Sempre quis regressar às ilhas e no início 1942 Harriet and I, acompanhado por John e Jessie Mase, fizemos uma viagem especial de Puerto Armuelles a Cristobal onde ficamos no Hotel Washington e fizemos arranjos…
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Club Atlético y Social Las Palmas foi uma instalação que CLCo. (Chiriqui Land Company) teve em Puerto Armuelles para o seu pessoal administrativo de departamentos e alguns outros cidadãos locais (Havia um filtro!!!). A principal atração era o seu 9 orifício…
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Bill Sutherland, a Company headquarters lawyer in Boston, on temporary duty in Puerto Armuelles and Panama City, and his wife, Edna Mae, were close friends of ours. We had several common interests, among them pre-Colombian history of Central America and…
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***If you missed the previous installments, click on the links here: 1928: Part 1, 1928: Part 2, 1928: Part 3, 1928: Part 4, 1929:Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 Regressing a little, Sigatoka (Cercospora musae), a leaf spot disease of bananas,…
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Back in its heyday, Puerto Armuelles (previously known as Rabo de Puerco) was one of the most modern and progressive towns in Panama! Besides boasting the largest and most modern hospital in all off Latin America in the 1930’s, Puerto…
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Jhonny Yussef Santos is a 6′, 160 lb. outfielder from Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Santos will be entering his sixth season on the Miami Marlins minor league baseball team this year, 2019. Santos was born on October 2nd, 1996. Ele assinou,en…
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There are some great old photos of Puerto Armuelles in this video from 100% Porteños. Pictures from the old banana fincas, railroads, and many of the old buildings, some of which can still be seen around town. Enjoy a glimpse into Puerto’s…
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This post is contributed by Puerto resident, David Dell, after interviewing the Blair House manager of over 50 years, Fernando Carrera Rodriguez. I look forward to David being a regular contributor to our History section since he is an avid…
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In part 3, Mark Trafton Jr. describes how the banana farms were started and a little more about daily life on the fincas, as well as the duties of the Woodland Overseer. If you missed the previous installments: Coming to…
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Quando Claral Richards me deu este trecho de um livro chamado,,en,Bananeros na América Central,,es,de Clyde,,en,Stephens,,en,da United Fruit Company,,en,para muito interessante Pleistoceno,,en,de Clyde Stephens,,en,foi publicado em,,en,e está atualmente fora de catálogo,,en,Existem cópias em algumas bibliotecas e algumas disponíveis através de colecionadores online,,en “Bananeros in Central America”, by Clyde Stephens, I couldn’t wait to dive into reading. Once I began, I couldn’t put it down! This is a first hand story from…
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