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1983

August

• Recalling Names from Another Era

• The Many Firsts in Napa County

• Atlas provides glimpse of local life in 1870’s

April

• History from the beginning

• Forgotten Tales

• The Easter parade

February

• Pioneer families of the area

1982

December

• New Year’s

• Past Christmas Memories

• Prospects of a Wet Winter

August

• Changing Landmarks

• Across the Strait

• 1900 Advertising

• The other shipyards

April

• Nearby Points of Interest

• April: An Earth Shaking Month

• City Flora and Fauna

• St. Peter’s Tiffany windows

February

• Some Foundations

• How it all began

• How the Old-Timers saw us

• John Lawley, area Pioneer

• Vallejo’s Petaluma Adobe

1981

December

• Thomas O. Larkin

• Searching for Cast Iron Portals

• Rivers In Our Area

August

• A Long Line of Ships

• Historical Tidbits

• When “TR” Came To Town

• Presidential Visits

• Just A Century Ago

1979

January

• Fabulous Frye Ranch

1965

June

• Planking On Streets

May

• Relics And VIP Visits

• Fun Time At The Springs

• Mastodon History

• Solano’s 49ers

April

• Paddles To Polaris

• We’re Losing The Bay

• Solano-Napa Earthquakes

1964

December

• New Year Eve Past Century

• Carols And A Blaze

• Seals And Shoplifters

• Hoodlums, Then, Now

November

• History Repeats

• The Turkey Is Unchanged

• A Bit Of This And That

• Then, And Nowadays

• Ninety Odd Years Ago

October

• Old Church Structures

• Ranch Towns In Two Areas

• October Leaves

• Early Media

September

• Changing Fashions

• Solano Pioneers

• The White Sulphur Spring

• Messengers Of 1912-1914

August

• Earlier Days In August

• Dusts Of Early Vallejo

July

• Historical Sites Marked

• Advertising Of Long Ago

• Old Rocks, Other Items

• The Founder Of Our City

June

• Buildings That Are Old, New

• Early Vallejo Race Tracks

• Graduates Of Early Vallejo

• “Little Norway” History Told

May

• Memorial Days In Vallejo

• How Early Editors Wrote

• People Who Build Ships

• Days Of May 114 Years Ago

• Carter Heights

April

• Oldest Structure

• Golden Poppies

• Submariner MacArthur

• Vallejo’s Cow Palace

March

• Mare Island’s Earthquake

• Contra Costa ‘Other Coast’

• Georgia St. Has Pioneers

• More On Hospitals

• Early Hospitals In The County

February

• February Anniversaries

• Early Schools About County

• Names To Remember

• Early Solano

January

• Problems Not New

• Earlier Newspapers

• Historical Landmarks

• Another Year Is History

1963

December

• Grandfather’s New Year’s Eve

• Christmas In Vallejo

• Horseless Carriages

• Old Time News Writing

• Other Days Of Mourning

November

• Memories Of Holiday

• Orders For Mare Island

• The Sperry Pioneers

• The Origin Of Names

• Ernest D. Wichels Will Author T-H Historical Column

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For nearly 20 years, Ernest D. Wichels had written several articles on the history of Solano County for the Vallejo Times Herald Newspaper.



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• Recalling Names from Another Era
• The Many Firsts in Napa County
• Atlas provides glimpse of local life in 1870’s
• History from the beginning
• Forgotten Tales
• The Easter parade
• Pioneer families of the area
• New Year’s