First Japanese Visitor to America and Lost Child Guidance
Reports recount Manjiro Nakahama as the first known Japanese arrival in America, rescued after a shipwreck in 1841 and later interpretor in Perry era negotiations. Also offered are public safety tips for children and a local advertisement for Hereford bulls in Kemmerer, Wyoming, with unrelated random anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Manjiro Nakahama
Commodore Perry
Japan
Nakahama
Pacific
Hawaii
United States
New England
Jokichi Takamine
Oriental Review
Also Mentioned on This Page
Don Robino
Union
Havana
Kemmerer
Lincoln County
Daisy Queen
Give Home Industry
Kemmerer Cigar Factory
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Hoskins Cafe
Mark Hong
Wyoming
Opera House Cafe
S. Moriya
Ben Bagnell
C. A. Murray Ben Bagnell Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
Murray & Bagnell
John Salo
Yuel
Prises
Kew Meter
Wyomling
Micke de
Brown & Salo
the Rathbun Kemmerer, Wyoming
Chas. Rathbun
D. J. Brown
Prop
Johnnie Jones
Amsterdam Avenue
Johnnie
Savacel Y
Indianapolis News
Maggie
Hereford
Howe
Gambert
Jas Victor Stith
Kemmerer Savings Bank
BK. M. Fuller
H. E. Christmas
H. R. Christmas
Fleet National Bank
H. F. Christmas
Ivan S. Jones
Memmerer
W. Smith
J. W. Sammon
Shaying
Evanston
Cunnington & Hocker
Cumberland
Diamondville
R. S. Spence
Land Office
In Land Office
R. H. Lubree
Panoral
Kemmerer Hardware Ool Furniture Co
Frank Rosenstein
Pete
Peter Gordon, Jr
Toate
Budd
Taner
Dick Key
Seey-Treus
Big Piney Mercantile Co
Big Piney, Wyo
Peter Schuttler
Deering
Fossil
General Merchandise
P. R. Conner
Wyo
the City Drug Store
Kokak
Tad
Chas. A. Christmas
Flanders
Studebaker
Mak
Young
Cordove Cigar Co. Makers
The
Frontier Supply Company Building Department
the Kemmerer Hotel Cafe
Hotel Kemmere
Tom Ming
Prop'r
Bon Ton Restaurant
O. S
Perle
Portland
Wv. Js Carqollo
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