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Solano History 36 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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2330 2330
1912

Looking across from Vallejo to Mare Island, Monticello boats: Arrow, Gen. Frisbie and Monticello Steamship Co
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6119 6119

Looking up Santa Clara St, Vallejo, Ca
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3080 3080

Vallejo - 8 x 10 glass plate. Mare Island drydock. (Sign to the mid-right "Danger, Look out for locomotive." U.S. Flag draped
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3083 3083

Vallejo - 8 x 10 glass plate. Vallejo-S.F. Ferry "General Frisbee." Possibly a tour for that day - looks very festive
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New Year Eve Past Century / Wichels, Ernest [847] [WICHELS-1964-847]
We discover what our forefathers did during the New Year season by reading Farragut's log books, and looking over the early editions of the Vallejo Chronicle. How did the weather behave here 100 years ago today?
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Waters muddied early location of state capital / Bowen, Jerry [803] [WAYITWAS-2008-803]
In my last column we took a look at the events leading up to the establishment of the California State Capital at Vallejo. Congress finally passed a bill to admit California to the Union and it was signed by President Fillmore on Sept. 9, 1850.
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WY0160b WY0160b

Proposed route of V and; N Railroad-Views along the site of the V and; N Railroad - Monticello Steamship Company's wharf at Vallejo, California..
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1051 1051
1912

Steamers General Frisbie and the Monticello at Vallejo waterfront
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Benicia artist dabbled in oils and rescues / 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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'Tapeworm ticket' hurts intestines of election / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [765] [WAYITWAS-2007-765]
My last column looked at local elections in the 1860s and 1870s and their tumultuous proceedings. One of the most memorable elections occurred in 1871, when Vallejo gained national fame for the invention of the so-called "tapeworm ticket." The main information for the events surrounding this ballot ticket can be found in "Recollections of a Newspaperman," written by Frank A. Leach in 1917.
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