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Benjamin Franklin Dillingham (1844–1918) was a businessman and industrialist during the late Kingdom of Hawaii era, throughout the period of the Republic of Hawaii, and during the first two decades of the Territory of Hawaii. ==Preface== Benjamin Franklin Dillingham fell off a rented horse, and the history of modern Hawaii was changed forever. Dillingham was a New Englander, born on Cape Cod in 1844, and he went to sea at the age of 14. After a series of adventures, and rapid advancement, he landed in Honolulu as first mate aboard the bark ''Whistler'' in 1864. He was 20. After breaking his leg in the topple from the horse, he was carried to the American Marine Hospital in Nu'uanu to heal. The ''Whistler'' sailed without him, and Dillingham was an ex-seafaring man, ashore for good. After recuperating, he found work at a local hardware store. An entrepreneurial spirit bubbled within, and in a few years he had borrowed some money and was its owner. He also married a missionary daughter and started a family. Frank Dillingham's business—the hardware operation and later a large dairy—struggled with heavy obligations for decades, and he was constantly searching for a 'big score' that would eradicate his debts and provide for his family. That score was Oahu Railway & Land Company, a narrow-gauge operation that established sugar as a phenomenally profitable crop on O'ahu. The primary line headed west from the main station in downtown Honolulu, eventually stitching together sugar plantations in 'Aiea, Waipahu, 'Ewa, Wai'anae, Waialua, and Kahuku.A later branch winding its way to the centre of the Island served the pineapple growers around Wahiawa. For almost 60 years—from 1889 to 1947—OR&L trundled both freight and passengers around the island creating great fortunes not only for the Dillinghams, but for many others as well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Franklin Dillingham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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