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Nut Tree train. The original Nut Tree opened on July 3, 1921 [1] [2] on the Lincoln Highway (old U.S. Route 40).It was created by Helen and Ed "Bunny" Power as a small roadside fruit stand, and built near the site of Helen's childhood home ('Harbison House' dating from 1907), which she and her husband purchased from her parents not long after their 1920 marriage.
Don R. Birrell (1922–2006) was director of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, from 1951 to 1953, and was the design director for the Nut Tree in Vacaville, California, from 1953 [1] until his retirement in 1990. [2]
The railroad's main station was the Nut Tree Toy Shop where riders would purchase their tickets. Famous riders of the Nut Tree train included Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Fred MacMurray, California governor Pat Brown, champion boxer Max Baer, Bozo the Clown, and Julia Child. [1] [2] Following the 1955 expansion of the Nut Tree Railroad to the ...
Travis Credit Union Park, also known as Nut Tree Stadium, was a stadium in Vacaville, California. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home field of the Solano Steelheads of the Western Baseball League and later the Solano Thunderbirds. The ballpark had a capacity of 2,800 people.
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SCC consists of a main campus in Fairfield and two centers: one in Vacaville and another in Vallejo. It also offers classes at other locations including Travis Air Force Base. The 192-acre (0.78 km 2) main campus in Fairfield was completed in 1971. The Vallejo Center opened in 2007 and the Vacaville Center opened in 2008. [3]
The Harbison House remained on the grounds of the Nut Tree until the original Nut Tree was closed in 1996, when responsibility for the house was given to the Vacaville Museum. [1] The Harbison House is currently located at the Nut Tree Harbison Event Center on property that the city's former redevelopment agency used to own. [2]
The state produces 99% of the nation's filberts or hazelnuts, with the preferred name depending on who you ask.