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Solano History 15 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Cutting cots was a Vacaville tradition / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [46] [WAYITWAS-2000-46]
Summer months have always been a busy time for the orchard industry.
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Cutting 'cots was a Vacaville tradition / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [30] [WAYITWAS-2000-30]
Summer months have always been a busy time for the orchard industry.
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Chinese immigrants bring rich traditions / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [66] [WAYITWAS-2001-66]
The Gold Rush brought many immigrants to California.
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Kid Stuff - Cutting Cots, Picking Prunes / Rico, John [927] [RICO-1979-927]
THE GREAT SOLANO FACE-LIFT - The annual crop report for Solano County has just been released by the office of Agricultural Commissioner Richard Lawley. Although the gross volume in production for 1978 fell about $2 million below the 1977 figure, the $98.3 million for 1978 was impressive.
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Christmas trees become tradition in 1800s / Delaplane, Kristin [266] [ECHOS-1995-266]
Information for this article came from the Solano County archives. Last in a series By 1877, there were beginning to be a number of family Christmas trees, and it was also noted that it was becoming a custom to have a public Christmas tree. Apparently the public tree was not located in a church, but in another building or hall. It was felt by some that this "public tree" made an ostentatious display of the holiday, at the same time recognizing that it did give the children a great deal of joy.
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Remembering some Christmas pasts / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [50] [WAYITWAS-2000-50]
Christmas is fast approaching with its wonderful traditions and not so wonderful "still-have-to-do" moments. Records of earlier celebrations allow us a glimpse of some of the same traditions but also of a slower, seemingly more peaceful season.
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Drying precious fruits of the harvest / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [32] [WAYITWAS-2000-32]
Drying fruit has a long tradition in the orchards around Vacaville and Fairfield.
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Remembering past Independence Days / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [79] [WAYITWAS-2001-79]
Celebrating July Fourth with a lavish display involving the whole community has a long tradition in Vacaville.
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Early Fiesta a memorable celebration / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [73] [WAYITWAS-2001-73]
Fiesta Day celebrations have a long tradition in Vacaville's history.
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Trial and error determined success of orchards / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [14] [WAYITWAS-2000-14]
Orchards have been a part of Solano County's landscape for more than 150 years. Beginning with the first pioneers, settlers brought in plants, exchanged seeds and cuttings with friends and neighbors, experimented with different varieties to see how these adapted to the soil and climate, or even tried to create new strains and varieties.
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