Governor's Hill (Kimanis)

Malaysia / Sabah / Papar / Kimanis
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Coordinates:   5°36'57"N   115°54'43"E

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  • The Tombstone of Thomas Bradely Harris, Chief Secretary of the Colony of Ambong & Marudu is found on Governer's Hill. The name of the hill is only known to elders in Kimanis.
  • Long ago....when most of the territories in the west cost of North Borneo was under the sovereign rule of the Sultan of Brunei, an American company based in Hong Kong managed to secure a ten-year lease in 1785 and they opened up a settlement and named it as "Elleina Settlement in Kimanis."The company employed immigrant workers from Hong Hong but they could not survive in the wilderness of Borneo and most of them died of malaria. The operation of the company ended its venture in 1786 when it failed to secure any financial assistant from America because of the civil war then.Elliena is not known to many people and how Kimanisand when came in being is not known! Please help.
  • Thomas Bradley Harris was born in New York City in 1826. He started business as a ships' chandler at South Street and Maiden Lane, the location of his father's store since 1805. Later Thomas was in partnership with Nathan Gillette Pond. Among other things Harris & Pond exported large quantities of butter to Hong Kong. In 1862 Harris went out to Hong Kong to manage that end of the business. His wife Sarah and the children moved to Walton, New York. Her father was a native of Walton and had returned there in 1857 after his retirement from business in New York City. While in the East, Harris, together with Joseph William Torrey and Tat Chong, formed the American Trading Company of Borneo for the purpose of establishing a colony and developing the resources of that country. Harris died at Ellena, Kimanis River, Borneo, a few weeks after he arrived there to manage American Trading Company's colony.
  • http://www.the-eastern-window.com/harris-introduction.html
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