47-600: Robert Dollar , also known as Captain Robert Dollar (1844–1932), was a Scottish-American industrialist born in Bainsford , Falkirk , Scotland. The title "Captain" was honorary and he was called the "Grand Old Man of the Pacific". Both were bestowed after his entry into the shipping industry. Dollar became a lumber baron , shipping magnate , philanthropist; he was also a Freemason . His biography and an extensive introduction by him
94-659: A Victorian style home in San Rafael and named it "Falkirk," after his birthplace in Scotland. He lived there until his death. He left the estate to his family and it was purchased by the community in 1975 for $ 250,000. The name Falkirk was retained as the Falkirk Cultural Center . In 1895, he acquired his first vessel, a single steam schooner called Newsboy , to move his lumber from the Pacific Northwest to markets down
141-484: A difficult matter—especially since it in part depends on an incomplete fossil record. Sequoioideae is an ancient taxon , with the oldest described Sequoioideae species, Sequoia jeholensis , recovered from Jurassic deposits. The fossil wood Medulloprotaxodioxylon , reported from the late Triassic of China, resembles Sequoiadendron giganteum and may represent an ancestral form of the Sequoioideae; this supports
188-548: A lumber camp. Robert and Margaret were close companions, and Margaret accompanied her husband on most of his world trips. She told her granddaughters, "When you get married, never let your husband know he can get along without you." Robert once stated, "My real success began with my wedding day." According to one source: She was a quiet person, but very determined to keep up with Robert's adventures. She took an airplane ride over Shanghai in 1927. Commenting on his constant search for new challenges, Margaret said, "Sometimes I think in
235-621: A mill and lumber business at Usal in Mendocino county , and other places such as Oregon and as far north as British Columbia . Among his purchases was timberland known as "Dollar's Meeker tract." This section still had redwood trees. A portion of this tract, located on the Russian River, was sold to the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and is now the Bohemian Grove . In 1906, Robert bought
282-544: A regular basis at the Pacific Locomotive Association 's Niles Canyon Railway . This is a 2-6-2T (Tank) engine built by the American Locomotive Company in 1927. Robert Dollar expressed ideas concerning one's legacy after death. He wrote: In this world all we leave behind us that is worth anything is that we can be well regarded and spoken of after we are gone, and that we can say that we left
329-633: A school built on the property in 1902 and rebuilt after a fire in 1913. In 1920 gave 42 acres of pasture land as a Christmas gift. In 1922 a fire destroyed the main building and Robert and Mrs. Dollar donated the Dollar Dickson Memorial building in memory of their daughter who had died in 1921. In 1929 Robert built the Robert Dollar Home for Boys . Mrs. Robert Dollar was president from 1919 to 1923 The San Francisco Theological Seminary moved to San Anselmo in 1896. In 1917 Robert Dollar founded
376-552: A separate village, Bainsford has now become part of the town of Falkirk. In 1880 Bainsford Bluebonnets cricket club founded a football team called 'Bainsford Britannia' but changed their name to East Stirlingshire F.C. in 1881, which has remained ever since. The team played their home games at Merchiston Park , Bainsford. The team played their home games at Firs Park in Falkirk before ground sharing with Stenhousemuir F.C. at Ochilview Park after leaving their old stadium in 2008. At
423-431: A son named William. Shortly afterwards, the family emigrated to Canada. Robert began working at a lumber camp as a cook's helper when he was 14 years old, and later found work in a barrel stave factory. He learned French, and worked his way up to doing the camp accounting. In 1861, Robert held his first real job as a logger. He had the task of driving the logs down the river to the mill. There were no roads so all travel
470-521: Is contained within the book, Men Who Are Making the West 1923 . California Governor James Rolph Jr. said at the time of his death, "Robert Dollar has done more in his lifetime to spread the American flag on the high seas than any man in this country." He made the cover of Time magazine on 19 March 1928, with several writings concerning his business', and was given a long obituary in the 23 May 1932, issue. He
517-566: Is the best teacher and I soon learned to stay on top of the logs." Dollar worked in logging camps in the forests of Canada and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan . Robert met Margaret S. Proudfoot in a Presbyterian Church, and they were married in 1874. This was during the time after he sustained a loss in his timber venture, was heavily in debt, and determined to pay off his share, which was $ 2500. For their honeymoon, he took his new bride, along with 18 men, to Bracebridge, Ontario , to establish
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#1732858858817564-471: The Jurassic . Reticulate evolution refers to the origination of a taxon through the merging of ancestor lineages. Polyploidy has come to be understood as quite common in plants—with estimates ranging from 47% to 100% of flowering plants and extant ferns having derived from ancient polyploidy. Within the gymnosperms however it is quite rare. Sequoia sempervirens is hexaploid (2n= 6x= 66). To investigate
