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Soledad is a major wine producer, as part of the Monterey wine region. Soledad is located in one of the primary wine grape-growing regions of California with over twenty vineyards and wineries within a thirty-mile radius, several of which have tasting rooms and offer a wide selection of wines for sale.
The strike wave culminated with the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike, the largest strike in the history of American agriculture. More than 47,500 farmworkers participated in the 1933 strikes. Twenty-four of these strikes, involving approximately 37,500 workers, were under the leadership of the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union ...
History portal; North America portal ... Pages in category "1930s in California" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Although California cotton growers paid marginally better than cotton growers in other states, wages for cotton pickers in California had declined significantly from $1.50 per hundred pounds in 1928 to just 40 cents per hundred pounds in 1932 (although the rate could go as high as 60 cents per hundred pounds for ground being picked over a ...
The ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad circa 1900.. Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, La Misión de María Santísima, Nuestra Señora Dolorosísima de la Soledad (The Mission of Mary Most Holy, Our Lady of Sorrows of Solitude), was founded October 9, 1791 by Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the 13th of 21 missions in California.
Republic Cafe in 2022. The Republic Café is a Mission Revival architecture style building located at 37 Soledad Street in Salinas, California. It was once an Asian restaurant and banquet hall that was in operation from 1942 to 1988, where the historic Salinas Chinatown used to be.
The history of the Arvin Federal Government Camp begins with the migration of people displaced by the events of the Dust Bowl in the mid-1930s. A combination of droughts and high intensity dust storms forced many farmers in areas such as Oklahoma to vacate and find a new beginning. In the summer of 1934 the date July 24th marked the 36th ...
The Soledad Bee is a weekly newspaper serving the town of Soledad, California and southern Monterey County. It has a circulation of 1,050 weekly paid readers. [1] The paper is a member of the Soledad Chamber of Commerce [2] The owner of the Soledad Bee is California publisher New SV Media. [3] [4] The current editor is Ryan Cronk. [5] [6]