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Hace 2 días · 150 years: First Hawaiian bank. It's the kind of story that would have made a great historical novel. In 1846, upstate New York native Charles Reed Bishop arrives in Hawai'i, where he eventually marries a Hawaiian princess and builds the Bishop Museum in her memory.
10 de may. de 2024 · George Norton Wilcox (known as GN,) the second son of eight boys, born in Hilo August 15, 1839 to missionary parents, Abner and Lucy Wilcox, took over the lease for Grove Farm sugar operation on Kaua‘i and quickly became its sole owner. GN Wilcox was not only a plantation owner; he was also an engineer, statesman, businessman and a world ...
Hace 3 días · Brother Matthias Newell. “Victoria is the county seat of Victoria County, and is situated in the southeastern part of Southwest Texas, on the right bank of the Guadalupe River, about 114 miles southwest of San Antonio, and 28 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.”. “It is one of the oldest towns in the state, having been founded in 1822 and ...
10 de may. de 2024 · Charles Reed Bishop was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist in Hawaii. Born in Glens Falls, New York, he sailed to Hawaii in 1846 at the age of 24, and made his home there, marrying into the royal family of the kingdom.
20 de may. de 2024 · Stauffer said banker Charles Reed Bishop presided over the Legislature that passed the law. Samuel Wilder introduced the bill. Stauffer said he couldn't understand why so many kuleana changed hands at this time until he discovered the little-known law.
Hace 3 días · The sisters are the great-granddaughters of Samuel Mills Damon, the ex-minister of finance under Queen Lili'uokalani who followed Charles Reed Bishop as head of First Hawaiian Bank's predecessor, Bishop & Co.
21 de may. de 2024 · Birds of Walter Rothschild. “Bird extinctions after European discovery were extensive and are now well documented; however, native Polynesians caused extinctions of an even greater magnitude. Fossil evidence shows at least 50% of the original avifauna became extinct after Polynesians arrived in Hawai’i around 400 A.D.”. “Initially, 109 ...
