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Armijo family prospered on Tolenas land grant / Dingler, Nancy [477] [RETROSPECT-2003-477]
Solano County was originally made up of six Spanish/Mexican land grants, all acquired by General Mariano Vallejo. He encouraged Mexican and American citizens to settle in Northern California, purchase land from Vallejo, raise cattle and their own little empires. One of those families were the Armijos, who arrived in the Suisun Valley around 1842.
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How Jose Armijo got a land grant / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [500] [WAYITWAS-2004-500]
This week we continue the story of the Armijo family and the Tolenas land grant. It is based in part on an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of a biography on Captain R. Waterman [...]
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The Armijo trail led from Santa Fe to L.A. / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [497] [WAYITWAS-2004-497]
During the late 1830s and into the 1840s, more than 500 land grants were awarded in California, mostly to settlers of Spanish descent. Several of these grants were located in the area which later became Solano County, among them the Soscol grant given to General Vallejo, the Rio de Los Putos grant owned by William Wolfskill, the Suisun Rancho of Chief Solano, Juan Manuel Vaca's and Juan Felipe Pena's Lihuaytos grant and Rancho Tolenas or Armijo, given to Don Jose Francisco Armijo.
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A mid 1830s ride could be just plain dangerous / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [817] [WAYITWAS-2008-817]
First Spanish missionaries and later Spanish landowners such as the Vaca, Pena and Armijo families acquired vast acreage of Northern California land to raise cattle, namely black steers.
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Currey found himself between squabblers / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [611] [WAYITWAS-2005-611]
One of the prominent names among early Solano settlers is that of Judge John Currey. Currey brought his young family to Benicia in 1852, working as a lawyer on the disputes surrounding the Mexican land grants. After the Spanish missions had been dissolved in 1835, Mexican citizens received large land grants. The boundaries of these grants were loosely defined.
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Map number three - Solano County Land Grants - 1878 Map number three - Solano County Land Grants - 1878
1878

Locations include: Vacaville, Los Putos Rancho, Armijo Grant, Suisun Grant, Suscol Grant, Green Valley. Historical atlas map of Solano County, California. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Thompson and West. San Francisco, Cala. 1878. Thos. [...]

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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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War brings some prosperity to Fairfield, region / Dingler, Nancy [505] [RETROSPECT-2004-505]
FAIRFIELD'For a decade that started with death and ended in depression, the 1920s brought wealth, culture and development to many of Solano County.
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Meet Cleo Gordon Elementary school's namesake / Dingler, Nancy [463] [RETROSPECT-2000-463]
Have you ever wondered how local places, like streets and schools get their names? For example, it is obvious that Fairfield High is named after the town, but did you know that Armijo High was named after the family that had the large Spanish land grant it sits on? Historically, people want to honor prominent, successful people by naming places for them.
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Mystery of his wealth outlives Armijo / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [502] [WAYITWAS-2004-502]
This column continues the story of the Armijo Family and the Tolenas grant. It was inspired by an untitled and unpublished set of articles on Jose Francisco Armijo by David A. Weir, the former publisher of the Solano Republican and author of the biography on Capt. R [...]
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