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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.
Nut Tree Airport (ICAO: KVCB, FAA LID: VCB, formerly O45) is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Vacaville, in Solano County, California, United States. [1] The airport is near the junction of Interstates 80 and 505. [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 ...
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]
Local bus service is provided by Vacaville City Coach on lines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 which connect the center to Leisure Town, downtown Vacaville, Browns Valley, Kaiser Vacaville, Nut Tree, and Vacaville Transit Plaza.
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]
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Vacaville is a city located in Solano County, California, United States. It is located 35 miles (56 km) from Sacramento and 55 miles (89 km) from San Francisco, it is on the edge of the Sacramento Valley in Northern California. The city was founded in 1851 and is named after Juan Manuel Vaca. [10]