The City of Benicia was founded on May 19, 1847 by Dr. Robert Semple,[1] and Thomas O. Larkin and Comandante General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, on land sold to them by General Vallejo in December 1846. It was named for the General's wife, Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo. The General intended...
Dixon is a city in northern Solano County, California, United States, located 23 miles (37 km) from the state capital, Sacramento. The population was 16,103 at the 2000 census. Other nearby cities include Vacaville, Winters and Davis.
The city was originally intended to be named "Dicksonville"...
The history of Fairfield stretches back five to six thousand years. That is the age of artifacts of native people which have been excavated here. The first European contact came in 1810 when the Spanish army was ordered to attack the Suisin Indians. In 1835 the Mexican General Vallejo was so...
Green Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Solano County, California, United States. It sits in the northeast corner of the San Francisco Bay Area and is located approximately 45 miles (72 km) from Sacramento, approximately 38 miles (61 km) from San Francisco, approximately 32 miles...
Colonel Nathan H. Davis founded Rio Vista on the Rancho Los Ulpinos Mexican land grant in 1858. The community was officially incorporated on December 30, 1893.
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The city is thought to be founded in 1852 by Paige Charlene Hall, on a part of the 1843 Mexican land grant Rancho Los Putos purchased from Juan Manuel Vaca.
The city was a Pony Express stop and was home to many large produce companies and local farms which flourished due to the Vaca Valley's rich...
Vallejo was once home of the Coastal Miwok as well as Suisunes and other Patwin Native American tribes. The Columbus Parkway EIR documents three confirmed Native American sites located in the rock outcrops in the hills above Blue Rock Springs Park. The California Archaeological Inventory has...
Established in 1850 by John W. Sharp, Walnut Grove is one of the earliest settlements along the Sacramento River. Sharp journeyed west from Ohio with his young family and chose the site of Walnut Grove because of the abundant walnut and oak forests in the area. The town quickly prospered as an...
Winters post office was established in 1875.[2] Winters incorporated in 1898.[2] The name is in honor of Theodore Winters, who provided half of the town's land.[2]