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Early homes were made of adobe / Bowen, Jerry [204] [WAYITWAS-2004-204]
In my last column I wrote, "Several witnesses in the land case testified that John Wolfskill built a small house, presumably a temporary shelter, within a few days of his arrival on the grant and that it was a wattle or a palizada."
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4357 4357

Early photo of the Pena Adobe
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John Currey and the Vaca-Pena Land Grant Cases / Bowen, Jerry [11] [WAYITWAS-2000-11]
All Mexican land grants in California were poorly defined - a tree, a mountain bluff, lagoon, river, or ravine served as boundaries and frequently these specified more land than was intended to be granted. No accurate surveys were made and the only legal restrictions falling within these vague limits were that excess land would revert to the public domain. Many problems were caused by the vague descriptions after California became a territory and later a state..
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Map of Sacramento Valley - Land Grants Map of Sacramento Valley - Land Grants
1851

Map of Sacramento and Lower San Joaquin Valleys, dated 1851, shows land grants in the region during the final decades of the Mexican Era. Rancho Los Putos where the Pena Adobe was built about 1842 is shown at lower center. See the Red Arrow....
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WY0167h WY0167h

Wolfskill Ranch home - see also WY172 - 17-room John R. Wolfskill frame house built by son-in-law. Knoen as the Taylor House
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WY0167c WY0167c

Wolfskill Ranch home - see also WY172 - Family standing on porch of stone house. John R. Wolfskill is third person from the left..
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WY0167a WY0167a

Wolfskill Ranch home - see also WY172 - Pencil sketch of 2-story house of John R. Wolfskill, built about 1863; shaken down by esarthquake in 1892
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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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0372 0372

John Abernathy home on Rockville Road early 1900
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WY0167i WY0167i

Wolfskill Ranch home - see also WY172 - Home of Sarchel Wolfskill. Built 1874-76. Burned 1950-55
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