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VALLEJO , a See also:city of Solano See also:county, See also:California, U.S.A., on the See also:San Pablo See also:Bay, at the mouth of the Napa See also:river, about 24 M. N.E. of San Francisco. Pop. (1890) 6343; (1900) 7965 (2033 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 11,340. It is served by a See also:branch of the See also:Southern Pacific railway, by steamboats to San Francisco, and by an interurban electric See also:line. The city is situated at the mouth of the See also:great interior valley of the See also:state, and has a See also:good See also:harbour, the channel of which, since the removal of a shoal by the Federal See also:government in 1902-1906, has a maximum See also:depth at See also:low See also:tide of 24 ft. Directly opposite the city, See also:half a mile distant and connected by See also:ferry, is See also:Mare See also:Island, the headquarters of the Pacific See also:Naval See also:Squadron of the See also:United States, with a large United States See also:Navy Yard, a naval See also:arsenal, two See also: Among its manufactures are See also:flour, See also:leather, See also:dairy products and See also:lumber. The See also:municipality owns and operates its waterworks, the See also:water-See also:supply being obtained from the mountains 25 M. distant. The city takes its name from See also:General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, a prominent Mexican See also:leader in the years immediately preceding the See also:annexation of California to the United States. It was a dull and out-of-the-way See also:settlement in 1851, when, through General Vallejo's efforts, it became the state See also:capital. The state legislature met here in 1851, 1852 and 1853. In 1871 Vallejo ranked third in See also:population among the cities of the state, and its position and the excellence of its harbour made it a See also:rival of See also:Oakland in the struggle (1869-72) for the See also:terminus of the Central Pacific railway; but Vallejo was unsuccessful, and after 1872 began to decline in relative importance. VALL$S, JULES (1832-1885), See also:French journalist and author, was born at Puys, See also:France, on the loth of See also:June 1832. Coming to See also:Paris, he joined the See also:staff of the See also:Figaro, and became a See also:constant contributor to the other leading See also:journals. In 1866 he republished much of his newspaper See also:work in Refractaires, the See also:volume forming a See also:romance of the seamy See also:side of Paris See also:life. He was in Paris during the See also:siege of 1870, and after the See also:capitulation was a member of the See also:Commune and founded Le Cri du Peuple. Hetook a conspicuous See also:part in the fighting in the Paris streets, but finally made his See also:escape to See also:London, whence he contributed anonymously to the French See also:press. In 1878 he began•in the Siecle the serial publication of his See also:principal work, Jacques Vingtras, a long autobiographical romance. He died in Paris on the 14th of See also:February 1885. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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