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Solano History 14 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Unearthing fact and fiction in life of poet / Bowen, Jerry [549] [WAYITWAS-2004-549]
In my last column we saw that Markham had run away and was gone for about six months and had finally realized his dream to attend Vacaville's California College. During my continuing research about Markham, I found the following in notes supplied to the Vacaville Heritage Council by J. W. Hawkins: The reference isn't noted, but I suspect it came from "The Unknown Edwin Markham" by Lois Filler.
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Solano poet Edwin Markham: a man with a dream / Dingler, Nancy [455] [RETROSPECT-2000-455]
"Charlie" as his mother, a very dour and troubled woman, called her youngest, had been sent to dig soap root. Sometime around 1867-68, the burdened young man dug in the clay of the Suisun Valley.
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The Senator Who Is Mr. Solano County / Rico, John [893] [RICO-1981-893]
YESTERDAY IT WAS THE MAN WITH THE HOE - On several occasions I have referred back to famed poet Edwin Markham and his poem, "The Man With the Hoe." Markham, who spent his boyhood days in rural Vacaville, saw first-hand the strenuous efforts needed to till the soil. The first two lines in that poem read:
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Humble beginnings for Vaca poet / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [86] [WAYITWAS-2001-86]
Few people born in Vacaville or who at least lived here for some time during the 19th century have become as widely known and revered as poet Edwin Markham.
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Education put poet on the path / Bowen, Jerry [88] [WAYITWAS-2001-88]
This is the second of a two-part story about the poet Edwin Markham. Part 1 was published Sept. 2 - Editor.
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Rhyme and reason behind early Solano poet / Bowen, Jerry [544] [WAYITWAS-2004-544]
I don't suppose that most newcomers to Vacaville have ever heard of Edwin Markham. Some may have heard of the poem, "Man With a Hoe," but don't know that a man who once lived in the now-contentious Lagoon Valley wrote it. So, let's look at a little history of Charles Edwin Anson Markham and some interesting contradictions.
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A. Edwin Markham. B. Mrs [...]

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Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun - People County / Rico, John [902] [RICO-1981-902]
AND AWAY WE GROW- Years ago, in fact in 1910, when Vacaville residents traveled to San Francisco using old Highway 40, they needed to be alert in passing through Fairfield else they would have missed the few buildings there marking that hamlet. The population of Fairfield in 1910 was 834, and although Vacaville at that time was no booming metropolis, it claimed a population of 1177. Many Vacaville resident, seeking merchandise and services in those days gone by, would travel to nearby Suisun, which had more to offer than did Vacaville or Fairfield. But, look what's happened since those days.
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What Would Happen Without the American Farmer / Rico, John [941] [RICO-1978-941]
UNCLE SAM'S BACKBONE - When Edwin Markham walked from his Lagoon Valley home to the schools in Vacaville before the turn of the century, he saw first-hand the toiling farmers in the area, which no doubt inspired him in later years to write his immortal poem, "The Man With the Hoe."
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Flood sweeps away investment / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [203] [WAYITWAS-2004-203]
My last column talked about Luzena Stanley Wilson and Mason Wilson's overland journey to California. The information is based on Luzena's memoirs and the research by Fern Henry in her new book "My Checkered Life: Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California."
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