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#19 G.D. Schulze Building - 160 N First Street (264)

Gustave born in San Francisco as a child lived with two parents and two brother. Anna Zehe Schultze was born in Zeil, Bavaria on April 26, 1834. At the age of twenty-five Anna married Oscar Schultze of Dresden, Germany in 1823. In 1862, the family resided in San Francisco, CA. From San Francisco the family moved to St Helena, which they called home for eight years. After living in Woodland for four years, the family moved to Oakland and called Dixon home from 1893-1903 when Anna Zehe Schulze died.

December 1910, Schulze’s building was remodeled, taking just about one month to complete. The newly remodeled store featured everything anyone could ever want. Some of the goods included: Furnishings, dry goods, groceries, hardware, tinware, stationery, crockery, books and more. At times referred to as “Dixon’s big busy store”.

11/01/1875 SOLD OUT. --J.O. Johnson & Bro., have sold out their Blacksmithing and Carriage making business to Messrs. Casey, Duprey and Benseth, three of their late employees in the business,. They are young men, skilled in their vocations and not a bit afraid of work, and we doubt not will keep up the reputation of the establishment for good work. Meantime, the Messrs. Johnson are engaged in farming on a large scale, both in Colusa and Solano counties.

1877/03/01 --Frank Reichert has purchased the Cadman building, on Main street, and will remove his saddlery and harness shop to-day.1/1/1878 John Casey, Blacksmith and Wagon and Carriage Manufacturer. First St., opposite the Post Office.

1879/05/01—Wrong House.--Doctors sometimes pull the wrong tooth by mistake, and we have even heard of an occulist taking out a mans good eye instead of the bad one. But we never knew a man to move the wrong house till it was done this week by Peter Timm. He was engaged by John Casey to move a small house standing near the flour mill, but by mistake got hold of another which belonged to G.C. McKinley,and had got it down town before he discovered the facts of the case. It so happened, however, that McKinley wanted the building moved to his farm, and after he found it was part way there, he had Mr.Timm complete the job.

12/5/1885 --John Casey has completed the covering of his blacksmith shop with corrugated iron.

03/01/1887 ---FRANK E. REICHERT, in the CADMAN BUILDING, Opposite the Masonic Temple, Dixon. Manufacturer of all Kinds of Harness and Saddlery.

06/01/1889 --- The open-air concert last Saturday evening was the best of the season and drew a large audience.These concerts are growing in popularity, and those who subscribed to the fund think it is money well expended. It would be a good idea for those who have not so far contributed, to raise a purse and construct a band¬stand and balcony in front of Casey's blacksmith shop.

2/21/1913 A real estate transaction that means an improvement in the town was consummated Wednesday, when G.D. Schulze purchased the lot on the east side of First street from John Casey. The lot has a frontage of thirty-seven feet on First street,

01/01/1939 D.E. WEIGELE PASSES AWAY. D.E. Weigele died at his home on south First Street On Tuesday night. In 1914 the family came to Dixon where Weigele bought the blacksmith shop on A Street. A few years later he bought the Casey property on Main Street and opened up a garage and automobile and machinery sales agency. His health breaking down he finally sold out last year to L. Brock.