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Solano History 36 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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The homes that the Neils built / Bowen, Jerry [63] [WAYITWAS-2001-63]
Why is it that some folks have had their 15 seconds of fame and are remembered while others are left in the dustbin of unwritten history?
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How Harbisons built, lived in their home / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [606] [WAYITWAS-2005-606]
During recent days, one of the prominent houses in Vacaville has embarked on another chapter in its history. Harbison House has moved off its foundation to a new location as part of the Nut Tree redevelopment.
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3336 3336
1858

Old Dickson home, built in 1858
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1035 1035

Roger's home on Buck Av., built 1892
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Early homes were made of adobe / Bowen, Jerry [204] [WAYITWAS-2004-204]
In my last column I wrote, "Several witnesses in the land case testified that John Wolfskill built a small house, presumably a temporary shelter, within a few days of his arrival on the grant and that it was a wattle or a palizada."
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Wagon folks hoped for land of plenty / Bowen, Jerry [149] [WAYITWAS-2003-149]
Not all the wagon trains that headed west to California in the 1800s were on a quest for riches found in the gold mines of the Golden State.
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Asistencia built near Rockville / Bowen, Jerry [675] [WAYITWAS-2006-675]
In my last column we followed Friar Altamira in 1824 during his expedition to establish the last mission to be built in California.
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Vacaville destroyed in year's second inferno / Bowen, Jerry [36] [WAYITWAS-2000-36]
In the early days of California it was common for hastily erected towns to be destroyed by fire. Homes and businesses were built close together and usually out of wood. The cost and importance of fire protection was ignored until a disaster happened. Occasionally, after a particularly bad fire, a town would slowly fade away and disappear if it didn't have a good reason to rebuild.
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WY0167i WY0167i

Wolfskill Ranch home - see also WY172 - Home of Sarchel Wolfskill. Built 1874-76. Burned 1950-55
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Town gains fame as fruit-growing capital / Delaplane, Kristin [247] [ECHOS-1995-247]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Heritage Council and Vacaville Museum. Second of two parts Vacaville was the birthplace of another man of note. The famed botanist, Willis Linn Jepson, was born in Vacaville in 1867.
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