611-609: The foreign trade of the United States . The community of Dollarville, Michigan , where Dollar once worked as general manager of the logging camp, is named for him. One of the Robert Dollar Lumber Company steam locomotives was restored by the Pacific Locomotive Association , which acquired it in 1999 from the Western Railway Museum , where it had been a long term project. Locomotive No. 3 operates on
658-729: The 1850s with the Panama-California and trans-Pacific routes, was taken over by Dollar in 1925 that added 8 more ships, and he also signed a contract with Grace Steamship Company . The death of the founder in 1932, coupled with the Great Depression and the Pacific War , headed the company into bankruptcy. The incoming Roosevelt administration removed the critical US mail contracts from the Dollar line. The Dollar family were prominent Republicans, in 1930 they had named one of their newest liners
705-795: The Chair of the New Testament Interpretation with an endowment of $ 50,000 known as the Robert Dollar Chair. In 1919 Lynn T. White, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church in San Rafael gave a sermon titled, " The Christian Attitude Toward the Organized Labor Movement in America ". After the sermon the minister and Robert had several discussions and both agreed to disagree. Rev. White was astounded when Robert endowed
752-601: The Dollar 1, Dollar Hulk No.1, and Dollar Vi, and motor launches such as the Stuart Dollar. Robert Dollar gave to many causes, mostly involving religion, but some involved social and community endeavours. Incorporated as the San Francisco Orphanage and Farm the name was changed to Sunny Hills Services in 2005. Robert Dollar and his wife were active in the orphanage and he provided funding to purchase land and dedication ceremonies were held on 10 February 1900. He had
799-606: The East Coast at Boston , MA, New York, NY, and Washington, D.C.; on the Great Lakes at Cleveland, OH, Toronto , ON; Chicago , Ill; in Asia, at Kobe and Yokohama , Japan, at Shanghai , Hankow, Tientsin, Yangtze River , Tayeh, and Wuchang , China; at Havana , Cuba, and at Naples, Italy, The Dollar Steamship Line also owned tugboats such as the Superior and Dollarton, lumber barges such as
846-826: The Late Cretaceous-Oligocene of the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia and New Zealand, has been suggested as a member of the subfamily. In 2024, it was estimated that there were about 500,000 redwoods in Britain, mostly brought as seeds and seedlings from the US in the Victorian era . The entire subfamily is endangered . The IUCN Red List Category & Criteria assesses Sequoia sempervirens as Endangered (A2acd), Sequoiadendron giganteum as Endangered (B2ab) and Metasequoia glyptostroboides as Endangered (B1ab). In 2024 it
893-730: The Margaret S. Dollar Chair of Christian Social Ethics and requested Rev. White be installed as the first professor. Dr. White held the professorship until he retired in 1948. Mr. and Mrs. Dollar donated the 13 chime carillon in 1922 that was placed in Montgomery Hall. They were moved to Geneva Hall in 1953. The SFTS news bulletin was renamed Chimes in 1937. As a member of the San Rafael Park and Recreation Commission he donated 20 acres of land for Boyd Park in 1920. In 1923 he donated 11 more acres and other funding The Robert Dollar Scenic Drive
940-609: The President Hoover, and thus drew the ire of incoming administration. In 1937, under the control of Robert Dollar's sons, Dollar Lines was bankrupt. Back taxes could not be paid and in an agreement, forced by the Roosevelt administration, Stanley Dollar turned 93% of the voting common stock over to the Maritime Commission. In 1945, Stanley Dollar filed a lawsuit to recover ownership of the line. The battle raged until 1950 when
987-492: The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Stanley Dollar. The government had other plans and did not return the company. There was a cash settlement as 7% was retained by Stanley. In 1952, a group of investors, led by Ralph K. Davies , purchased the company for $ 18,000,000. Its name was shortened to APL in 1988. In 1997, APL merged with Singapore-based NOL , and as of 2006, 68% of NOL was owned by Temasek Holdings . The first ship
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#17328588588171034-643: The academic procession and as President of the Board of Trustees gave a congratulatory message to the graduating class. Robert Dollar developed bronchial pneumonia and died on 16 May 1932. Honorary pall bearers included the Governor of California and the Mayor of San Francisco. The U.S. Government sent a dirigible over the scene of the funeral, and flowers were dropped from the sky. Over 3,000 people were in attendance. Robert, who had been active in his father's business for years, and
1081-467: The assertion that the Sequoioideae are monophyletic . Most modern phylogenies place Sequoia as sister to Sequoiadendron and Metasequoia as the out-group. However, Yang et al. went on to investigate the origin of a peculiar genetic component in Sequoioideae, the polyploidy of Sequoia —and generated a notable exception that calls into question the specifics of this relative consensus. A 2006 paper based on non-molecular evidence suggested
