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NEWS February, 2012

VTS Quilters Tea – May 5, 2012

Victorian Tea Society Cordially invites you to attend the Quilters Tea Saturday, May 5, 2012 11:00 a.m. Join us for a traditional Victorian tea in the Kellogg House’s lovely garden pavilion. Members of the Victorian Tea Society dressed in period attire will serve a delicious assortment of sweet and savory morsels along with scones and  Read more

February 24, 2012 in Affiliate News, Events, News by sbrown

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That “Dam” Clay Kellogg, Part 3

Dam Politics After returning home from his work on the Wahiawa dam, which was completed in 1905, Hiram Clay Kellogg barely had time to settle back in with his family when he was requested to return to Hawaii in late June of 1906. This time the request came from the Department of Public Works for  Read more

February 16, 2012 in History, Kellogg by sbrown

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That “Dam” Clay Kellogg, Part 2

One Dam or Two? After completing the Gila Bend project, as described in Part 1 of this series, Hiram Clay Kellogg’s dam-building skills were next put to use in Hawaii Territory. The design and construction of the Wahiawa Dam on Oahu in 1903-5 was probably his most significant achievement in the dam-building arena. There is  Read more

February 13, 2012 in History, Kellogg, Kellogg House by sbrown

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That “Dam” Clay Kellogg, Part 1

Hiram on the Gila Maybe it was growing up on a farm in Anaheim, the first town in California to establish a successful irrigation system, that attracted Hiram Clay Kellogg to water projects. Or maybe it was the four post-college years he spent laying out vineyards in Anaheim, where irrigation must certainly have played a  Read more

February 9, 2012 in History, Kellogg, Kellogg House by sbrown

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