Editing Rio Vista, California (section)

==Origin and history==
The present location of Rio Vista town center is several miles south of the original settlement. Colonel Nathan H. Davis founded "Brazos del Rio" near the entrance of Cache Slough at the Sacramento River, on the [[Rancho Los Ulpinos]] Mexican land grant, in 1858. The settlement was renamed "Rio Vista" before a flood in 1862 that resulted in the town moving to its present location on higher ground. The city's name combines the Spanish words for "river" and "view."  Post authorities established office in 1858.<ref>Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, David L. Durham, {{ISBN|1-884995-35-7}}</ref>  The community was officially [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] as Rio Vista on December 30, 1893. The newspaper of record there was the River News-Herald and Isleton Journal,<ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=California&county=Solano&city=Rio+Vista&year1=1690&year2=2014&rows=20 Library of Congress]</ref> established in 1890.<ref>[http://www.rivernewsherald.org/contacts.html River News Herald]</ref> {{clear left}}

===Army facility at Rio Vista===
From 1911 through 1992 Rio Vista was home to the [[United States Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista]]. The facility was initially established as a base for river control activities by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]. During the 1950s it was used by the [[U.S. Army Transportation Corps]] to store and maintain harbor craft, and during the 1960s and 1970s it was used to prepare amphibious vehicles for transportation to Vietnam and to train troops in their use. In 1980 it was transferred to the [[U.S. Army Reserve]] and in 1992 it was closed due to a [[1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission|BRAC]] decision. The town also hosts a [[United States Coast Guard]] station, established in 1963.<ref name="part III">{{cite news|url=http://rivernewsherald.org/history_5-4-2011.html|title=Exploring Rio Vista's Past: Local Military Installations Part III|last=Pezzaglia|first=Phil|date=May 4, 2011|work=River News Herald|access-date=August 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808065725/http://rivernewsherald.org/history_5-4-2011.html|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Humphrey the humpback whale===
[[Image:Delta the whale.jpg|thumb|300px|Humphrey the Whale in the [[Sacramento River]]]]Rio Vista was visited by a lost [[humpback whale]] in 1985, despite being {{convert|60|mi|km|abbr=off|sp=us}} up the Sacramento River from the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The young whale, nicknamed "[[Humphrey the whale|Humphrey]]", attracted throngs of curiosity seekers before he was eventually guided back to sea by rescuers. The Army Reserve Unit (481st Transportation Company (Heavy Boat)) was activated to use their vessels (Landing Craft Utility (LCU)) to assist in the guiding of Humphrey back to the sea. Again in May 2007, humpbacks were sighted in Rio Vista. "Delta" and "Dawn," mother and calf, stopped at least twice in the river near the town.

===Flannery land purchases===
In 2018, a group of investors called Flannery Associates, a subsidiary of [[California Forever]], began purchasing most of the land surrounding Rio Vista and suing those refusing to sell Flannery their land for "[[Restraint of trade|constraint of trade]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Maricela De La |date=August 25, 2023 |title=Mystery group purchases 50,000+ acres in Solano County. Why it's raising federal concerns |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/solano-county-land-purchase-travis-airforce-base/44894440 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[KCRA]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Dougherty |first1=Conor |last2=Griffith |first2=Erin |date=August 25, 2023 |title=The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City From Scratch |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html |access-date=August 26, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thesungazette.com/article/news/2023/08/31/billionaire-land-buys-threaten-state-ag-water-resources/ | title=Billionaire land buys threaten state ag, water resources | date=August 31, 2023 }}</ref>