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    Benicia station is a former train station in Benicia, California. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as Benicia Southern...
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    Benicia (/bəˈniːʃə/ bə-NEE-shə, Spanish: [beˈnisja]) is a city in Solano County, California, located on the north bank of the Carquinez Strait in the...
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    SolTrans (redirect from Benicia Breeze)
    cities of Vallejo and Benicia. SolTrans was established in 2011 and is the result of a merger between Vallejo Transit and Benicia Breeze. In 2023, the...
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    Interstate 680, then California Route 24, took the mail by horseback through Benicia, California. This route would then cross the Carquinez Strait via ferry...
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    The Benicia Arsenal (1851–1964) and Benicia Barracks (1852–66) were part of a large military reservation located next to Suisun Bay in Benicia, California...
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    Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States. The park is dedicated to California's third capitol building...
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    Benicia State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting tidal wetland. It is located in the Solano County city of...
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    the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of Gen. Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard...
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  • City Park is a public park in Benicia, California, that features a bus station served by SolTrans. It is the site of the first Protestant church in California:...
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    USS Benicia was a screw sloop in the United States Navy during the late 19th century. She was named for Benicia, California. Benicia was launched 18 August...
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    line from Benicia to Fairfield, where it connected with the California Pacific Railroad to Sacramento. A train ferry was operated between Benicia and Port...
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    Valero Energy (category Gas stations in the United States)
    U.S. In 2000, Valero purchased the Benicia, California, refinery and interest in 350 Exxon-branded service stations in California, mainly in the San Francisco...
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    Martinez, California (category Pony Express stations)
    from Martinez to Benicia, which for many years was the only crossing on the Carquinez Strait. By 1849, Martínez served as a way station for the California...
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    Benicia city limits. Between 10:15–30 p.m., a passing motorist noticed the couple parked on a gravel runoff near the gate to a water pumping station....
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    Mills College at Northeastern University (category Benicia, California)
    system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in 1871 and became the second...
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    in their official names. The first municipalities to incorporate were Benicia and San Jose on March 27, 1850, while the most recent was Oakley on July...
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    Railroad, that carried entire trains across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa in California daily for 51 years, from 1879 to 1930. When...
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    She was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, Benicia, Calif., on 24 January 1958. On 11 August 1960 she was transferred to the...
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    through the new branch from Port Costa, via the railroad ferry Solano to Benicia, across the Suisun Marsh to Suisun City, putting the region directly on...
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    the National Park Service. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1997. Benicia Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger...
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    Diego Naval Station until September 2006, when it was relocated with the Hughes Mining Barge to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California....
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    of Benicia and Martinez, six miles upstream from the bridge site. Auto service started on this route in 1913. A train ferry operated between Benicia and...
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    John C. Heenan (category People from Benicia, California)
    John Camel Heenan (May 2, 1834 – October 28, 1873), also known as the Benicia Boy, was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter. Though highly regarded...
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  • Francisco MobiTV – Emeryville TubeMogul – Emeryville Dunlop Manufacturing – Benicia E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley Saga Musical Instruments – South San Francisco...
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  • Honor citation reads: On board the USS Benicia in action against Korean forts on 9 and 10 June 1871. Stationed at the lead in passing the forts, Andrews...
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  • Indian Museum State Historic Park Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park Benicia Capitol State Historic Park Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park Bodie State...
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    the San Pablo Bay, with stops in Sacramento and Davis. It crosses the Benicia Bridge and has stops in Martinez and Richmond, where BART provides connections...
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    Territory, until August, 1862. Ordered to San Francisco August 15 and duty at Benicia Barracks until March, 1863. Ordered to Camp Drum March 1, and duty there...
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    June 1 and Auburn service restored. Infill stations have been proposed along the route at Hercules, Benicia,[citation needed] and Dixon. The Capitol Corridor...
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    screw frigate USS Colorado, the screw sloops-of-war USS Alaska and USS Benicia, the sidewheel gunboat USS Monocacy, and the screw tug USS Palos. The objective...
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