My dear Mother was born and raised in Collinsville and was schooled in Rio Vista. Truly a dump of a house (shack) that flooded often with salmon commercial fishing bringing the Italians and the coin until it was stopped. My uncle, her brother, owned Hap's Bait Shop there in Rio Vista just across the street from Foster's. My aunt (Mother's elder sister and uncle) managed the BeeDee Ranch on the river so I was given a written pass to hunt dick and pheasant. A truly remarkable time goring up.
