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    Phineas Banning (August 19, 1830 – March 8, 1885) was an American businessman, financier and entrepreneur. Known as "The Father of the Port of Los Angeles...
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    Angeles, California. Built in 1863 by Phineas Banning near the original San Pedro Bay, it remained in the Banning family until 1925 and has been owned...
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  • Phineas Banning High School is located in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District...
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    Captain Phineas Banning Blanchard (1879–1962) was a tall ship sea captain, among the last of the American merchant trade in the age of sail. As president...
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    also known as Banning Pass. It is named for Phineas Banning, stagecoach line owner and the "Father of the Port of Los Angeles." Banning shares geographic...
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    service with the Portolà expedition into the area over a decade earlier. Phineas Banning acquired the land that would become Wilmington from Manuel Dominguez...
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  • Ethiopia Phineas Banning (1830–1885), American businessman and entrepreneur P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman and businessman Phineas Bowles (died...
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  • Banning High School can refer to: Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, Los Angeles, California Banning High School (Banning, California) in Banning...
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  • Culture Banning Lyon, a plaintiff in a 1990s medical fraud case against NME, now Tenet Health Banning, California, named for Phineas Banning Banning, Delaware...
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    the Banning Pass due to the town of Banning being located about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of the pass summit. The city itself was named for Phineas Banning...
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  • Thuy Trang (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    endurance. Trang's father died in 1992 when she was 18. She graduated from Banning High School in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, and enrolled...
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  • Peter Tuiasosopo (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    State University. Tuiasosopo attended Taper Avenue Elementary and Phineas Banning High School in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles. He lettered in...
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    Vince Ferragamo (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    California, Ferragamo was an All-American high school quarterback while at Phineas Banning High School (1969–1972) in nearby Wilmington and was selected as that...
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    who was a crew member on an 1834 voyage that visited San Pedro Bay. Phineas Banning greatly improved shipping when he dredged the channel to Wilmington...
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    displaying California's Bear flag instead of the Stars and Stripes. Phineas Banning, the founder of Wilmington (then known as New San Pedro), wrote a letter...
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    the "Father of the Harbor" Phineas Banning, held deed to roughly 18 acres of land on Rattlesnake Island. Phineas Banning was instrumental in bringing...
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  • SS Ada Hancock was a steam-powered tender owned by Phineas Banning used to transfer passengers and cargo to and from large coastal steamships in San Pedro...
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  • Bob Whitfield (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    football for the Stanford Cardinal. Whitfield played high school football at Banning High School in Wilmington, California, where he was teammates with Mark...
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  • Stanley Wilson (running back) (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    ninth round of the 1983 NFL draft. Wilson played high school football at Banning High School[citation needed] in Los Angeles, where he played with Freeman...
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  • Jamelle Holieway (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. Highly recruited from Banning High School in Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, under longtime head...
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  • Mike Busby (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    Michael James Busby (born December 27, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St...
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    (founded in the late 18th century) and Wilmington (founded in 1858 by Phineas Banning) were then-independent establishments of what would become the Port...
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    foot of the bay, but was removed in 1928 as part of the effort by Phineas Banning to enlarge the harbor. In 1927 an airport, originally called Allen...
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    Jack Gifford (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    until his retirement in 2007. Gifford was born in 1941 and graduated from Banning High School in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California...
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    courts in 1872. His brother, George C. Alexander, and Phineas Banning operated Alexander & Banning as a successful freight and stage line, and in 1851 they:...
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  • Freeman McNeil (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    Mississippi. His family later relocated to Los Angeles, California. McNeil led Banning High School to the 1976 Los Angeles City 4-A football title. At 5 ft 11 in...
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    to the Lick estate. The sons of Phineas Banning bought the island in 1891 from the estate of James Lick. The Banning brothers fulfilled Shatto's dream...
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    Ron Settles (category Phineas Banning High School alumni)
    1959 – June 2, 1981) was a California State University, Long Beach and Banning High School football player who was arrested by the Signal Hill Police...
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    operations on October 26, 1869. The railroad was the brainchild of Phineas Banning and its primary purpose was to transport freight from the port to the...
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  • Schools on the list joined LAUSD in 1961 unless otherwise stated. Phineas Banning High School Bell High School Belmont High School Beverly Hills High...
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