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Traces of some early homes still survive / Bowen, Jerry [202] [WAYITWAS-2004-202]
Have you ever wondered where some of the earliest settlers lived in Solano County? Perhaps your own home is located right on top of, or near, the site one of our historical figures once called home and you don't even know it.
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Gomer School -100 years of learning / Bowen, Jerry [67] [WAYITWAS-2001-67]
Today, when many remnants of our past are disappearing, it is always nice to know that a jewel survived destruction.
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Rush family helped agriculture thrive in local area / Bowen, Jerry [657] [WAYITWAS-2006-657]
I've often been asked why I think that knowing something about the past is important. Today, most of us don't even think about the fact that all the mistakes and the good decisions made by those who came before us have had a profound effect on our lives.
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Rhyme and reason behind early Solano poet / Bowen, Jerry [544] [WAYITWAS-2004-544]
I don't suppose that most newcomers to Vacaville have ever heard of Edwin Markham. Some may have heard of the poem, "Man With a Hoe," but don't know that a man who once lived in the now-contentious Lagoon Valley wrote it. So, let's look at a little history of Charles Edwin Anson Markham and some interesting contradictions.
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Where is the 'real' Vacaville? / Bowen, Jerry [19] [WAYITWAS-2000-19]
In my last column, I stated that it was unknown which blocks of lots in the town of Vacaville were allotted to Vaca and Pena. Well, dagnabbit, that's not quite true. It's just that nobody seems to have written about it that I know of.
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Tragic demise of "People of the West Wind" / Delaplane, Kristin [222] [ECHOS-1995-222]
Stone Age people were the first inhabitants of Solano County. This is known through artifacts found in Green Valley some years ago and dated by archaeologists to 2000 B.C. The next residents that we know of were the Patwin Indians. These people were the southern branch of the Wintun group and they lived in the region for a thousand years or more; some figures are as high as 4,000 years.
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Aging structures in county spotlight / Bowen, Jerry [727] [WAYITWAS-2007-727]
Before I launch into this column I need to let several people who e-mailed me with questions know that my trusty old portable computer went up in smoke, and I lost all the questions. So, if I haven't answered you in the last month or so, try again.
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Montezuma hides in remote corner of Solano / Bowen, Jerry [577] [WAYITWAS-2005-577]
In my last column I discussed the history of a corner of Solano County that few of today's citizens know about or visit, even though it is like time warping into the past.
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Towns vanished when railroad passed them by / Bowen, Jerry [25] [WAYITWAS-2000-25]
I have always been fascinated by old maps and the potential stories they reveal. Working at the Solano County Archives is especially intriguing because of its numerous old maps. Many of you already know something about the towns that will be described in a series of articles to follow, but for newcomers to Solano County or its history, it won't hurt to get acquainted with the communities that once served travelers and '49ers in the later 1800s. My thanks to James Davis for a suggestion about the town of Cement, which became the catalyst of this series of articles.
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The Vacaville Cousins Who Gave Their Lives / Rico, John [922] [RICO-1979-922]
PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW - Writing about past wars, and especially those bits of news which saddened many Vacaville families, is not what any writer would choose to elaborate on. But from time to time such informative information may be beneficial to residents here today.
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