夏威夷 (Hawaii) ：1889年11月16日

一名水手在1865年到達夏威夷，他以為自己只會在這裡待上短暫的時光。但是他卻從馬上摔下來，而摔斷了一條腿。不過因為他實在不能過著沒有船隻的生活，所以他只好把歐胡市 (Oahu) ，也就是夏威夷的首都，當成是自己的家。在那裡，這個有事業心的年輕人班哲民‧法蘭克林‧迪林漢 (Benjamin Franklin Dillingham) 投資這個島嶼的未來，最後建立了歐胡市。當地的鐵路在1889年11月16日正式完工，並且為夏威夷帶來一陣經濟熱潮。


A sailor arrived in Hawaii in 1865 for what he thought would be a short visit. But, he was thrown from a horse and broke his leg. He couldn't leave with his ship, so he made Oahu, the island capital of Hawaii, his home. There, the enterprising young man, Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, invested in the island's future, eventually building the Oahu Railway that began operation on November 16, 1889. The railway helped bring about an economic boom in Hawaii.

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