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Solano History 15 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Rum-runners get caught in the delta / Bowen, Jerry [37] [WAYITWAS-2000-37]
For decades, various temperance societies throughout the United States worked to educate the public about the "evils of drink," with various degrees of success.
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Coast Guard Cutter with a one-pounder gun that arrived the next mornig after raid on rum-runners..
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Getting to work, Pierce Ranch, Suisun Valley
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Genealogy Society gets to the roots of census / Bowen, Jerry [69] [WAYITWAS-2001-69]
Vacaville is fortunate to have many dedicated people who care about our local history enough to put in long hours on the preservation and dissemination of information.
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Colorful adventurer worked the spectrum from druggist to a blockade runner / Bowen, Jerry [47] [WAYITWAS-2000-47]
One of the lesser known characters that once lived in Vaca Valley was a man known as Capt. Richard H. Chinn. What little is known about him came mostly from stories he told about his life to friends [...]
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Some of the rum-runner evidence piled on the dock. The Cham label is barely visible on the larger sack in the foreground. The boat in the rear contained spectators who arrived by land and; water as the news of the capture spread..
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The Hawk-Posse member Emory Olsen on Coast Guard Cutter that arrived 16 hours too late to aid in capture of the Hawk during rum runner raid..
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Some of the evidence loaded for transport to San Francisco from raid of the rum-runner Hawk. The coatless man on left is not being hand-cuffed, but is just being searched for missing evidence. Posse member, Emory Olson is standing on truck..
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Temperance, taxes part of librarys past / Bowen, Jerry [537] [WAYITWAS-2004-537]
During several of the Solano County Historical Society meetings to save the old Fairfield Library building, some of those in attendance from Vallejo expressed continuing anger over the razing of the Vallejo Carnegie Library building.
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Acres of fun 'Eat, drink and get a pumpkin at Bishop farm in Wheatland / Dingler, Nancy [469] [RETROSPECT-2001-469]
Wheatland, I answered the call of my grandchildren, "Can we go pick our own pumpkins?" Being an indulgent grandmother, I wanted to find the greatest pumpkin patch on the West Coast, as long as it was within a day's reach, that is. Serendipitously, a story appeared on the TV about the great pumpkin farm in Wheatland. It was destiny - meant to be. With a little research, I mapped out the path to the glorious Bishop Pumpkin Farm with 72 acres of fun and pumpkins.
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