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Solano History 9 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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New avenues aiding women in fruit picking / Delaplane, Kristin [378] [ECHOS-1998-378]
The genuine lover of the human family rejoices greatly when a new avenue is opened for the cultivation of the best ambitions of women. Chief among the many advantages resulting from the discovery of gold in California is that cosmopolitan principle in society which has tended to develop in women, as well as men, the power to lead and direct others in almost all industrial enterprises; especially in the important line of fruit production. In that, women have shown their fitness to a remarkable degree.
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County voters pick Fairfield as new hub / Delaplane, Kristin [310] [ECHOS-1996-310]
In the summer of 1858, John W. Barton declared himself an insolvent debtor. It's highly likely this was the Barton who operated Barton's Store in the area now known as Mankas Corner. A school had flourished at Barton's Store for several years and it was a regular stop for the stage coach.
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No hurry in picking men, Gold Rush women told / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [691] [WAYITWAS-2007-691]
Advice was to take one's time, and judge a man beyond his fine clothes.
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4473 4473

Roger Ranch - Left: Ella Wilkinson picking up fruit trays. Sarah Nissen visiting her sister Ella from North Carolina
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Town 'built around the shipping of fruit' / Delaplane, Kristin [338] [ECHOS-1997-338]
The following are excerpts from an oral history with T. Robert Boone Hawkins, interviewed June 1977. The Hawkins first came here in 1852, with my great-grandfather Arculus C. Hawkins [...]
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WY0213a WY0213a

Suisun, California - Suisun Valley Farm Center, owned by three hundred rural residents in Suisun and Green Valleys. The Center was organized in 1916 to share in the scientific agricultural knowledge of the University of California Extension Service and to have an organized group to speak on farm problems. W.J. Morrison, Fred A. [...]

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WY0176 WY0176
1952

Aerial view of Vacaville, ca 1950-1952. Note: The new Highway 40 at top of photo, also Nelson Motel. New Elm School in upper section and note that there are no homes east of Boyd Street. Also orchards west of Lovers Lane..
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Fruit operations make a mark in Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [334] [ECHOS-1997-334]
The orchards in the Vacaville Township were abuzz with activity and making the farmers plenty of money most seasons. Would-be fruit ranchers were anxious to try their hand at this successful business. For $15,000, one of the best fruit ranches could be had. Located close to town, it boasted grape vines and a large variety of fruit trees.
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2698 2698
1880

Old fruit wagon used for many years to haul packed fresh fruit from father Roger Hill Ranch to the Vacaville fruit sheds to be put on iced cars to East. - New York etc. Note: Rogers and Carle Loveland in Vacaville
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