  We study a previously introduced bi-local gauge invariant reformulation of
two dimensional QCD, called 2d HadronDynamics. The baryon arises as a
topological soliton in HadronDynamics. We derive an interacting parton model
from the soliton model, thus reconciling these two seemingly different points
of view. The valence quark model is obtained as a variational approximation to
HadronDynamics. A succession of better approximations to the soliton picture
are obtained. The next simplest case corresponds to a system of interacting
valence, `sea' and anti-quarks. We also obtain this `embellished' parton model
directly from the valence quark system through a unitary transformation. Using
the solitonic point of view, we estimate the quark and anti-quark distributions
of 2d QCD. Possible applications to Deep Inelastic Structure Functions are
pointed out.
