that the cattle looked as if a bite or two of fresh spring grass would do them no harm. A few firms were going out of business. G [...]
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Captain Waterman finds his land legs
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Bowen, Jerry
[173]
[WAYITWAS-2003-173]
This is part four of the continuing account of Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman's journey to Solano County. Look for the next installment on July 13.
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Buck family enjoyed much success
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Goerke-Shrode, Sabine
[124]
[WAYITWAS-2002-124]
Vacaville's Buck family was familiar with success.
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Longtime Solanoan recalls family's past
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Delaplane, Kristin
[415]
[ECHOS-1999-415]
Granville Swift was my great-grandmother's brother. He got to California in 1841. In about 1844, he moved to Orland where he started a horse and cattle ranch. "In 1848, when gold was discovered, he went over to the American and Feather rivers and made a killing [...]
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