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Spot for infamous picnic at the Arboretum Though I had never ventured this deep into the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona, as I looked at the rock jutting over the path, I felt like I had been here before. Then I realized: I had seen this site in the infamous Arboretum Picnic pictures. My guess is that my grandfather William B.
Little did grandmother Meanie know as she snacked on the decks of her uncle-in-law’s party boat, the Alder, that those same decks would years later come under daily fire from Japanese warplanes. That’s right, William Boyce Thompson’s 294-foot-long yacht, the Alder, which he used to sail to cushy ports around the world, was donated to the U.S. Navy in November 1940, renamed the Jamestown PG-55, and eventually converted to a war ship. Donating the ship to the government was probably a wise business decision, given that pleasure cruises into submarine-infested waters off the U.S. coast wouldn’t be advised for several years.
Palatial Party Boat Was Converted Into Lean-Mean-Fighting Machine | Thompson Family History | Thompson Family History
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Theodore Schulze II , ( November 16 , 1889 - September 23 , 1936 ), was a Wall Street financier and executive. The Schulze family of which Theodore Schulze II was a worthy scion was established in this country during the middle of the 19th century by his paternal grandfather, William Lindeke , who came from Germany at twelve years of age and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota , then an outpost on the western frontier. His other grandfather on his mother's side, William Lindeke was led by the same desire to leave war torn Germany and seek peace and opportunity in St.
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William Boyce Thompson , ( May 13 , 1869 – June 27 , 1930 ), was an American mining engineer , financier , promoter of Western support for the revolutionary Kerensky and Bolshevik governments of Russia , philanthropist , and founder of Newmont Mining . Born in Virginia City, Montana , Thompson was a rare combination of hardheaded realist and dreamer. Born and schooled in the rough mining towns of southwest Montana - but also at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Columbia School of Mines - he built a large fortune purchasing undervalued copper and gold claims through his company Newmont Mining. By the time of his death, Newmont Mining was one of the three largest mining companies in the world after Cecil Rhodes 's De Beers and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer 's Anglo American plc . He was not only a shrewd man of business but also had great intellectual curiosity, particularly about science. He wished to be a force for good in the world and supported various philanthropies.Theodore Schulze II , (November 16, 1889 - September 23, 1936), was a Wall Street financier and executive. The Schulze family of which Theodore Schulze II was a worthy scion was established in this country during the middle of the 19th century by his paternal grandfather, William Lindeke , who came from Germany at twelve years of age and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota , then an outpost on the western frontier. His other grandfather on his mother's side, William Lindeke was led by the same desire to leave war torn Germany and seek peace and opportunity in St. Paul. Lindeke owned and operated one of the first flour mills in that region.
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Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985) was a singer popular in the United States , enjoying his greatest success in the 1930s and 1940s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale" . [ 1 ] [ edit ] Early years
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