Aftermath of 1906 Fire

In 1868, George A. Gillespie, brother of E.F. Gillespie, was publishing the Solano Press. E.F. Gillespie had opened the first business in Vacaville and had gone on to become sheriff of Solano County.

It was a severe winter in Solano County in 1868. In January, there was a snowstorm that covered the whole of Suisun with three inches of snow. The winter rains had caused severe damage to the Knoxville Road.

	San Francisco after 1906 Earthquake

SUISUN CITY - Suisun City residents went from sleeping peacefully to rushing scantily clad outside into the morning dawn, trying to figure out what suddenly shook up their lives so violently.

A 230-mile-long segment of the San Andreas fault lurched at 5:15 a.m. that April 18 in 1906 - 100 years ago Tuesday. It moved as much as 20 feet at one location near Point Reyes. Much of San Francisco soon lay in ruins from the earthquake and subsequent fires. The business districts in San Jose and Santa Rosa were destroyed.