1128-665: The coast. Thus began his entry into the shipping industry that included lumber, commodities, mail, and passengers. In the process he became a San Francisco shipping magnate who entered the lumber trade in Canada. In 1903, Robert and his three sons incorporated their interests into the Robert Dollar Company. In 1910, Dollar built an 11-story office building in San Francisco, headquarters of the Dollar Steamship Company, which
1175-577: The following relationship among extant species: M. glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) S. sempervirens (coast redwood) S. giganteum (giant sequoia) Taxodioideae A 2021 study using molecular evidence found the same relationships among Sequoioideae species, but found Sequoioideae to be the sister group to the Athrotaxidoideae (a superfamily presently known only from Tasmania ) rather than to Taxodioideae . Sequoioideae and Athrotaxidoideae are thought to have diverged from each other during
1222-585: The idea of a Late Triassic Norian origin for this subfamily. The fossil record shows a massive expansion of range in the Cretaceous and dominance of the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora , especially in northern latitudes. Genera of Sequoioideae were found in the Arctic Circle , Europe, North America, and throughout Asia and Japan. A general cooling trend beginning in the late Eocene and Oligocene reduced
1269-428: The inconsistent relationships among Metasequoia , Sequoia, and Sequoiadendron could be a sign of reticulate evolution by hybrid speciation (in which two species hybridize and give rise to a third) among the three genera. However, the long evolutionary history of the three genera (the earliest fossil remains being from the Jurassic ) make resolving the specifics of when and how Sequoia originated once and for all
1316-577: The largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live for thousands of years. Threats include logging, fire suppression, illegal marijuana cultivation, and burl poaching. Only two of the genera, Sequoia and Sequoiadendron , are known for massive trees. Trees of Metasequoia , from the single living species Metasequoia glyptostroboides , are deciduous, grow much smaller (although are still large compared to most other trees) and can live in colder climates. Multiple studies of both morphological and molecular characters have strongly supported
1363-530: The lumber industry began when he bought a lumber camp, but it failed. This did not deter him, and, apparently learning from his mistakes, he bought other camps that were successful. He bought camps and timberland in Canada, then in the upper peninsula of Michigan and finally in Northern California . In 1888, the family moved to San Rafael, California , and Robert bought timberland and logging camps in Sonoma ,
1410-554: The modern world of marvels, he will never be satisfied until he is the skipper of a round trip to Mars. The Dollars had four children: Alexander Melville and Robert Stanley were born in Bracebridge. The timber was playing out, so in 1885 the family moved to Marquette, Michigan , where Mary Grace and John Harold were born. At age 22, Robert took over running a camp as Director of the English and American Lumber Company. His first venture into
1457-413: The newspaper reporters began to ask him when he planned to retire. He replied: It would have been nothing short of a crime for me to have retired when I reached the age of sixty, because I have accomplished far more the last twenty years of my life than I did before I reached my sixtieth birthday ... I was put in this world for a purpose and that was not to loaf and spend my time in so-called pleasure ... I
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1504-413: The northern ranges of the Sequoioideae, as did subsequent ice ages. Evolutionary adaptations to ancient environments persist in all three species despite changing climate, distribution, and associated flora, especially the specific demands of their reproduction ecology that ultimately forced each of the species into refugial ranges where they could survive. The extinct genus Austrosequoia , known from
1551-467: The origins of this polyploidy Yang et al. used two single copy nuclear genes , LFY and NLY, to generate phylogenetic trees . Other researchers have had success with these genes in similar studies on different taxa. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of Sequoia's polyploidy: allopolyploidy by hybridization between Metasequoia and some probably extinct taxodiaceous plant; Metasequoia and Sequoiadendron, or ancestors of
1598-489: The start of the 2018/19 season they switched to using the Falkirk Stadium Bainsford also was home such local sports heroes such as boxer Dearn Savage and rugby player Robert Spencer. Redwood Sequoioideae , commonly referred to as redwoods , is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae , that range in the northern hemisphere . It includes the largest and tallest trees in
1645-621: The tower of the ancient "Faw Kirk" Parish Church in the town centre, which is still in use. The town gave him the keys to Falkirk at a special ceremony to mark the occasion. A new Robert Dollar Commemorative Association was formed in April 2013 with a view to replicating something similar to the Andrew Carnegie Centre in Dunfermline. This new Robert Dollar Centre is intended to reflect his life and achievements. After Captain Dollar turned eighty,
