Tutuila

At Mauna Island (now called Tutuila) some successful bargaining was done with glass beads in exchange for pork and fruits.

Laperouse Ernest Scott 1903

JOEY CUMMINGS, GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTH SEAS BROADCASTING: I was on the second floor of an office building called Pago Plaza, which is deep in the harbor of Tutuila, which is the main island of American Samoa.

CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009 2009

Diversity and structure of tropical rain forest of Tutuila, American Samoa: effects of site age and substrate.

Samoan tropical moist forests 2008

In the west, Tutuila is at least 1.6 million years old.

Samoan tropical moist forests 2008

The group (76 sq mi/197 sq km) consists of several major islands: Tutuila, the Manu’a group (Ta’u, Ofu, and Olosega), Rose and Sand Islands, and Swains Island.

American Samoa The World Factbook 2008

In 1872, the United States Navy began regularly using the Pago Pago harbor as a base although the agreement with the Tutuila chief was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.

American Samoans lack U.S. citizenship; 5th in a 21st Century American Colonies series 2007

Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary comprises a fringing coral reef ecosystem nestled within an eroded volcanic crater on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa.

Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2007

My understanding is that the town of Tutuila has only two tuna canneries with one of them canning tuna for Chicken-of-the-Sea and the other one pictured here.

Minimum Wages and Chicken-of-the-Sea Economics 2007

Pago Pago on Tutuila was a much used whaling port and the strategic value of the Samoan Islands attracted warships as well as trading vessels.

American Samoans lack U.S. citizenship; 5th in a 21st Century American Colonies series 2007

Finally, the local rulers capitulated and in 1900 Tutuila and the island of Aunu'u was formally ceded to the United States.

American Samoans lack U.S. citizenship; 5th in a 21st Century American Colonies series 2007