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Join author and historian Cesar Becerra online and in person for a celebration of the centennial of the SS Kaimiloa, a 230-foot-long ship that carried Miami pioneer Medford Kellum on a journey throughout the South Pacific. Registration required for a Zoom link to be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the program. For more information contact 305-668-4571 or booke@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+
Miamian Medford (Med) Kellum built a mini empire with a lucrative Charter boat business during Miami's 1920's boom-time. Med's presence was magnanimous and he shot upward on the political and financial scenes. From city clerk to commissioner, he segued to a second marriage with none other than Andrew Carnegie's niece, Elizabeth Storm Louder.
At 230 feet long, the SS Kaimiloa was equipped with luxury items such as running water, electricity and a refrigeration plant that could also churn out 250 pounds of ice a day. However thanks to Med Kellum's largess and open mindedness he had invited 6 scientists from the Bishop Museum of Honolulu for deeper discovery of all sorts of Pacific conundrums including the fabled origins of Polynesian life.
The Miami Pioneers is Dade County’s legacy historical organization, originally founded in 1936 by prominent settlers and business leaders who arrived in Miami in the pioneer era before the year 1900. The Natives of Dade was incorporated in 1986 by a group of local history enthusiasts born in Dade County. The groups merged on July 8, 2002. For more information, please visit https://www.mpnod.org/
AGE GROUP: | Young Adult (12-18) | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Performances & Presentations | Online | In-Person | History |
TAGS: | Online | In-Person | Hybrid Program |