Editing Suisun City, California (section)

==History==
[[File:American flag flies in front of Suisun City Train Depot.jpg|thumb|American flag flies in front of Suisun City Train Depot]]
Suisun City was established in the 1850s. Its location made it ideal for commerce and transportation during the [[California Gold Rush]].

In 1868&mdash;1869, it was connected to the [[First transcontinental railroad]] at [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] via the [[California Pacific Railroad]] (Cal-P) main line, expanding the region's reach across the United States. By 1879 [[Central Pacific Railroad]] owned the Cal-P mainline and rerouted the transcontinental overland route through the new branch from Port Costa, via the [[Solano (ferry)|railroad ferry Solano]] to [[Benicia, California|Benicia]], across the [[Suisun Marsh]] to Suisun City, putting the region directly on the overland route from San Francisco to Ogden and beyond.<ref name="alta30dec1879">{{cite web |title=THE "SOLANO." The New Route Between Benicia and Martinez in Operation. |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18791230.2.13&srpos=56&e=------187-en--20--41-byDA-txt-txIN-%22solano%22+%22central+pacific+railroad%22----1879---1 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu |publisher=Daily Alta California, Volume 31, Number 10851 |access-date=June 21, 2021 |date=December 30, 1879 |quote=Sunday [28 Dec 1879], the first passenger train passed over the new route of the Central Pacific Railroad, crossing the strait at Benicia on the new ferry-boat Solano.}}</ref>

In 1888, a fire destroyed much of downtown Suisun, including many city landmarks, such as the Robert Hotel, Crowley's saloon, the Union Hotel, and the Orkel grain warehouses. Citizens considered abandoning the city after the devastation, but instead decided to rebuild and raise money to construct a waterworks system that would allow them to fight future fires more effectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eberling |first1=Barry |title=Suisun City's worst fiery nightmare hit 125 years ago |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/suisun-city/suisuns-worst-fiery-nightmare-hit-125-years-ago/ |website=Daily Republic|date=July 6, 2013 }}</ref>

In the 1960s and 1970s, Suisun City experienced rapid growth as the San Francisco Bay Area's suburban ring expanded to the formerly rural Solano County. Also in the 1960s, [[Interstate 80 in California|Interstate 80]] was constructed {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} outside the city, effectively moving commercial traffic away from railways and water conveyance.