#27: Vacaville

Vacaville: The Heritage of a California Community by Ronald Limbaugh is a book that tells the history of my hometown. Since I am teaching my Boy Scout troop the American Heritage merit badge, I picked this up at the library to learn more about local history.

The book is full of interesting facts about the growth of the town. The town was settled due to its climate and soil being ideal for growing fruit. However, this golden age of agriculture lasted only a short time, as early farmers did not know much about caring for the land and production took a nosedive by the Great Depression. The book then went into the development of the local Air Force Base and the rapid growth following World War II.

The book had a lot of interesting stories. The main problem was that it was written in 1976, so there has been a lot of change since then. Still, it was an interesting resource for looking back in time and I was able to learn a lot.