Table of Contents Bella Vista Ranch Bella Vista Ranch and the Carty Family Bella Vista Ranch Carty Family Home Page Carty Family Genealogy Chronology of Land Ownership - Bella Vista Ranch Land History of the Bella Vista Ranch Map & Satellite Image of Bella Vista Ranch Growing Grapes and Making Wine Ancient and Medieval Wines Grape Vines - A Glossary on the plant itself History of California Wine Grapes Making and Aging Wine Seasons of the Vineyard Types of Grapes (listed by country) Types of Wine (listed by country) Wine & Food Pairings Wine Vintages Genealogy of the Carty and Harris Families Bristol Family Carty Family Bella Vista Ranch Home Page Harris Family Hassler Family Toombs Family The History of Evelyn's and Helen's Maternal Grandmothers A Narrative of the Pioneer Indians of El Dorado County Early History of the Toombs Family Notes by Irene MacBeth Toombs Family tombstones in the Placerville Union Cemetery History of the Town of Placerville Geology of the White Rock Canyon Gold District Weeks Family Yandeau Family Suisun Valley History Archives A couple of these articles we wrote. Most of the rest are old newspaper columns preserved on the Historical Articles of Solano County online database. And some of the others are student projects from Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class. We have simply selected a few that apply to the Suisun Valley and organized them so that it is little easier to learn something about the history of where we live. Armijo Family - Mexican Settlers and Holders of the Tolenas Land Grant Armijo family prospered on Tolenas land grant - Nancy Dingler A is for Armijo - Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class Part I - Armijo trail led from Santa Fe to L.A. - Sabine Goerke-Shrode Part II - How Jose Armijo got a land grant - Sabine Goerke-Shrode Part III - Early grant owner flourished on a lawless frontier - Sabine Goerke-Shrode Bella Vista Ranch History of Bella Vista Ranch - Mike Clark Berryessa Valley Berreyesas inundated long before lake formed - Kristin Delaplane Memories of Monticello and the Berryessa Valley - Carole Noske Fifty years since the birth of the Monticello Dam - Nancy Dingler Dingley Water Mill of Green Valley Solano treasure from 1850s: Dingley’s flour mill - Nancy Dingler D is Dingley - Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class Gordon Valley Gordon Family Genealogy (early settlers of Gordon Valley) Wooden and Gordon Valleys, and the old Knoxville Road - Mike Clark Green Valley Water and wine fuel growth of Green Valley - Kris Delaplane Konti Land Records Bellavista Ranch Land History Bellavista Ranch Land Records (old deeds) Solano County Archives Deed Index Mankas Corner - A Pioneer Store and stage stop Manka's Corner - Ernest Wichels Pioneers of Suisun Valley (early settlers) Armijo Family (the first settlers) Gordon Family Genealogy Loney Family Genealogy Manka, Christley (proprietor of the country store) Martin, Samuel (builder of Stonedene) Solano County Pioneers - George A. Gillespie Waterman, Robert (founder of Fairfield) Wolfskill Family Genealogy Rockville Town R is Rockville - Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class Rockville grew into crossroads for early routes - Kris Delaplane Konti A Short History of the Rockville Stone Chapel - Rockville Cemetery Organization Solano, Francisco - Chief of the Suisun Indians and holder of Suisun Land Grant Chief Solano’s grave site is shrouded in mystery - Nancy Dingler The Story of Chief Solano - Jerry Bowen Solano County History of Solano County (written 1891) History of Solano County - Jerry Bowen Stonedene Mansion, near Rockville Part I - Exploring a mansion’s storied past - Sabine Goerke-Shrode Part II - How ‘Stonedene’ grew to 25 rooms - Sabine Goerke-Shrode Suisune Indians Suisun Indians - Mike Clark Tragic Demise of “People of the West Wind” - Kris Delaplane Konti Rockville park - site of massacre in 1810 - Nancy Dingler Tolenas Mineral Springs T is for Tolenas - Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class Marble, healing water spring from Tolenas site - Kris Delaplane Konti Vallejo, Mariano - Mexican Governor and Holder of Suisun Land Grant V is for Vallejo - Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class Vallejo: the man who shaped California history - Nancy Dingler Waterman, Robert - Sea Captain and Founder of Fairfield W is for Waterman - Mrs. La Mar's 3rd Grade Class Wing, Josiah - Suisun City Merchant and Mayor The three Josiah Wings: shipping merchant, pioneer, mayor - Nancy Dingler Wolfskill Family - Suisun Valley Pioneers John Reid Wolfskill - Winters Express The Murder of Edith Irene Wolfskill - Woodland Daily Democrat Wolfskill family set tone for Solano's future - Kris Delaplane Konti Wolfskill Family Genealogy Wolfskill family notes (from various sources) Wooden Valley Wooden and Gordon Valleys, and the old Knoxville Road - Mike Clark

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