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William Thomas Swift son of Granville Swift
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Mary Swift, sister of Granville Swift
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Perry Swift son of Capt. Granville Swift
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Granville Swift, Bear Flagger
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Men and women of Solano County's past remembered / Delaplane, Kristin [408] [ECHOS-1998-408]
Captain Granville Perry Swift was born in Kentucky in 1821. His grandmother was Daniel Boone's younger sister. In about 1840, at age 19, Swift, a rugged individual, set out with a group of trappers headed for California. Once in California he trapped all along Cache Creek and the Sacramento River.
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Solano Historian May 1988 Solano Historian May 1988
1988

May 1988 edition of the Solano Historian Magazine. This issue contains the following articles: Granville Swift - California Pioneer by M. Clyde Low, The Suisun School Journal by Lee Fountain, Aristocracy in Ashes by Charlene Erwin, A Ceremony of Fortune - Dona Maria Francisca Filipa Benicia Carillo De Vallejo by Charlene Erwin, Beautiful Days of Yesteryear by Evelyn Lockie, The Chinese Temple in Vacaville by Marilyn Baldwin, Oar Power and Sail - A Brief History of the Vallejo Yacht Club - continued from last issue by C. Thomas Hosley, and a welcome message by Henry Higham, SCHS President..
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A look into Rockville and Suisun Valley A look into Rockville and Suisun Valley
1987

KXTV Channel 10 Special Segment on Solano County hosted by News 10 Anchor Dick Cable in 1987. Rockville and Suisun Valley were highlighted with the help of Clyde Low and Kitty Curry. The following locations were showcased: Baldwin Stone Barn, Barbour House, Dingley Mill, Ramsey Farmhouse, Rockville Inn, Rockville Corners, Rockville Stone Chappel, Rockville Cemetery, Rock Walls, Stonedene Mansion, and the gravesite of Granville Perry Swift..


Running Time: 05:34
Video Format: 640x480 4/3, 29.97 - VHS
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Meet the famous owner of Green Valley Country Club / Dingler, Nancy [465] [RETROSPECT-2001-465]
Have you ever noticed how many great public buildings started out as magnificent homes before their conversion? Such a building is the current Green Valley Country Club. The house was originally built by James Harbin on 130 acres that he had homesteaded. However, in my research, the most interesting owner of the home was the man who took possession of the property in 1864. Granville Swift was larger than life [...]
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Longtime Solanoan recalls family's past / 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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