Named After
Solano County is named after Chief (Sem-Yeto) Francisco Solano.
Suisun Marsh and Suisun Bay are named after the Suisunes tribe.
Suisun City is named after the Suisunes tribe as well as the marsh.
Read more about this topic: Suisun People
Famous quotes containing the words named after and/or named:
“Late in the afternoon, we rode through Brewster, so named after Elder Brewster, for fear he would be forgotten else. Who has not heard of Elder Brewster? Who knows who he was?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis [a sheep].”
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“The last public hanging in the State took place in 1835 on Prince Hill.... On the fatal day, the victim, a man named Watkins, peering through the iron bars of his cell, and seeing the townfolk scurrying to the place of execution, is said to have remarked, ‘Why is everyone running? Nothing can happen until I get there.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)