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Vallejo (/ v ə ˈ l eɪ (h) oʊ / və-LAY-(h)oh; Spanish:) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area.Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. [7]
Vallejo California State Capitol was founded on May 4, 1852, at a building in Vallejo, California in Solano County, California. The Vallejo California State Capitol site is a California Historical Landmark No. 574 listed on April 1, 1957. [1] [2] A Vallejo wooden two-story building served as the California State Capitol from May 4, 1852, to ...
24 Dec 1866 California Pacific Rail Road commenced grading from Vallejo towards Suisun then Davisville (Davis). 24 Jun 1868 California Pacific completed between Vallejo and Suisun via American Canyon. 27 Jul 1868 California Pacific completed from Suisun - Elmira. 10 Aug 1868 California Pacific completed from Elmira - Dixon.
Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (July 4, 1807 – January 18, 1890) was a Californio general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped the transition of Alta California from a territory of Mexico to the U.S. state of California.
The original route of the Cal-P mainline from Suisun to Vallejo is now the route of the California Northern Railroad between Vallejo and Suisun and can be seen along portions of State Route 12. The original Cal-P line ran to Vallejo, not along the present main line route through the Suisun Marsh between Suisun – Benicia – Martinez.
Two former city hall buildings in Vallejo, California are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [3] [4] Today the old city hall built in 1872 partially houses the Temple Art Lofts, a combination art gallery and apartment complex, and the 1927 city hall houses the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.
The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (M w) or Richter magnitude (M L) of 7.8; [7] however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. [8]
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...