#goldcoast — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #goldcoast, aggregated by home.social.
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You've heard of Alameda's fabulous Gold Coast, but what about Encinal Park? Historian Dennis Evanosky takes a trip down memory lane to meet some of the early, influential settlers in Alameda who helped draw the map. https://alamedapost.com/history/julys-history-walks-will-bring-a-lost-neighborhood-back-to-life/
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The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
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The Cheif Sam Back-to-Africa Movement
Alfred "Chief" Sam inspired 100s of African American Oklahomans to follow him back to Africa, telling tales of the Gold Coast (present day Ghana) and it's riches. In 1913, holding large camp-style meetings, Sam sold $25 worth of stock in his Trading Company which would retain passage for the whole family to Africa. Sam claimed he had access to land where the group could settle. Hundreds of Oklahoma families not only purchased the stock but sold their possessions to take the trip.
Chief Sam raised enough money to purchase an old German steamer, in New York which he renamed 'The Liberia'. Meanwhile around 600 of Sam's followers gathered in Galveston Texas to meet the ship. In June 1914 the Liberia arrived in Galveston and on August 20, 1914, 60 delegates were chosen from the 100s gathered in Texas for the first trip to Africa.
When the group finally reached the Gold Coast, they were warmly welcomed. However, Life in Africa was not how they had imagined . Many suffered and perished from illness, and most believed they had been misled as local law prohibited American ownership of land. Many of the travelers headed back to Oklahoma. A 2nd voyage to Africa never took place and those awaiting the return of the Liberia to Galveston were left stranded.
Pictured here are 3 of the men who applied for emergency passports to take them home. Grant Crigler, Mose Davis + Boldin Taylor. Crigler + Davis resettled permanently in Oklahoma. Taylor eventually returned to and settled in Liberia.
The final photo is of Sam himself.
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