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Solano History 24 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Semple was beaten to the punch in naming rights / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [826] [WAYITWAS-2008-826]
In 1900, the San Francisco Chronicle commemorated California's 50th anniversary by interviewing prominent pioneer women. Among them was Frances Anne Cooper. She came to the Bay area in 1846 from Howard County, Mo. Her interview appeared on Sept [...]
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Benicia was known as the 'Athens of California' / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [831] [WAYITWAS-2008-831]
This column continues the story of Frances Anne Cooper Semple and Susan Cooper Wolfskill and life in 1850s Solano County. Their stories appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sept. 9, 1900 in commemoration of California's 50th anniversary.
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Slavery of Indians was common in California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [824] [WAYITWAS-2008-824]
In 1846, Frances Anne Cooper, who later married Benicia founder Dr. Robert Semple, left Howard County, Mo., with her family for California. The San Francisco Chronicle published her oral history of these years on September 9, 1900 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of California statehood.
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California's pioneer women first recognized in 1900 / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [835] [WAYITWAS-2008-835]
This is the final installation in my series based on the recollections of pioneer women who arrived in California in the late 1840s. The San Francisco Chronicle gathered their histories and published them on Sept. 9, 1900, in commemoration of California's 50th anniversary.
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California changed when gold was discovered / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [829] [WAYITWAS-2008-829]
After their marriage in the fall of 1847, Robert and Frances Anne Semple settled down to develop Benicia into a thriving new center of commerce.
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Recounting women's roles in early California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [821] [WAYITWAS-2008-821]
Women played an important role in early Californian history. In 1900, California celebrated its first 50 years of statehood. The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed several prominent pioneer women and published their oral histories in an article on Sept. 9, 1900.
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It was primitive, but settlers celebrated Fourth / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [865] [WAYITWAS-2008-865]
Some of my recent columns followed the story of Frances Ann Copper, as told to the San Francisco Chronicle on the occasion of California's 50th anniversary in 1900.
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Cooper School. See index card for names of people
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Diaries chronicle a long road west / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [188] [WAYITWAS-2003-188]
Recently, a great-great-great-granddaughter of one of the early settlers in the Vacaville area, David Creighton, approached me with the news that she would like to share some of his diaries and letters with me.
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Exercising women's rights to change / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [126] [WAYITWAS-2002-126]
Women did not participate actively in sports and exercise until late into the 19th century.
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