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Solano History 18 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Trade, growth boom in county / Delaplane, Kristin [383] [ECHOS-1998-383]
In 1864, Henry Connolly became a hotelier of note when he acquired the Solano White Sulphur Springs resort three miles from Vallejo. He knew the business well having run Vallejo's Washington Hotel for some time
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The White Sulphur Spring / Wichels, Ernest [850] [WICHELS-1964-850]
The "day camps" at our Blue Rock Springs recreation spot now become a memory with the opening of another school semester. Some 60 years ago this time of the year marked the end of the "summer camp" for scores of Vallejo families.
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Vaca business boomed during the late 1800s / Delaplane, Kristin [358] [ECHOS-1997-358]
The summer of 1884, the editor published a list of businesses in Vacaville:
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Sulphur Springs Hotel, Vallejo, California
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Elmira was center of activity, trade / Delaplane, Kristin [331] [ECHOS-1997-331]
As Vacaville was bustling, tiny Elmira also was a bustling center because it was on the line for the Central Pacific Railroad. Several business and services operated in this place. Willis Jepson was the reporter for the Star Hall. S.M [...]
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Vallejo booms while Benicia cheers Lincoln / Delaplane, Kristin [381] [ECHOS-1998-381]
In 1867, a suicide and an unrelated homicide occurred in Benicia. Col. R.A. Wainwright, commander at the Benicia Barracks, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol [...]
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Suisun booms in population and activities / Delaplane, Kristin [379] [ECHOS-1998-379]
Suisun continued to be the bustling metropolis of the county in the 1860s, to which the following editorial attested:
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Water and wine fuel growth of Green Valley / Delaplane, Kristin [241] [ECHOS-1995-241]
Information for this article came from the Vacaville Historical Society, Vacaville Museum, Solano Genealogical Society and Fairfield Public Library. Green Valley was officially established in 1853, and as it became inhabited was described by a writer of the time as being almost a Garden of Eden:
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Vaca street named after early builder / Delaplane, Kristin [323] [ECHOS-1997-323]
As a young man of 21, Peabody landed in Benicia in 1850 having made the trip on a clipper ship around The Horn. A carpenter by trade, he bought with him several frame houses and engaged in the business of selling and setting those houses to lots.
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Brandy and hides were Jose Armijo's trade / Delaplane, Kristin [271] [ECHOS-1996-271]
First in a series Early oral tradition has it that Jose Francisco Armijo was taken to the land of Suisun Valley as early as 1828 by Cayetano Juarez. Juarez said he had lived near the area since about 1821. The next report of Armijo being in the area is as a merchant in 1835.
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