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The Depression shuts down Big Camp / Delaplane, Kristin [328] [ECHOS-1997-328]
Born in China, Chun Tim arrived in San Francisco in 1871 at the age of 18. His role as a pioneer in the Suisun Valley was noted in the 1938 memoirs of Rosa Lee Baldwin who lived on a ranch near the A.T. Hatch Ranch where Chun Tim was the labor boss. " [...]
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Chinese pioneers make it big at 'Big Camp' / Delaplane, Kristin [327] [ECHOS-1997-327]
Information for this article came from material written by Peter Leung of the Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis and Tony Water, a doctoral candidate at U.C. Davis' Sociology Department. All portions of this unpublished work "Chinese Pioneer Farming Families in Suisun Valley, California" are copyrighted by Peter Leung and Tony Water.
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Woman recounts time living in Suisun Valley / Delaplane, Kristin [418] [ECHOS-1999-418]
'My father, Chun Tim, came into America in 1873 at 20 years old. He traveled from his village, Sek Keh, to Hong Kong and took a boat to San Francisco. The trip was four months. Toward the end their supplies were getting low.
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Farm Labor Camp buildings
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Farm Labor Camp building
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Clima at Douglas Camp - Big River, Mendocino County..
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The communist invasion of Vacaville / Bowen, Jerry [57] [WAYITWAS-2001-57]
Fruit production in Solano County had been declining for 20 years and with the depression in its third year, times were tough. Communist influence in the labor movement had been on the increase for years and labor unrest was growing in the big cities.
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Vacaville saw weddings big and small / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [116] [WAYITWAS-2002-116]
My last column explored how the Christopher and Towson families celebrated their respective weddings amid close friends and relatives at the bride's home. Most weddings of that day were conducted in this quiet fashion. The wedding of Frank H. Buck and Annie Elizabeth Stevenson on April 29, 1886, on the other hand, was a large, elaborate affair.
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Infamous Vallejos played big role in 1846 rebellion / Bowen, Jerry [5] [WAYITWAS-2000-5]
Monuments have been built to them and writers have both praised and denounced their actions. They have been variously described as rebels, heroes, traitors and patriots. Some historians and writers might be said to be biased depending on your point of view, and so it is even today.
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Iwama Market. Site of the Pierce Ranch horse barns, blacksmith shop, bunkhouse and Chinese quarters. Many of these structures were lost in one of the big fires that swept the Rockville Hills and followed down Suisun Creek. The present structure was 1927..
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