Albert Wilson Bee I, of interest to historians of Southwest Harbor, Maine as the father of Albert Wilson Bee II (1854-1924), was a fascinating person in his own right. He sailed to California early in 1849 to participate in the Gold Rush. He and his brother, Frederick A. Bee (c. 1826-1892) founded the Bee Line, the first telegraph line across the Sierra, linking California and Nevada, one of the first fragile parts of what would later be the transcontinental telegraph line that linked California to the east coast. Albert was a merchant in the gold fields. Frederick was involved in telegraph and railroad concerns and was appointed by the Chinese government to serve as vice-consul in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco in 1878. He was an early advocate for the rights of Chinese immigrants and is widely quoted in many histories of their struggles in California.
Description: Albert Wilson Bee I, of interest to historians of Southwest Harbor, Maine as the father of Albert Wilson Bee II (1854-1924), was a fascinating person in his own right. He sailed to California early in 1849 to participate in the Gold Rush. He and his brother, Frederick A. Bee (c. 1826-1892) founded the Bee Line, the first telegraph line across the Sierra, linking California and Nevada, one of the first fragile parts of what would later be the transcontinental telegraph line that linked California to the east coast. Albert was a merchant in the gold fields. Frederick was involved in telegraph and railroad concerns and was appointed by the Chinese government to serve as vice-consul in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco in 1878. He was an early advocate for the rights of Chinese immigrants and is widely quoted in many histories of their struggles in California. [show more]
Albert W. Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. Albert Wilson Bee II was born in March 1854 to Albert Wilson I (1821-1863) and Sophronia Louisa Clapp Bee (1830-1925) in California.
Description: Albert W. Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. Albert Wilson Bee II was born in March 1854 to Albert Wilson I (1821-1863) and Sophronia Louisa Clapp Bee (1830-1925) in California.
Albert Wilson Bee III was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Albert III became an engineer and helped to build the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and to extend the tracks for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.
Description: Albert Wilson Bee III was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Albert III became an engineer and helped to build the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and to extend the tracks for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. [show more]
Charles Everett Bee was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Charles Everett Bee, like his brother, Albert III, became an engineer, taught science in Gresham, Oregon, and practiced engineering.
Description: Charles Everett Bee was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Charles Everett Bee, like his brother, Albert III, became an engineer, taught science in Gresham, Oregon, and practiced engineering. [show more]
This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.
Description: This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.