On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:52 PM, San Dauer wrote:
From the National Geographic Jan 1935 issue, European Outpost: The
Azores
Page 58 reads, "In the port of Vila das Velas there is a statue in
the memory of a native of the island who "struck oil" in California
and left money for the sick and poor of his boyhood home."
Has anyone visited this statue or hear of the statue before? Name
of person on the statue?
Sandra Valine Dauer
Bakersfield CA
Yes, I have seen it but I didn't take a picture of it.
Joao Inacio de Sousa. (He died in Bakersfield!)
This should open to a translated page with information:
http://tinyurl.com/238gzrg
Mary Bordi
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