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Looking back on the birth of the Air Force / Dingler, Nancy [732] [RETROSPECT-2007-732]
In 1942, Fairfield was a sleepy agricultural dot on the landscape. Ragsdale airfield, as it first was known, was originally planned to be temporary. However, the mission changed as things do in wartime and the airfield became the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base.
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1918

View from hill back of office looking toward bunkhouse 10/27/18
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Construction took off in building an Army airfield / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [734] [WAYITWAS-2007-734]
My recent columns on the wartime housing boom in response to the incoming personnel for the Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field led me to look a bit closer at the early years of Travis Air Force Base.
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A Look Back in Time / Delaplane, Kristin [430] [ECHOS-1999-430]
In 1859, John Sweeney was killed at a corral in the Montezuma Township. Philander Arnold pled self-defense to the deed, but when it was pointed out Philander's son had provided his father with the double-barreled shotgun, the case went against him, and Philander was found guilty of manslaughter.
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History between the pages / Dingler, Nancy [767] [RETROSPECT-2007-767]
Carole Noske and Brian Irwin of the Vacaville Heritage Council recently had their book, "Vacaville: Then and Now," published. The Vacaville Heritage Council has, for years, earnestly collected photos and artifacts from all over Solano County. The new book is a fascinating glimpse into what Vacaville looked like in the 1800s and what is looks like today.
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Looking back on market past / Delaplane, Kristin [402] [ECHOS-1998-402]
Q: Did they age meat in the early 1900s? A: Oh no. Never knew about aging. Never had the good facilities to age meat. They would sell meat by the pound in those days [...]
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Looking back on days of Vacaville childhood / Delaplane, Kristin [376] [ECHOS-1998-376]
'When I think of my childhood days spent in Vacaville, I feel sad and lonely again. I am sitting in the swing under the fig tree pushing forward then back, forward, then back. Once in a while a ripe fig falls to the ground with a loud smack! The ants run to taste of its sweetness. Far, far off I hear the crowing of a rooster [...]
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Looks like Beatrice Best but some differences. No name on back of photo. Beatruce Clayton Robbins???
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December, 1900: Tule fog, Christmas / Dingler, Nancy [556] [RETROSPECT-2004-556]
It is fun to look back at copies of the old newspapers and magazines to find out how society and culture has changed since the beginning of the last century.
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The driver looks like Bill Braker and the two in back like Matt Knolty and Howard Yatsie..
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