1692-582: The two genera, as the parental species of Sequoia ; and autohexaploidy , autoallohexaploidy, or segmental allohexaploidy. Yang et al. found that Sequoia was clustered with Metasequoia in the tree generated using the LFY gene but with Sequoiadendron in the tree generated with the NLY gene. Further analysis strongly supported the hypothesis that Sequoia was the result of a hybridization event involving Metasequoia and Sequoiadendron . Thus, Yang et al. hypothesize that
1739-530: The village is the B902 road which connects the village with Carron and Falkirk . Bainsford has a population of just over 3,000 residents according to a 2009 estimate. The bridge crossing the Forth and Clyde Canal at Bainsford was originally a bascule bridge . In 1905, the bascule bridge was replaced by a heavier swing bridge to accommodate the new tramway. This in turn was replaced by a non-opening road bridge. Originally
1786-569: The world just a little better than we found it. If we can't accomplish these two things then life, according to my view, has been a failure. Many people erroneously speak of a man when he is gone as having left so much money. That, according to my view, amounts to very little. Robert Dollar's last public appearance was at the Commencement Exercises at the Theological Seminary. Although he was not feeling well, he insisted in walking in
1833-448: The world. The trees in the subfamily are amongst the most notable trees in the world and are common ornamental trees. The subfamily reached its peak diversity in the early cenozoic . The three redwood subfamily genera are Sequoia from coastal California and Oregon , Sequoiadendron from California's Sierra Nevada , and Metasequoia in China . The redwood species contains
1880-578: Was a well known philanthropist in San Francisco, who died in 2013 at the age of 95. Bainsford Bainsford is a small village within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated in the Forth Valley , 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the town of Falkirk . It is positioned between the River Carron and the Forth and Clyde Canal to the north and south respectively. The main road through
1927-465: Was at the helm when the shipping company was transferred to the U.S. Shipping board, became the president of the United States Line that was formed by Roosevelt SS Co., R. Stanley Dollar and Kenneth D. Dawson. The International Mercantile Marine Company gained control of the company in 1934. The daughter of Robert Stanley Dollar, and granddaughter of Robert Dollar, Diana Dollar Hickingbotham Knowles,
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1974-430: Was born on 20 March 1844, to William Dollar and Mary Melville. He had two younger brothers, John and James. His mother died in 1853, and Robert dropped out of school and worked in a machine shop and then as an errand boy for a lumber shipping company to help support the family. After the death of Robert's mother, his father married a servant girl named Mary Easton, and in 1857 they had a daughter, also named Mary, and in 1858
2021-417: Was by water. Logging took place some distance from the mill, so running the logs could take about three months. In 1866, Robert began to keep a diary, which he continued until 1918; thus, he was able to write his memoirs in later years and tell the vivid tales of logging in Canada. For example, "The first three or four days I couldn't 'keep my feet' and spent more time in the water than out of it. But experience
2068-596: Was constructed from Boyd Park to the summit of San Rafael Hill. Robert Dollar and family members returned to his birthplace more than once. He provided money that bought Dollar Park and Arnotdale House, which he gave to the town, in person. He also paid for a drinking fountain that commemorates the First Battle of Falkirk; the first town library at the YMCA; the bells that were made in Baltimore and now hang and are regularly played in
2115-430: Was eighty years old when I thought out the practicability of starting a passenger steamship line of eight steamers to run around the world in one direction ... I hope to continue working to my last day on earth and wake up the next morning in the other world. Dollar did continue to work until his final days. The National Foreign Trade Council presents an annual "Robert Dollar Award" to honour outstanding contributions to
2162-400: Was expanded in 1919. During the inter-war years, his freighters plied the Pacific and were a common sight from Canada to Canton , San Francisco to Shanghai, and Tacoma to Tokyo. In 1923, the purchase of seven "president" ships owned by the U.S. Government allowed Dollar, at the age of 80, to pioneer his successful round-the-world passenger service. Pacific Mails, a U.S. company going back to
2209-725: Was the Newsboy and others that were bought or built include those purchased as the President line. Robert Dollar had interests in China that included land, buildings, and wharves for his ships. The Dollar Steamship Line had offices in Alexandria, Egypt, Manila and Zamboanga, Philippines, Genoa, Italy, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, CA, Oakland, CA, and Portland, OR. The company had wharves on the West Coast at Bandon and Reedsport, OR, Seattle, WA, and Honolulu, HI; on
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