C. C. Coleman

Object/Artifact

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Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection

Author's Personal Collection: C.C. Coleman Blacksmith and Machinist
Author's Personal Collection

C.C. Coleman Blacksmith and Machinist

Name/Title

C. C. Coleman

Description

Regarding Thomas Square Park in Honolulu: Plans in 1873 specified a cheap fence and some tree- KULAOKAHU A AND THOMAS SQUARE I43 planting. The fence rose; workers sowed oats and algaroba seeds. The oats were harvested, and the algaroba clung to life. That was it. Ni'ihau burr soon overgrew the whole area. Those who hoped for a wooded retreat were destined to pine. Trying to give the square some purpose, the government in 1876 granted blacksmith and machinist C. C. Coleman a year's use to cultivate jute, an experimental crop. He would get free water and prison labor but had to keep hands off the precious algaroba and other trees then growing.

Web Links and URLs

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, See page 5 (page 37 of article) that references C C Coleman's blacksmith shop. Chinatown fire of 1876, See page 143 (references C C Coleman)

Created By

hawaiiancovers@gmail.com

Create Date

May 2, 2023

Update Date

June 7, 2023