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Young girl's letters provide insight / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [168] [WAYITWAS-2003-168]
Two weeks ago, I explored the history of the Young Ladies' Seminary in Benicia. St. Catherine's Convent in Benicia was another well-known institution of the time.
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Portrait of a young lady / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [170] [WAYITWAS-2003-170]
My last two columns have explored life at one of the academic institutions that was available to residents during the early days of Solano County settlement.
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Young Ladies' Seminary earned respect / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [166] [WAYITWAS-2003-166]
Education has always been a major concern for parents. While only a small number of families with children settled in Solano County during or right after the Gold Rush years, their efforts to provide a quality education resulted in the establishment of several public schools.
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Mysterious disaster befalls Benicia seminary / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [676] [WAYITWAS-2006-676]
This is the final part of the story about The Wreath, a school paper published by teachers at the Benicia Young Ladies Seminary in 1855. Apparently, it was published as a regular paper, with selected extracts printed in the Solano Republican. - Editor
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Young girl about 3 years old
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Marsh provided fertile future / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [699] [WAYITWAS-2007-699]
Solano County is fortunate that the Suisun Marsh is within its bounds. The marsh is part of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary system and is the largest contiguous brackish water marsh on the West Coast.
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Portrayals of students offered / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [672] [WAYITWAS-2006-672]
Today we continue to follow the history of "The Wreath," the school paper published by teachers of the Benicia Young Ladies Seminary in 1855.
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Diary of 1873 tells of a smitten young man / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [649] [WAYITWAS-2006-649]
Several years ago, Kirsten Llamas, the great-great-great-granddaughter of David Creighton, one of the earlier settlers in the Vacaville area, shared some of her family's diaries and letters with me.
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Documents a prelude to life in Solano / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [172] [WAYITWAS-2003-172]
Not often do I find documents that offer insight into the whereabouts of a local pioneer family before members settled in Solano County. Fortunately, this is the case with the family of Carrie Pittman, whose grandson, William Smith, preserved letters, deeds and other documents currently on loan to the Vacaville Museum.
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1930

Young Japanese girl
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